This week I am featuring one of my favorite artists and online friend, Meg Newberg. Meg has joined us here on the blog several times. Her ingenuity and love of polymer clay canes are truly magnificent! She will be joining us 3 times this week to share her love of clay & polymer clay millefiori canes. Today she’s sharing a polymer clay cane tutorial just in time for Christmas.
Continue reading Christmas Star Cane Tutorial
I hope each and every one of you had a great Thanksgiving! I know I did. I even was able to count my blessings. There are so many though, that I actually lost track.
This is the last and final project in Christi’s “Polymer Clay & Mixed Media Together at Last” book. Next week we will begin the final stages of our year long project by working on the final book, “Flourish.” There are some great projects here that I’m sure you will enjoy. Continue reading Friesen Friday: Little Pond Mini-Tutorial
Learn to make your own super cute polymer clay acorn ornaments for the fall and autumn season. Also cute for Thanksgiving!
In honor of this special day, here’s a little fall harvest project for your Thanksgiving holiday. Make this quick and fun polymer clay acorn today or tomorrow … or bookmark it to come back later!
Ever wanted to add a date or name to something you’ve made? Here’s an easy way to do it, faux stamped metallic tags made from polymer clay.
This polymer clay dragon tutorial that follows is to help you make a similar dragon with little heart themed accessories. Please know that the polymer clay dragon frame Christi makes in her book is much more realistic, scary, and serpentine-like. You are free to choose to make either project … or make them BOTH!
Continue reading Friesen Friday: Love Dragon Polymer Clay Picture Frame Project
One of the most time consuming parts about using scrap clay (for me at least) is blending it together. Why is this? Well, because often my clay just sits and waits on me. Some of the clay in my scrap clay pile is many years old. Other bits & pieces are fresh from recent sculptures or designs. But here’s my biggest tip for you … you know how I’m always telling you “Don’t use Sculpey” for your finished pieces? Well … when I have my students over in my studio, because they are mostly beginners, that’s all we use. When they get “good enough” that they aren’t wasting clay, I transition them to Premo or Fimo depending on their projects. Here’s the thing … every once and awhile you get a block of clay (it could be ANY brand) that is just too hard to condition! You run it through your pasta machine a zillion times and it’s still cracking, breaking, and just can’t get “warmed up” and softened. Continue reading Blending Polymer Clay
Continue reading Grape Expectations: GrapeVine Mirror Tutorial for the Friesen Project
Polymer Clay Bird Tutorials REVISITED! Since we are in the Mixed Media Book, I got a request from several of you asking if we could “please, oh please” make birds again. In the case of a couple of those requests, it was because you took time off from the Friesen Project this summer. For others of you it was because you just love birds that much. In either case, we’re going to be doing birds again this week! So break out the clay, it’s time for a bird tutorials. Continue reading Polymer Clay Bird Tutorials: The Friesen Project Revisited
One of the things that we haven’t talked about a lot on this blog is how to finish a piece you have been working on. For many of us we will antique the piece and even varnish the piece. But what do you do after that? I’m going to show you an example of what I did with one of my pieces.
Continue reading How to Finish a Piece – Frame Your Polymer Clay Design
This is a great polymer clay tutorial for a weekend craft project with a friend. Consider making this awesome lizard in pink, yellow, or even orange!
Continue reading Friesen Friday: Polymer Clay Lizard Tutorial
The Friesen Project ran in 2013 and has since ended. Many of the projects are no longer available but can be found in Christi’s books. Projects that were done by the site owner have been rewritten and turned into Worksheets or Tutorials.
Continue reading Friesen Friday Project: Making a Tribal Face from Polymer Clay Tutorial
It’s Friesen Friday! Welcome to the first (and easiest) tutorial in the Mixed Media & Polymer Clay Together at Last book by Christi Friesen. This tutorial is fun & super easy. use your imagination and bring your flowers to life. Let’s get started!
Continue reading Friesen Friday: Polymer Clay Festive Flower Tutorial
This cute polymer clay tutorial will give you the basics that you need to recreate this cute little leaf pin. Perfect to wear this season. You can also attach this to ribbons on a gift! ENJOY! Continue reading Polymer Clay Tutorial: How to Make a Fall Leaf Pin
If you make a lot of blends with clay, I’m sure there’s been at least one time or two when your blend has gotten too wide and isn’t long enough. If this happens to you, not to worry, you are not alone.
Continue reading Tip Tuesday: Make a Wedge for Your Pasta Machine