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I decided to make some research work on the polymer clay notebook cover ideas. A birthday gift should feel personal and what's more personal than a handmade gift?
Cold Porcelain Clay Recipe: I was wondering about polymer clay substitutes and decided to experiment with homemade air-dry clays. This recipes is very fast and easy to make, not to mention inexpensive. There's no need to bake either. The things that can be modelled from…
Zdecydowałam się na kilka zmian zarówno tu na bloggerze jak i na stronie Facebook ( zmiany na Facebook są w toku) i sklepiku. Tak więc uległa zmianie strona wizualna, ale przede wszystkim adres bloga: artisticvariations.blogspot.co.uk Nazwa i adres, ulega przeistoczeniu na wersję angielską, tak aby mogła trafiać do większego grona odbiorców, nie tylko z Polski. A będa to Artystyczne Wariacje po angielsku: Artistic Variations Teraz tak mnie znajdziecie! Bardzo się starałam zrobić coś kolorowego i wesołego jednocześnie, ale niestety nie potrafię, Kompletnie to do mnie nie przemawia. Wilk zostaje za to ze mną i ten nieco nawiedzony klimacik chyba też! A jakby ktoś nie wiedział, to WILK jest moim nazwiskiem rodowym i towarzyszy mi od narodzin, stąd pomysł na skomponowanie tła i loga z wilkiem właśnie! Posty na blogu nadal będą w języku polskim i angielskim! Mam nadzieję, że spodobają się Wam te zmiany. Zapraszam Was gorąco na Facebook, gdzie zawsze możecie być na bieżąco z tym co się aktualnie dzieje w mojej pracowni, oraz na reaktywowany profil na YT! Pozdrawiam! I havI have decided to make couple of changes which will affect not only my blogger but also a Facebook page( I waiting now for a answer from Facebook) and Etsy shop as well. First of all, I have changed a visual content. I have really tried hard to make something colorful and happy but unfortunately I couldn’t. I just don’t feel things like that. A wolf stays with me and that haunted atmosphere as well. And wolf has a special meaning to me as it is my family surname. “Wolf” accompanied me since my birth and this is where my idea of such a background came from. Another change and most important! I made is a name which was changed by me to English version and Blog address of course too: “Artistic Variations” http://artisticvariations.blogspot.co.uk/ as I’m trying to reach an international publicity as well. It means my work will be available not only for Polish, but also for people from other countries. Any stuff posted on blog will still be in both languages, Polish and English. I really do hope these changes will meet a positive acceptance. And I want to ask You to visit not only my Facebook page so You can be up to date with all the things I’m doing regarding my workshop but also to visit my reactivated YouTube channel. Thanks very much! Cheers!
Until I spotted Diane's post on Craftstylish, I had no idea you could actually make porcelain. Sure, you can do the polymer clay route, but this DIY
After making a tiara a few weeks ago using cold porcelain roses, I decided that I really should try my hand at making my own cold porcelain clay. I keep reading how easy and cheap it is to make - I did actually try to make some last year, but it just didn't work out for me. Making it was fine, but when it dried, cracks appeared all over my pieces and I wasn't sure what I'd done wrong. Also, it was the summer holidays and I really wanted to get my 5 year old daughter involved in something creative, that would keep us both happy for a couple of hours. Having looked at recipes on The Internet, I think one of my failings the first time was the glue I used. Many of the American sites said to use Elmer's Glue-All, which, being in the UK, is a little harder to get hold of. My Alan Dunn book also recommends Elmer's Glue-All, Bison 'Wood Glue' or Impex 'Hi-Tack All Purpose Very Sticky Glue'. Instead I used regular P.V.A. glue which I hoped was the same - apparently it's not! This time I went to a children's craft factory shop and bought some "washable school glue" hoping that this might be more suitable than just standard P.V.A. The recipe I used is based on these instructions. Instead of in a pan, on the hob, I wanted to make mine in the microwave - mainly because I didn't want to use my best pans! I found a big, old casserole dish and measured out the ingredients, mixing them together until it was pretty well combined. I'd made my first failed attempt in the microwave, which seemed to come together all at once, with a few areas that had slightly overcooked, so I thought I'd try to make it a bit slower than previously. The ingredients I used were :- 1 cup of washable school glue 1 cup of cornflour (cornstarch) 1 tablespoon of baby oil 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to act as a preservative After cooking in the microwave I added :- 1 tablespoon of Nivea moisturiser or a similar cold cream Extra cornflour to prevent sticking Permanent white gouache to give it a porcelain quality I set my microwave at 50%, stirring it with an old metal spoon every 30 seconds. I eventually