Buttons have always fascinated me. I collect them, mould them and use them in my clay work. Boutons et perles (1) Les boutons m'ont touj...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Learn how to make polymer clay bracelets with these 6 easy methods.
Karen A. Scofield’s Examples of Polymer Clay Goddess Pendants, Plus a Moon. Photocollage photo by Karen A. Scofield, copyright 2 inch tall polymer clay Goddess beads by Karen A. Scofield. Tut…
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Learn how to make polymer clay bracelets with these 6 easy methods.
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I've blogged about this here: MossyOwls - Polymer Clay Ramblings There's a tutorial for this technique here at Polymer Clay Web: Faux Ceramic Pendants
Karen A. Scofield’s Examples of Polymer Clay Goddess Pendants, Plus a Moon. Photocollage photo by Karen A. Scofield, copyright 2 inch tall polymer clay Goddess beads by Karen A. Scofield. Tut…
Finally the weather is getting warmer. Over here in the UK, we’ve been having some beautiful weather in between the showers, and I’m thinking of seasonal beads made in clay. Today I’d like to share how I create my Spring flower beads. They are made from ceramic clay, but I think they’d work equally well in polymer if you don’t have access to a kiln. To start, grab yourself a lump of clay and roll a sausage. Cut the sausage in to equal sized pieces. This will help your beads to be roughly the same size. Roll each piece in to a ball and flatten. I do this by squashing the ball in the centre and then gently squeezing around the edge to level the clay. This will give you a square edge. Next you need a chisel ended tool. This is one of my two most used tools for bead making. I never use the other end, but the chisel tip is great for smoothing, shaping and marking your clay. Press the tool in to the clay at the edge and then roll the tip towards the centre of the bead to make an indent. Do this at opposite sides around the edge until you have petals. Flip the bead and putting your tool in the groove from the first side, roll around to the centre again to create petals on the second side. Take a skewer or your favourite hole making implement. Pierce centrally in between two petals through to the other side so that the point just pokes through the clay. (I find it’s easier to look at the bead edge on while doing this to make sure the skewer goes through level. Take out the skewer and pierce from the opposite side to join the first hole and push all the way through. Working like this gives you a neater hole, and also gives you the chance to correct any lining up mistakes from the first poke. With the bead still on the skewer, take a ball stylus tool and poke a ring of dots in the centre of the flower. Poke another ring inside that, and continue until the centre is filled. Leave the clay to harden a little and then if there are any cracks around the hole, you can clean these up with a damp paintbrush before leaving to dry completely. When they are dry, these go in to the kiln for a bisque firing. Next they are glazed, the glaze is wiped from the front surfaces to create a nice contrast and highlight the centres, and they are fired again to full temperature. The dotted centres are quite a simple design, but there are lots of different effects you can go for in the middle, add lines, wiggles, more petals, whatever you like to make them your own! If you’re trying this in polymer, I think you could get some great effects with inks and pastes, and I’d love to see what you create if you try! Caroline http://www.blueberribeads.co.uk
Dear Chicago House, What do you know, those polymer clay covered pens have been a huge hit in blog land and I did promise a more techniques on creating them. So it is about time I shared a tutorial on making a marble design, and in celebration of up coming valentines day they are in
Looking for something creative to do at home? This amazing list of air dry clay and polymer clay tutorials will inspire you to get crafting. There are so many ways to be creative with clay. It can be used to sculpt pots, make colourful jewellery, rolled into beads or used to make home decor project
From donuts to stone, using polymer clay opens up a world of crafty possibilities – take a peek at a few of our favorites!
The gentle natural sound of wind chimes can be relaxing. Why not make one for your home or garden? Follow these 30 special DIY Wind Chimes Ideas with tutorials for inspiration!
Découper une grande quantité de cercles de couleurs différentes, les empiler pour les rentrer dans l’extrudeuse et créer un long serpent plat… (Ici, j’ai utilisé le plus gros trou rectangulai…
I hope you all haven't gotten bored of my pressed flower beads already… I have two more how-tos for you today. These are quite a bit more simple than my last design, but they turn out looking like you put a lot of time into them. And it's all thanks to a nicely textured mold! :-) Here they are… 1. Choose 2 molds (or texture sheets) of the same or similar pattern. Roll equal size balls of polymer for each bead. 2. Sandwich a polymer ball between the two molds. 3. Press firmly using a small glass dish so you get even texture. 4. Ta-da! your nicely double-sided textured currently hole-less bead! 5. Before removing the polymer from the mold, gently cut the hole — this way that pressure won't distort the texture. I used a large leather punch for my cutter. 6. Bake for an hour and cool. Next, paint your donuts… And enjoy that nice texture… Now we're going to make some wrapped beads… 1. Chose a mold or texture sheet with a long or repeating pattern. Roll same size pieces of polymer — this time lengthen them into sticks. 2. Press firmly. 3. Wrap to form beads. I used a crochet hook for my beads. 4. Ready for the oven. Bake for an hour and cool. Paint… Go make something with them!! See, that was pretty easy… and made some fun new beads! I hope you'll give these a try. What new creations have you been working on? Making anything with polymer clay lately? Now that we've spent quite a bit of time on these pressed flower beads, I think I should maybe blog about something else next time. After all, I don't want you to get bored. Any ideas? I love to talk polymer and beads! I'm taking suggestions!
