Swellegant
Part of my Christi class last week was learning a little about her new line of metal coatings, patinas and dyes. They’re not actual paints though they go on like it. They are metal in paint form and...
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Christi Friesen Style Out on the Net
I’m on a Christi Friesen run this week so for this weeks window shopping there’s pieces made a la CF style: Lion Head Bead by BoodlersBeads Dragon Necklace by TheScottishGirlShop Red Dragon Sculpture...
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Mosaic of Flickr Finds
Found some neat stuff scrolling through Flickr! Clayers do the neatest things! Flickr – and Pinterest – are fabulous places for a hit of polymer clay awesomeness. 1. OOAK Polymer Clay Baby Girl, 2....
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Tutorial: Pixelated Retro Cane
Bettina Welker of beadworx , a super talented artist in Germany, released a tutorial for her clever cane earlier this month. She calls it the pixelated retro cane. I’m picking out colours for my own...
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Christi Friesen: The Books Edition
I forgot to get to blithering about this part of my CF class – she talked about her book projects. The awaited Dogs book (the next in her sculpting series) will be in 2013. And there are children’s...
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Meet BloomyJewelry
BloomyJewelry is run by two sisters, Zane and Ieva, from Latvia. The shop specializes in bright fun polymer clay jewelry and definitely needs a peek!…
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Fall into Polymer Clay
I know it’s a little early. Here’s a bit of what’s coming up for autumn in polymer clay: Pear Dioarama by ADifferentPlace Leaf Earrings by CurlyGirlDesigns Pumpkin Cane by ikandiclay Acorn Necklace by...
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Monday Mosaic: Sculpting Has Me
What can I say? I’m on an extended sculpture kick. These are fabulous – and yes, I did sneak in a mosaic, it showed up in my polymer clay search and it is very, very awesome – and as always I’m...
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Tutorial: Making Charms
Using a mold, some acrylic paint and a little clay make simple but fun charms to wire into necklaces. The photo is courtesy of the author’s photostream which has all sorts of crafty awesomeness.…
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While I was at Christi Friesen’s class the resin we used was from Nunn Design… so I went and looked to see what’s up with that. Turns out they’re dabbling in clay! They have a little rubber stamping /...
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Interesting and Unusual
A little of the different from the claying talent on Etsy: Cosplay Cat’s Ears by GingerKittyCreations Tiny Purses by MaryLovesFashion Rainbow Cat Face Cab by graphixoutpost Elven Lady Sculpture by...
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Out in Clay Land
Some of the regular events (and cool but less regular) out on the net for clayers: A post wrapping up this year’s Clay Connection from the SCPCG. I’m always a little envious of big events like this...
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Back to School with Clay
I can’t believe the summer has almost flown by but it has! School doesn’t start for a couple weeks here but we’ve started teasing our resident student… 1. Back to School Parker Polymer Clay StoryBook...
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Tutorial: Making Eyes
Here’s a fairly simple but nicely realistic tutorial for making eyes. I figure a bunch of these would be fabulous for some Halloween foolery. Heck, who am I kidding, they’d be lovely to use for pranks...
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Tutorial: Simple Kaleidoscope Canes
One of the coolest canes to make has definitely got to be a kaleidoscope cane. And there are more ways to make the parts that any sane person could figure out in a lifetime. The above is a simple,...
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I Love Autumn
I can’t help it. I love autumn. I’m pretty sure it’s not the weather of it since here that can be anything from blazing hot to snowy in a day. Maybe it’s the colours. Even if it’s a little off, here’s...
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Millefiori Madness Mosaic
I’m indulging myself this week – and maybe next! – and going to look at canes. Tutorials, galleries, tools… the whole bit. 1. Cara Jane peacock feather cane, 2. Polymer Clay Cane Collection – detail,...
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Tutorial: A Rose Cane
Jumping right in with the cane tutorials… This isn’t a beginner’s tutorial – particularly working from just a photo collage – but the end result rose is lovely. Sigal also sells beautiful clay work on...
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Summer is coming to a close here but that doesn’t mean I’m not still making summery canes – it’ll be warm on the other side of the world. Plus, fruit canes are always sweet. So I dug up a few good ones...
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Finding Canes
A big section of polymer items for sale on places like Etsy are the canes. You can buy canes raw or baked. Here’s a few: Tiger Cane by Cattherien Butterfly Canes by Claychicks Yin Yang Cane by Norrine...
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