Making canes out of polymer clay is fun and quite satisfying, but it can be time consuming. After doing all of that work you want to get the most out of your cane and not waste it. That is why I decided…
Ordering products from PolyClayPlay.com has come up several times in conversations with other polymer clay artists. But, I will admit to being a little slow to catch on sometimes, lol. I finally got around to placing an order with them, and wow,…
When I first started this, the sixth of the polymer clay figure sculptures I challenged myself to make in 2017, I planned to make her patterned after the final of the neighborhood kids in Maureen Carlson’s book How to Make Clay Characters….
As I’ve mentioned several times on this blog, for the past two years I have been part of the Polymer Clay Adventure which is an online art retreat in which you pay a single fee for classes that will last you an…
Conditioning polymer clay is one of those things you read about in any polymer clay basics section of a book or article. But what exactly is it, why exactly do we need to do it and, more importantly, how do we know…
In today’s video I show you a basic and very helpful polymer clay technique. It’s called the Skinner blend and it’s a wonderful way to get shadings of different colors. In the video I go from blue to yellow and my cane turns…
Welcome to another What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On my workdesk today are two major projects. The first one, as is common on these What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesdays, is that I am working on Thursday’s dragon. There are bits and pieces of that project on the…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On this week’s work desk, you might not be able to tell, but I am working on dragon number 25. Those blue stripy things you see on the center tile are actually polymer clay. They are strings…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! Today’s desk finds me working on dragon #18 in my year-long series of polymer clay dragons. This week I’m attempting to create a dragon who is a character in favorite book series of mine. If any of…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once more! Today’s workdesk finds me playing with my Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker. It specifically makes lentil shaped beads, and is a clever design. For quite some time polymer clay artists have been using light bulbs of various…