Just in time for Easter there’s this cute chick. Using the tools and the artists hands as a scale, the chick is pretty small and would make a great charm if you added a jump ring into the top … Read More...
Tutorial: A Faux Sea Sponge Effect
Here’s a nifty one – a sea sponge effect, used on a pendant in this example, with a low relief texture. If you’ve got a simple ball stylus and a bit of patience you can make a convincing looking sponge.… Read More...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Bunny Earrings
Perfect, adorable little bunny earrings for your Easter weekend. Make a pair for a friend. The tutorial is in Russian but there’s a translation. In the translation the material says “floss” but I am betting they mean the toothpick. … Read More...
Another Take on Faux Agate
Here’s another version of a polymer clay faux agate. This one uses translucent clays and clearer layers to form traditional agate “slices”. The result is much more what one thinks of for agate jewellery. Most agate stones aren’t slices but … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux Agate Necklace
Polymer clay is particularly awesome for making faux or imitation things and agate is no exception. This is a fairly simple agate example but the idea is clear and by using clay you can coordinate perfectly with your accessory beads … Read More...
Polymer Clay for St. Patrick’s Day
Okay. The tutorial is for fondant but since it works just about identically in clay – except you bake it at the end! – I think it makes an ADORABLE polymer clay cupcake topper and general St. Patrick’s Day decoration. … Read More...
Polymer Clay Easter Goodies
The creative clayers of Etsy make Easter fun!
 Cream Egg Earrings by SweetsOfMyOwn |
 Dollhouse Scale Easter Baking by Realistic Miniature |
 Rainbow Filigree Easter Egg by StarlessClay |
 Easter Chicks Figures by HelensClayArt |
Make Spring Chickens
Ignore the groaner. These are literally spring chickens or tiny bobbleheads. The instructions are pretty brief so if you do this with the kiddos try it on your own first but it’s straightforward: coil a piece of wire around a … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux Chocolate Bunny Baskets
Paul and Lianne of Swirly Designs have another Easter tutorial on the Sculpey site. I really enjoyed their last one for egg cup bunnies even if mine turned out nowhere near as adorable and this one is just as perfect.… Read More...
Tutorial: Bunny Bowls from Clay
The tutorial, from AliceandLoisDIY, uses air dry clay but totally works with oven bake polymer clay as well. This would be adorable for your Easter decor, to hold a few handfuls of candies. If you do them out of … Read More...
Making Tiny Polymer Clay Pies
As I get into the groove, making little food charms – not quite as small as scale miniatures which is a whole other art form – to add to finished pieces for my show, I’m having a blast. There’s a … Read More...
Tutorial: Donut Charms from Clay
I have a craft fair coming up. This means I have been busily making things and making things I don’t usually make. Today I made the cutest little macarons but tomorrow is donuts so I went looking for donut charms … Read More...
Making Ladybug Canes
It must be in the air. I got asked for ladybug canes the other day, twice, and sent the nice askers pieces of cane. It got me looking at who else had made ladybug canes and discussed it online. Turns … Read More...
Making Gradient Blends in Clay
If you do much claying you may well have tried your hand at Skinner blends. And you may have ended up with the result Carol Simmon mentions on the Skinner side of the diagram above: your blend will have, mostly, … Read More...
Tutorial: Covering Eggs in Clay
Finding out that you could cover (and bake!) plastic eggs in polymer clay was one of those happy moments. I like decorated eggs but really dislike having to blow and clean regular eggs. Of course, it means I experiment with … Read More...
Make Magic wands with Polymer Clay
Natalie, from Doodlecraft, had a great idea: make Harry Potter style magic wands with her kids. Her project involved prepping a stack of gathered twigs by stripping loose bark, wiping them down and trimming them into good wand shapes. Her … Read More...
Recombining Old Clay Pieces
As I’m working on my new stock for 2016 I’m trying to use some of my old canes and, yes, even my scraps. I’ve been busily looking around the internet to see what other people do with old, boring, tired … Read More...
Tutorial: Steampunk Bracelet
I’ve been a steampunk fan for ages – along with all things sci fi and fantasy – and I’ve been a little bemused by just how popular steampunk became in the polymer clay community. The good thing about the popularity … Read More...
More Clay Bangle Making
Here’s another approach for a bangle from polymer clay. The instructions – or links to explanations at least – are made by Bridget, the creator, in the comments. The design itself is a combination of old cane pieces recombined into … Read More...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Beads with Mylar
I used to be a little skeptical about things when I first got really going with clay. One was about just HOW well clay worked with… everything. I had, by that point, melted and wrecked lots of things as I … Read More...