cooked it for a total of 3 minutes, stirring at 30 second intervals, each time making sure that it was as combined as possible. By the last cooking session it was all coming together into a solid dough so I knew that it was ready. I spread a tablespoon of Nivea moisturiser onto a big sheet of cling film and kneaded my dough until all the cream had been absorbed. I wrapped it in cling film, put it inside a ziplock bag and left it in an airtight container to cool down completely. So far so good! When it had cooled, I was itching to try it out to see if it would crack this time. Many of the instructions tell you to add a good squirt of permanent white gouache as it stops the clay looking translucent and gives it more of a porcelain appearance. Being an impatient kind of gal, I couldn't help but make a little 'pinched rose' out of the uncoloured clay, just to get the feel for it and to try it out. As you can see, the one on the left has more of a yellowy, see-through, slightly plastic look to it, but it's not wholly unattractive. I'm sure this translucent quality could have its applications... and look - no cracks! Just to clarify, the one on the right has had permanent white gouache added to the clay. (I may have had a touch of red on my fingers as it's gained a lovely pink tinge to the centre.) I broke off about a third of my dough and mixed in a good squeeze of permanent white gouache and then started colouring small chunks with gouache paints. Using a child's clay extruder I squeezed out strands of different colours. I had amazing ideas of making millefiori beads... well it squeezed through the extruder beautifully, but it was just too sticky to get any kind of definition when I cut them and the strands broke when I tried to pull them apart - they were so well stuck together. Never mind, it was my first second attempt. She hadn't wanted to get involved earlier, but at this point my daughter decided to put down her Disney dolls and get creative. When she saw that I was making beads, she wanted to have a play too. Well we had a lovely morning making beads together. She'd seen me making a rose earlier and so she wanted to make some flowers of her own. Her beads have cracked a little now that they've dried, but I think that's more because she didn't press her clay together enough. Also, she was working and reworking it over and over, so it's possible that it had started to dry before she finished her beads. I'd already made a 'pinched rose' earlier by taking tiny pieces of clay and pinching it between my fingers to form the petals. This time I wanted to make a more delicate rose like the ones I'd used on my rose tiara. For this, I need to roll it out, but my clay was just too sticky and was sticking to both my rolling pin and my Teflon sheet. It definitely needed extra cornflour so I put down a sheet of clingfilm and starting kneading in spoonfuls of cornflour until it felt a lot drier to the touch. It was a lot easier to work with after I'd added the cornflour, and a lot more similar in texture to the one I'd purchased previously. I must do a follow-up post after I've worked out exactly how much extra cornflour it needed... I then went on to try the dough in my butterfly and dragonfly push mould. I was starting to turn scientist after my success in mixing a dough that I could make roses out of. I wanted to find out how much my dough shrank by. I sprinkled my moulds with cornflour and gently pushed my dough into the mould, easing it out by flexing the mould a little. I then just left them to dry. A few days later I made another one to compare the shrinkage, which is quite evident from the picture above. Using just the height and width measurements as a guide, my cold porcelain appears to shrink by 20% - which is pretty standard apparently. 3 weeks later and I got my clay out to make something else and look what's happened! I added lemon juice at the start which is supposed to act as a preservative, but the piece of clay that I added the permanent white gouache to has started to grow some lovely green mould. Nice! Strangely the one that didn't have the paint added to is looking and feeling as good as new. (If anyone knows why that is, I'd love to know!) In the future I'll be adding the white gouache to smaller pieces and just use what I need. My cold porcelain book actually recommends using sodium benzoate as a preservative but given what we now know about the health risks, I think I'll stick to my lemon juice... Phew! Well done for getting this far! Sorry for such a lengthy post, but I learned quite a lot and I just wanted to share it. Hopefully I'll be sharing more cold porcelain makes soon. Related Posts:- Cold Porcelain Rose Beads Cold Porcelain Rose Tiara ------ Please be sweet and share the love. Leave a comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook page for regular updates or follow me on Pinterest, Bloglovin' or Instagram
I decided to make some research work on the polymer clay notebook cover ideas. A birthday gift should feel personal and what's more personal than a handmade gift?
