Here’s a couple of great techniques – a good, basic polymer clay mokume gane and pillow beads – in a tutorial by Kathy Weaver for Fire Mountain Gems. This is the sort of stuff that got me into polymer clay … Read More...
Mokume Gane Cabochons
Mokume Gane is one of those classic polymer clay techniques you should give a try if you clay. My favourite mg is with translucent clays and foils and a ton of sanding and polishing. As a result, I do it … Read More...
Mokume Gane Jewellery
The longer I do polymer clay, the more I realize there are just a lot of ways to do things. This approach by a Russian artist on LiveJournal – SandyCheek – makes the mokume gane stack into a cane to … Read More...
Extruder Mokume Gane
Kristie Foss did a little experimenting with her extrusions and worked up an extruder mokume gane. The extruded parts are made into the mokume gane slab and you take shavings off that. The key here would be to load … Read More...
Using a Ripple Blade with Polymer Clay
I consider various blades to be part of my basic polymer clay set up. I have a flexible and a rigid “tissue blade”, an xacto knife and, usually, a ripple blade. I may not use it much but slicing into … Read More...
Mokume Gane from Scraps
Sometimes, some of the oldest tutorials are the best ones. Elizabeth Campbell (aka the Poly Parrot) made a mudpile mokume gane tutorial around when I started claying on the internet. It was good because it told me I could make … Read More...
Mokume Gane with Paints and Leaf
Sometimes even the basic techniques look great with good material and colour choices and good workmanship. This mokume gane tutorial (English translation) is an excellent of that approach.
One mg hint: in the stack, if you want the … Read More...
Mokume Gane Variants
Given that polymer clay mokume gane is, itself, a faux of a metal working technique I am always amused when I see tutorials for faux clay mg. It begins to get a little meta at this point.
Faux Opal Mokume Gane
Meridian Handicraft has a pretty take on a faux opal like effect using mokume gane. The mix of colours and paints makes for a nice variety of effects and, as with all translucent clay, sanding and polishing really takes the … Read More...
Mokume Gane Hint
Violet Laporte has a good tip for how to get those perfect, thin slices you want from your mokume gane stacks. Instead of curving your blade (which I have done and broken, oops), trying curving your stack by placing it … Read More...
More Mokume Gane
Another simple tutorial, with a video by Sculpey, goes through how to make a simple mokume gane stack and use the results to make a great pair of earrings. Obviously, use the colours you like best. This flexible technique … Read More...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Faux Stone Patterns
Polymer clay is a great material for making imitative pieces – replica foods and faux stones some of my favourites. Mokume Gane, a flexible polymer clay technique, is great for making beautiful abstract designs. Turns out, with careful picking and … Read More...
Tutorial: Making Your Own Clay Bezels
Amy Koranek wrote a great tutorial for using Polyform’s (the Sculpey people!) bezel molds. For her bezels, she’s using the metallic translucent liquid clays which strikes me as pretty clever. She also covers the steps for a fun mokume gane … Read More...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Beads
Margaret Schindel put together an absolutely fabulous primer on mokume gane, in terms of historical and traditional techniques as well as how it relates to polymer clay. She finishes the article with a really great step by step polymer … Read More...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet
Sculpey has brought a bunch of new tools to market the last few years geared at helping clayers explore more complex clay techniques. There’s also a variety of interesting jewellery findings and tools to try out. This tutorial uses the … Read More...
Tutorial: Picarello Mokume Gane Earrings
Julie Picarello has a recognizable style with her striking mokume gane. Sculpey and Julie now have a tutorial for a pair of earrings made in a version on the Sculpey site. It’s a treat to see a little of how … Read More...
Tutorial: Mohave Stick Necklace
Julie Picarello makes fantastic mokume gane and there’s a freebie tutorial on Sculpey.com with instructions for it. The tutorial uses Sculpey’s new Soufflé clay but I’m betting you can tweak the colours in the clay of your choice to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Leaf Veins
Joan, a polymer clayer from the west coast of Canada, has a neat way to use the features of mokume gane stacks and a leaf cutter to create the vein effect on clay leaves (future beads in my case!). The … Read More...
Mokume Gane Experiments
I love seeing what folks are trying out in clay and even seeing what folks are doing with tried and true techniques. Somehow I find almost everyone puts their very own spin on the work they do, whether they intended … Read More...
Maria Petkova has a photo tutorial for how to “paint with mokume gane“. There are text steps for the photo tutorial below it in the comments.
I think I will be trying this with some heart cutters for … Read More...