
Originally uploaded by ayeletbeads
Flickr Member Ayelet Beads has posted a photo tutorial of how she creates her lovely leaf canes. You can click through and find the first step here. This is great for … Read More...
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Originally uploaded by ayeletbeads
Flickr Member Ayelet Beads has posted a photo tutorial of how she creates her lovely leaf canes. You can click through and find the first step here. This is great for … Read More...
love po dance from tadworks on Vimeo.
I was completely charmed by this stop motion short created by Tomoko of TADworks. There are several up on vimeo, and I look forward to seeing how this artist develops these with … Read More...
It’s my birthday today! As a St. Patty’s Day baby, I adore these cute Shamrock Earrings from MiNiBelle Custom Jewelry.
[tags]st. patrick’s day, jewelry, polymer clay[/tags]
It’s my birthday today! As a St. Patty’s Day baby, I adore these cute Shamrock Earrings from MiNiBelle Custom Jewelry.
[tags]st. patrick’s day, jewelry, polymer clay[/tags]
This pretty pumpkin pie inspired necklace starts us out for Pi day!
This was created by Linda C. Moseley, whose work can be seen at her Flickr site, and is available for purchase at her Etsy store. She … Read More...
The sun is shining, and only small patches of snow remain, but we don’t have blooms of color quite yet. There is lots of inspiration at the site Thai Flower Art. Made with air-dry clay, there is a full bouquet … Read More...
We’ve had several letters and comments, requesting an easy way to do image transfers. Well, we opened up the mailbag, and found a glowing recommendation to share with our readers! Here’s the letter:
“Julie, I read your article on image… Read More...
Oval Spring Pendant
Originally uploaded by Linda-NKDesigns
A late snow storm last night here in Idaho has me longing for Spring. That may be why this pretty and fresh pendant by Linda of NK Designs caught my eye. The little … Read More...
Originally uploaded by Amantecatl
I love the sentiment on this pendant by Flickr user Amentecatl. The rusted look and rainbow colors are such a nice touch, don’t you think? The Moscow-based artist is working on an … Read More...
Nah – How about clay *on* your fingernails? It’s a new use for polymer clay cane slices that has been popping up around the internet lately.
Aya1gou is the username of the nail artist who has this fabulous sparkly and … Read More...
by Wendy
Hello world! I want to take about pasta machines today!
If your just starting out working with polymer clay, you might be better off with one of the cheaper ones like the Amaco brands. You never now if you’ll like … Read More...
by Wendy
I’ve been having a couple of rough days (again, yes). I feel like I’m in the clouds. LOL You’d really get a kick out of see me trip up on the floor that has nothing on it, for goodness sake. … Read More...
by Wendy
I managed to save enough money for a new all in one printer…. YAY! So, I’ve been looking for a good transfer method for polymer clay to do transfers to clay. So here’s a bunch of links you can help … Read More...
by Wendy
We will be giving away the December issue of PolymerCafe magazine
, and each issue thereafter. I received the December issue yesterday and will be reviewing it (today) before I put up for grabs Friday and from what I’ve seen, … Read More...
by Wendy
Sheila K. Hrasky is a fine art artist of the West who works ceramics, oils, acrylics, and watercolors. Sheila is known for her nesting ceramic flower bowls and on location paintings. She remains true to the process and produces original … Read More...
by Wendy
Okay, so I had a little camera trouble, yesterday. The batteries were dead, so of course I had to charge them. Well, better late than never!
These are the pedants I made using the mokume gane technique I talked about … Read More...
by Wendy
Mokume gane is a technique of layering thin sheets of contrasting clay into a stack, then distorting the stack and shaving off the resulting patterned clay with a tissue blade. There are many, many variations on this technique. Some use … Read More...
by Wendy
The Covered in Clay website offers a small variety of items to cover with clay, such as blank metal tins, business card holders, journals and ceramic mezuzahs. You can also find pendant blanks, bezels, and other jewelry settings that are … Read More...
by Wendy
The Covered in Clay website offers a small variety of items to cover with clay, such as blank metal tins, business card holders, journals and ceramic mezuzahs. You can also find pendant blanks, bezels, and other jewelry settings that are … Read More...
by Wendy
It’s true, I’m a Kato gal. I flirted with the other polymer clays out there when I started claying, but none of them satisfied my thirst for clay like Kato did. It’s firmness makes it the best clay for my … Read More...