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Koud porselein maken. Deze klei voor kunst- en handvaardigheidsprojecten is goedkoop en eenvoudig te maken, ook al is het niet daadwerkelijk uit porselein gemaakt. Wanneer je deze klei gemaakt hebt, kun je er gemakkelijk mee boetseren. De...
Buongiorno, la mia povera macchina fotografica è ancora dal meccanico :( ma altre belle notizie arrivano a BlackBetty e spero di potervene parlare presto! Nonostante l'infermità della macchina fotografica ho lo stesso un tutorial per voi >> sorpresaaaa << Devo essere sincera prima di realizzare questo cestino ho cercato ispirazione online ma ho trovato sempre il solito metodo intrecciando i fili verticali con quelli orizzontali e io volevo fare qualcosa di più semplice ma di bell'effetto...così quasi dal nulla è uscito questo ! Io ho usato la sugar gun (con la trafila a trifoglio) ma è perfettamente fattibile anche a mano creando 2 nastri e poi arrotolandoli insieme in una sorta di "treccia". E' anche molto semplice creare cestini di tutte le forme perchè a seconda del sostegno che usate potete crearli diritti come il mio, curvi o svasati! Ed ecco il passo a passo Preparate la pasta di zucchero marrone, un bicchiere e della pellicola per alimenti. Foderate il bicchiere con la pellicola. Ritagliate un cerchio di pdz marrone grande 3-4 mm più del fondo del bicchiere. Dopo aver appoggiato il bicchiere al centro del cerchio preparate una "treccia" di pdz marrone come in fig. 3. Potete usare la trafila a trifoglio della sugar gun e poi arrotolate la pdz su se stesso oppure prendere 2 nastrini di pdz marrone e arrotolorli insieme. Avvolgete poi le "trecce" intorno al bicchiere fino all'altezza desiderata, lasciate ad asciugare bene. Preparate allo stesso modo i manici (facendo le "trecce" più piccole) poi con il ball tool appiatite le estremità e lasciate asciugare bene. Una volta che tutto è asciutto potete incollare i manici con un po' di colla alimentare. Ecco il vostro cestino pronto :) potete riempirlo di fiori o di uova di pasqua, pulcini, coniglietti e tanto altro ! Spero vi piaccia, bacini Betty
1 cup white school glue 1 teaspoon facial cold cream 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon glycerin 1 tsp. baby oil or vaseline 1 cup corn...
Ever since I discovered cold porcelain clay, it has been used in a lot of my projects. The best thing about it is that you can make it yourself, it is easy and the ingredients are cheap. Cold porcelain clay is a great polymer clay alternative. I have always been avoiding polymer clay because of the expensive price and I do not want to use my oven for small things. I mainly work with air dry clay, and Hearty clay is one of them. However it is also very expensive and I need to buy them overseas, the shipping prices are very high these days. Therefore cold porcelain clay is now one of my favourites, this clay can produce very durable results and I just love the smooth matt finish. The clay is very soft to work with and can be easily coloured. Above is a short introduction to this clay. I realised the text is hard to see for some people, so please click CC if you need captions. Here are some of my roses I made with cold porcelain clay. The first rose on the left I made it awhile ago, and the next two I made just few days after. I am really happy with my third attempt, the result looks good but I still have many things to improve on. So here I am just going to do a brief introduction on how I made my clay, I used the microwave instead of the stove to cook it. If you need the stove version, you can find many of them on YouTube. *** Please scroll down to see trouble shooting and FAQ if you are having troubles making this clay*** You will need : Important notices: * Please stick closely to these ingredients, no substitution and you must use the amount it is required. * You cannot make it in the oven. You can make this clay in a microwave, or cook it in a pot on the stove. There are some tutorials on YouTube demonstrating the stove method. 