Every once and awhile an artist comes along that is not only super talented, but kind, sweet, wonderful, & truly one of those people who you’d want to be your best friend. Ginger is one of those people. She has broken the mold with new ideas & concepts in polymer design, technique, & I admit … fun! Today it is my honor to have her here on the blog and share a little bit about a technique she developed that I absolutely love, called “Holo Effects.” (See the review here)
Welcome back to “Work in Progress Wednesday!” Â Just so you know, “a scrappy week” is not a metaphor or a replacement for another word. Rather, it describes exactly what most of my time in my studio was spent doing … playing with scrap clay! I’ve been so busy creating the past several weeks that I have generated a lot of scrap. Â Often, I just throw it in a giant glass bowl awaiting future use. When I’m caning however, I will often have a sheet of clay ready to make a Stroppel Cane to help absorb those wonky cuts.
I’ve searched high & low for some of the best Valentine’s Day, polymer clay heart tutorials on the internet. Here are some of the best (and most popular) that I could find online. Enjoy & feel free to repin them if you’d like.
Continue reading 14 Valentine’s Day Polymer Clay Heart Tutorials
It’s always a challenge to figure out what to do with all those scraps that you have left over from making a cane. I have more scraps from making canes than any other single thing that I do in my studio. I suppose it’s just the nature of the beast.
Continue reading What to Do with That Scrap Clay? Make Some Cute Pens!
I’m really enjoying the process of learning to make canes. In fact, where I used to be scared of anything that wasn’t a leaf cane or flower petal cane, I can now say that I thoroughly enjoy making my canes! Much of that is thanks to this year long project team that has continued to push me to make a new cane every week. Continue reading 52 Weeks of Canes: Basket Weave Cane by KatersAcres
Making polymer clay rainbow pens are a fun afternoon project. I love making pens to give as gifts or to make as fillers on my table at shows and events. ENJOY!
Continue reading Rainbow Pen Tutorial – Using Skinner Blend, Canes, & Cut-Outs
This week for the 52 Weekly Cane Projects group, our challenge was to create a zipper cane. Here’s my mini-tutorial for this cane.
Continue reading Polymer Clay Zipper Cane Tutorial
Amazing Clay Flowers: Creating Realistic Flowers & Floral Arrangements by Noriko KawaguchiContinue reading Clay Book Review: Amazing Clay Flowers by Noriko Kawaguchi
Every week I pin oodles of great polymer clay tutorials on Pinterest. Some of these polymer clay tutorials have been shared by groups, some I’ve found on my RSS feeds, some I’ve stumbled on through Pinterest. In any case, I thought I’d take my “Tutorial Tuesday” to share with you some of the great tutorials that are out there. Next week, I will bring you another cute free tutorial that you can make in your own studio!
This week for the 52 Weeks of Canes, one of our projects was the pixelated retro cane. This pixelated retro cane tutorial originated from Bettina Welker. I in no way, shape, or form came up with this design idea on my own. This being said, please see Bettina’s highly detailed tutorial here.
Continue reading Mini-Tutorial Pixelated Retro Cane Bettina Welker Style
Continue reading Color Palette Inspiration: Where Pink & Green Collide
As often as I can, I will chronicle my journey through the 52 weekly cane polymer clay cane projects by sharing the tutorial that we were to learn from, what I created, & if it’s different a tutorial link or tutorial of my own for you to try.
It is my pleasure to introduce you to a wonderful artist and a great person, Jennifer Jeffs. She is one of the newest leaders of the PCETeam on Etsy. She is truly an all around wonderful person and it’s my joy to introduce you to her today.
Continue reading Introducing Jennifer Jeffs from Gnome Woods
Well, it’s been a year full of fun and adventure, and now the 2013 Friesen Project has come to a close. We have spent 52 weeks together and done over 40 projects. For those of you who hung in there and stuck it out, good for you! I hope you learned something about yourself and your clay. I hope you were able to develop your style and your voice over the past year.
Continue reading Tree Person Inspired Tutorial for the Friesen Project
Well, we’re down to the last several projects! Today’s project is to make & design yourself a faux Stained Glass Window using Christi’s book as a guide.
Continue reading Friesen Friday: Faux Stained Glass Project