....DIY So, here's a little useful and pretty DIY for your kitchen: A wooden bead trivet. Perfect for protecting your work surfaces from hot pots and pans when cooking...I use mine to rest my chemex coffee maker on, and I love the simple hexagonal design and the color and texture of the wooden beads! This is a very simple make, and besides from the wooden beads, all you'll need is a needle and some string. I made mine in less than 1/2 hour. Here's how you can make your own: Create a loop at the end of your string, then thread on 6 beads... Use the loop to tighten the beads together into a circle, then pass the needle through the last bead to secure the shape. Let's call this the first row. To start forming the second row, thread on one bead to sit between two of the beads on the first row. Secure by passing the needle through the next bead on the first row...repeat all the way around... Next up, you want to fill the gaps on the second row... Do this by passing the needle through the beads you've just attached, then add the beads to fill in.. Start the third row in the same way as you did the second, but this time add two beads, before securing by passing the needle through the corresponding bead on the previous row... Continue all the way around... ... then fill in the gaps as you did before. I stopped there, but if you want a bigger trivet, just repeat the processes above until you get your desired size. Tie off the loose end. Simple, easy and good looking: A useful addition to your kitchen... I love the way it compliments my Chemex and fits in with my kitchen interiors: I hope you all have a great weekend, and that you will pop back next week for my next installment in my Beautiful Utility blog post series, as next week I am looking at how to get your laundry and household cleaning essentials to become more integrated element of your interiors, by choosing functional, yet beautifully designed tools for the job. Please vote for me for best DIY blog
A great way to texture clay is by using textured surfaces and stamps and this is a quick guide to show how its done. I made these clay rollers and stamps a few weeks ago at school for the pupils to use with their clay projects (in particular with the clay aboriginal art masks they have been making.) But more to come about those in a future blog. Roll soft clay into balls approx size of a nectarine. Push down with palms of your hand to flatten the sides of the clay ball. Roll the clay on a smooth flat surface to create a soft even edge all round. Make about six to start with so that you have a few to texture in different ways. Find objects that you think will create an interesting pattern in the clay (try them out on seperate clay before deciding which to use) I have used the ends of pencils, credit card,print blocks,string,lace ect... Start to imprint the objects around the clay roller, ensuring even markings and care taken not to distort the clay roller which will still be pliable, it may take a few goes to make the rollers you wish to keep. The oddest of objects may appear dull and uninteresting but once an impression in clay is made may appear to look really good, experimenting with different objects is key. Here are some of the rollers just after making them, they will shrink whilst drying and once again if fired. Firing is nessesary if using these rollers onto wet clay but can be used at bone dry stage for polymer clay projects and if a kiln is'nt available. These stamps are made in the stame way but they are formed like little mushrooms instead of rollers and the surface is flattened and imprinted with objects in the same way. Here is an example of what they looked like rolled onto slabs of wet clay. The finished rollers and stamps fired in a kiln. This tutorial can also be viewed on the Folksy Making guide where it may be printed off in step by step stages.
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Finally the weather is getting warmer. Over here in the UK, we’ve been having some beautiful weather in between the showers, and I’m thinkin...
Crocheted beads are a beautiful for baby toys and jewelry. Learn how to crochet around beads with this easy step-by-step tutorial.
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Polymer Clay Tutorial: Learn how to make polymer clay bracelets with these 6 easy methods.
Making Clay Bead Bracelets is so much fun. They're a quick and easy craft that can easily be personalised. String them up by themselves or combine them with letter beads to spell names, words or meaningful phrases.
Learn to make clay, paper, plastic, and glass beads. I include supplies, techniques, tutorials, and resources for paper, polymer clay, plastic, ceramic, beaded, fused glass, and lampwork glass.
Gorgeous Rainbow Tangle Beads are so colourful, fun and quirky. An easy polymer clay craft for kids and fun-loving grown-ups.
This is a very fun and brand new tutorial about how to make Lampwork style beads out of polymer clay. Detailed instructions are given in more than 70 pages and 220 photos. Projects included: - Mesh beads - Repair or transform older pieces - Interference beads - The beauty of circles - Holo effect - Joy beads - Happy beads - Indian beads And not only these projects, which are separately and very detailed explained. You will aso find tips and secrets, a built in mini tutorial about liquid clay and many sub-projects which are explained briefly, based on the widely described ones. Using the instructions given in this tutorial you can start with a simple bead and end up to a very complicated one!! All techniques are suitable for craft projects and bigger pieces such as ornaments etc. The tutorial is uploaded to WeTransfer because the size of the pdf files is not fitting the uploading ability of Etsy. After payment, you will receive an email from WeTransfer with a link. Click the link and download the files. This service is free and you have 7 days to download the files, then they are deleted automtically by WeTransfer. If for some reason you missed this limit, please contact me and I will upload it for you again. Save the files in your personal computer! Please, consider also the possible time differences between your country and mine. This tutorial is for personal use only. This work is protected and cannot be resold or redistributed in any way. Any attempt to resell this version or variations or parts of this tutorial is strictly forbidden. You may not teach this technique to others. You may however sell items you have created using this tutorial. The technique demonstrated in this tutorial was developed by me and has not been taken from any book, other tutorial or Internet site. Feel free to contact me if you face a problem, if you want to ask anything. I will be glad to answer and help you.
Gorgeous Rainbow Tangle Beads are so colourful, fun and quirky. An easy polymer clay craft for kids and fun-loving grown-ups.
Artist Angela Anderson shares kids art projects, art instruction ideas, video tutorials, and paintings in her art blog.