1 cup (240ml) of cornstarch/ corn flour 1 cup (240ml) of PVA glue (school grade white glue, any brand would do) 2 tablespoons of vinegar/ lemon juice/ lime juice 2 tablespoons of baby oil/ cooking oil Lotion First prepare a microwave save bowl and put in all the wet ingredients. Add the corn flour. Mix till a gooey texture. Pop in the microwave for 15s, and do it for 3 times. Between these intervals take it out and mix it. I have a 1100W microwave, the cooking time depends on the power, so start with a short duration for the first time. You will start to see the top turn into a matt finish, and the clay is getting hard. This is after the third interval, the clay starts to form lumps. Prepare a cooking wrap sheet with lotion, this will prevent the clay sticking to your hands and the working surface. Be careful, the clay is very hot! Keep kneading till it's cooled down and forms into a shape. Don't overcook, the clay is perfect with a peak when you pull it apart. If the clay breaks when you pull, it means you have overcooked it. Wrap it up and store in the fridge (I normally leave it overnight). Above is a tutorial I made with red food colouring. The amount of ingredients were different due to more water contents from the food colouring, however, the processes are the same. I know some of you were having troubles making the clay, I hope this video helps. Also, you can make all sorts of different colours by using this method! Please subscribe to my channel as well :-) !! Troubleshooting : I have received many questions about this clay, sorry I can't reply to everyone's questions. So here are some troubleshooting tips: * My clay is still sticky 1. Did you use corn starch or corn flour? You can not use anything else other than those two ingredients. 2. What's the watts for your microwave? If it's under 1100W, you might need to add more intervals and cook more. 3. When you knead it, if it becomes sticky, add more corn starch or corn flour. If you are confident enough, you can always put it back in the microwave for a few seconds just to warm it up (however this is really risky, I suggest you just add more cornstarch/ corn flour) 4. If you put it in the fridge to rest and the next day it's sticky, again, mix in some dry ingredients (corn starch/ corn flour) in. * I overcooked my clay You can always make an under-cook batch and blend them together, it always worked for me! * My clay cracked when dried This is a really hard question, because it has never happened to me before. It really depends on the temperature and the humidity of your area. Avoid putting it directly under the sun, and place it in a well ventilated area in room temperature. * My clay can't stick together when I put the pieces together This is a tricky question, because it really depends on the consistency of your clay. My only suggestion would be blend in some PVA glue to your clay so it's 'stickier'. FAQ : * How long does it need to take it to dry? It depends on the thickness and the volume of your creation. It normally takes 1-2 days to dry for a 3cm round ball, however, please keep in mind that this depends on the humidity and the weather of your place. * Do I need to put in the fridge to rest? Nope, you don't need to. I have experimented and put it in room temperature wrapped with cooking wrap, and it's totally fine. * How much does this clay weighs? It's heavier than normal paper air-dry clay, I have to say, it weighs around the same as polymer clay. (Still need to confirm) * How durable is the clay? The clay dries rock hard! It's very durable for jewellery making, and sculptures. However thin pieces around 2mm-3mm will break (if that's your intention to break them), but other than that, this clay is very sturdy. * Does the clay dry matte? Yes, it does! The clay dries to a beautiful matte finish, with a little hint of gloss. You can see the example of a dried work here, and I added a satin varnish over them. * Is this clay water proof, do I need to glaze it? Same as other clay, you can wipe it with a damp cloth, but do not 'soak' it in water. If you want longer durability, you can add varnish it- either matte, satin or gross. It depends on the purpose and the look you want to achieve. Eg. If you are just going to put it as a display you might want to leave it as it is, unless you want the shininess from the gross varnish. More cute crafts coming soon, Lisa
These lovely polymer clay pendants were my inspiration. I'm not decided which artist I love the most Alchemian or Daniella Pupa. Let's go together through the pictures and vote!
Try our cold porcelain without glue homemade clay recipe and see the comparisons between this, conventional cold porcelain and saltdough.
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Today we have another demonstration in a series of instructional videos from Marisol Romero about cold porcelain. Marisol Romero is a ...
