WIP Wednesday
Author: Katie Oskin
Don’t Buy New, Reclaim Something Awesome
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Today’s the day, the final edition of “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.” This past month myself and Ginger from The Blue Bottle Tree have brought you a collaborative series of posts. I hope you have enjoyed them so far. In case you missed one, I’ve put the links to them below so you can check them out.
Today’s article is by Ginger. To accompany hers, I will write my own today and I will tell you how and where you can reclaim, repurpose, thrift, & find some bargains that you can turn into useable & functional items in your polymer clay studio. READ THE ARTICLE NOW.
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WIP Wednesday: A Short Week
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Holy Week Excitement
As many of my readers know, I am not a full-time artist. I am an ordained American Baptist Minister. This means that some weeks (like last week) are very busy for me with church and church activities. Last week was Holy Week and I was crazy busy! However, I did manage to squeeze in about 6 hours of work in my studio last week. Working in my polymer clay studio always seems to just melt all the stress away, and last Friday was no different.
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Unique Millefiori Cane Library Solution
The Art of Millefiori Canes
As anyone who has created one of more millefiori canes, you know that there are some really awesome canes and some really not so awesome canes that you have made. One of the things that I like to do is create a “library” for my canes. This idea is not my own, but evolved from a discussion in one of the FaceBook groups I am in. Many people talked about how they store, collect, and display their canes for future reference or use.
How to Be Productive in Your Polymer Clay Studio
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Welcome back to “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.” This month Ginger from The Blue Bottle Tree and myself are bringing you a collaborative series of posts. I hope you have enjoyed them so far. In case you missed one, I’ve put the links to them below so you can check them out. There’s valuable information in each article, so don’t miss them. I hope that you will continue to join us and chime in with your comments, thoughts, & ideas as well.
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Continue reading How to Be Productive in Your Polymer Clay StudioWIP Wednesday: Caned Flowers
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Does your “work” in your studio each week tend to carry a “theme” with it? I never used to think mine did, until I started my WIP Wednesday’s Series of posts this year. I realized something in taking all those photographs, there really is a pattern to my work.
12 Polymer Clay Easter Tutorials & Projects
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Looking for a polymer clay Easter tutorial?
If you are looking for a polymer clay Easter tutorial that you can put together in an afternoon, here’s 12 projects to get you started. And there are plenty more where that came from. All you have to do is follow my HOLIDAY BOARD on Pinterest. I pin new, fresh, exciting, and fun ideas, tutorials, supplies, and polymer fun each and every day.
Continue reading 12 Polymer Clay Easter Tutorials & Projects52 Weeks of Canes: Leaf & Rose Cane
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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio: Making Room
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Do You Have a Dedicated Space?
It’s true that artists come in all types: organized, messy, simple, & complex. Often our spaces reflect the artist within. Our series “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio” continues this week over at The Blue Bottle Tree. Ginger takes us on a great journey of finding your dedicated space and “Making Room for Your Polymer Clay Studio.”
As you read in my post last week, we focused on “Falling in Love with Your Studio, no Matter its Size.” This week Ginger takes that one step further and explores ideas on how to create that studio that you’re craving. She delves into all kinds of ideas surrounding building your own craft space: from converting an existing space, stealing a space, functional furniture, cart trolley’s and much more.
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WIP Wednesdays: Bug Addiction
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WIP Wednesday
In Kater’s Acres Polymer Clay Studio
Bug Addiction
Here we are, another week flown by … and I’m losing my mind … okay, perhaps not. BUT … I certainly am finding myself addicted to bugs (which I hate … but cute clay ones are my friends) and flowers lately. I must have been bitten by the spring bug, hahaha. Moving On…
Stroppel Cane Miniature Easter Egg Tutorial
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The Stroppel Cane
I have blogged about the Stroppel Cane many times, Alice has even joined us here on the blog to say “hi” & give us more information about her awesome cane (see the comments on her post). I have been making so many canes lately for flower necklaces and things that I have made some of the most beautiful Stroppel canes ever from those canes ends. (Okay, perhaps not ever … but the best ones I’ve ever made for sure.)
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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio: No Matter Its Size
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Welcome April! This month myself and Ginger from The Blue Bottle Tree are bringing you a collaborative series of posts, “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.” Each Thursday in April you can join me and Ginger as we talk about a topic relating to “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.” I hope that you will continue to join us and chime in with your comments, thoughts, & ideas as well.
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WIP Wednesday – Trying New Things
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Daring to Try New Things
in my Polymer Clay Studio
For those of us who have creative streaks, we can often find ourselves deep inside a rut … sometimes one that we can’t get out of too. In fact, those are some difficult times for an artist. One of the things that I do when I’m in a “rut” creatively is to journal. However, I can often be found purchasing fabulous online tutorials for polymer clay. Or … I order a new polymer clay book and dive deep into it’s pages.
52 Weeks of Canes: Leaf Cane
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Extruded Polymer Clay Leaf Cane
Week 12: Leaf Canes Continued
This month we have been exploring leaf canes & all the different kinds of leaves that you can make with clay. With all the colors of clay on the market, the infinite possibilities with color mixing, you could make hundreds of different combinations of colored leaves and never repeat the same color scheme twice.
Continue reading 52 Weeks of Canes: Leaf CaneWIP Wednesday: Skinner Blend Madness
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Polymer Clay Flowers
The Week of the Skinner Blend
This week has been a very busy week in my studio, with Spring on the way I have been eager to start creating flowers! And like many other things in my studio, when I get the urge to create something I just follow the creative streak until it dies down. (Not to mention that since my gardening skills are not that good.) So unlike my other WIP Wednesday posts, this post is about just one thing instead of all the things I’ve been doing.
Color Changing Flower Doodle Cane Tutorial
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