Ever since I discovered cold porcelain clay, it has been used in a lot of my projects. The best thing about it is that you can make it yourself, it is easy and the ingredients are cheap. Cold porcelain clay is a great polymer clay alternative. I have always been avoiding polymer clay because of the expensive price and I do not want to use my oven for small things. I mainly work with air dry clay, and Hearty clay is one of them. However it is also very expensive and I need to buy them overseas, the shipping prices are very high these days. Therefore cold porcelain clay is now one of my favourites, this clay can produce very durable results and I just love the smooth matt finish. The clay is very soft to work with and can be easily coloured. Above is a short introduction to this clay. I realised the text is hard to see for some people, so please click CC if you need captions. Here are some of my roses I made with cold porcelain clay. The first rose on the left I made it awhile ago, and the next two I made just few days after. I am really happy with my third attempt, the result looks good but I still have many things to improve on. So here I am just going to do a brief introduction on how I made my clay, I used the microwave instead of the stove to cook it. If you need the stove version, you can find many of them on YouTube. *** Please scroll down to see trouble shooting and FAQ if you are having troubles making this clay*** You will need : Important notices: * Please stick closely to these ingredients, no substitution and you must use the amount it is required. * You cannot make it in the oven. You can make this clay in a microwave, or cook it in a pot on the stove. There are some tutorials on YouTube demonstrating the stove method. 1 cup (240ml) of cornstarch/ corn flour 1 cup (240ml) of PVA glue (school grade white glue, any brand would do) 2 tablespoons of vinegar/ lemon juice/ lime juice 2 tablespoons of baby oil/ cooking oil Lotion First prepare a microwave save bowl and put in all the wet ingredients. Add the corn flour. Mix till a gooey texture. Pop in the microwave for 15s, and do it for 3 times. Between these intervals take it out and mix it. I have a 1100W microwave, the cooking time depends on the power, so start with a short duration for the first time. You will start to see the top turn into a matt finish, and the clay is getting hard. This is after the third interval, the clay starts to form lumps. Prepare a cooking wrap sheet with lotion, this will prevent the clay sticking to your hands and the working surface. Be careful, the clay is very hot! Keep kneading till it's cooled down and forms into a shape. Don't overcook, the clay is perfect with a peak when you pull it apart. If the clay breaks when you pull, it means you have overcooked it. Wrap it up and store in the fridge (I normally leave it overnight). Above is a tutorial I made with red food colouring. The amount of ingredients were different due to more water contents from the food colouring, however, the processes are the same. I know some of you were having troubles making the clay, I hope this video helps. Also, you can make all sorts of different colours by using this method! Please subscribe to my channel as well :-) !! Troubleshooting : I have received many questions about this clay, sorry I can't reply to everyone's questions. So here are some troubleshooting tips: * My clay is still sticky 1. Did you use corn starch or corn flour? You can not use anything else other than those two ingredients. 2. What's the watts for your microwave? If it's under 1100W, you might need to add more intervals and cook more. 3. When you knead it, if it becomes sticky, add more corn starch or corn flour. If you are confident enough, you can always put it back in the microwave for a few seconds just to warm it up (however this is really risky, I suggest you just add more cornstarch/ corn flour) 4. If you put it in the fridge to rest and the next day it's sticky, again, mix in some dry ingredients (corn starch/ corn flour) in. * I overcooked my clay You can always make an under-cook batch and blend them together, it always worked for me! * My clay cracked when dried This is a really hard question, because it has never happened to me before. It really depends on the temperature and the humidity of your area. Avoid putting it directly under the sun, and place it in a well ventilated area in room temperature. * My clay can't stick together when I put the pieces together This is a tricky question, because it really depends on the consistency of your clay. My only suggestion would be blend in some PVA glue to your clay so it's 'stickier'. FAQ : * How long does it need to take it to dry? It depends on the thickness and the volume of your creation. It normally takes 1-2 days to dry for a 3cm round ball, however, please keep in mind that this depends on the humidity and the weather of your place. * Do I need to put in the fridge to rest? Nope, you don't need to. I have experimented and put it in room temperature wrapped with cooking wrap, and it's totally fine. * How much does this clay weighs? It's heavier than normal paper air-dry clay, I have to say, it weighs around the same as polymer clay. (Still need to confirm) * How durable is the clay? The clay dries rock hard! It's very durable for jewellery making, and sculptures. However thin pieces around 2mm-3mm will break (if that's your intention to break them), but other than that, this clay is very sturdy. * Does the clay dry matte? Yes, it does! The clay dries to a beautiful matte finish, with a little hint of gloss. You can see the example of a dried work here, and I added a satin varnish over them. * Is this clay water proof, do I need to glaze it? Same as other clay, you can wipe it with a damp cloth, but do not 'soak' it in water. If you want longer durability, you can add varnish it- either matte, satin or gross. It depends on the purpose and the look you want to achieve. Eg. If you are just going to put it as a display you might want to leave it as it is, unless you want the shininess from the gross varnish. More cute crafts coming soon, Lisa
