Archive for October, 2007

My favorite tools for polymer clay - Wax or dental carving tools!

I thought I would share my favorite tools today. A long time ago, whilst shopping at Utrecht art supplies in Boston, I found a curiously shaped piece of stainless steel. It had a lethal-looking pointy end, and the other end was a smooth spoon-shaped pointy thing. The whole effect was of an interesting yet dangerous [...]

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Send In Your Bottles Of Hope & Make Someone Smile!

Most of you probably have been touched by cancer sometime in your life, maybe with a family member, friend, co worker or even yourself. It is a horrible disease for someone to go through. The Bottles of Hope program is a way for polymer clay artists and others to create a bottle to be given [...]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Polymer Clay Podcast This Week Working with Inclusions & PCAGOE Challenge

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. This week we are talking about using inclusions in polymer clay. There are so many things you can include into the clay. I have used dye ink, spices,crumbled up clay,pigment ink, powdered pigments, leaves,glitter and so much more. Just play around with it and see what you like [...]

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Polymer Clay TV Episode #10 Creating Polymer Clay Masks Just in Time for Halloween

Since Kira had to go out of town I am posting this weeks new episode of Polymer Clay TV. Since I have never done it before, I hope everything comes out OK.  Halloween is just around the corner and you can make your own mask this year, we show you how to get started.  This [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

New Episode of Polymer Clay TV Tomorrow On Making Masks

Tomorrow is Friday and this week we have a new episode of Polymer Clay TV. We show how to get started creating your own mask. Polymer clay masks are a fun and easy way to add to a costume and make it stand out in a crowd. A lot of people collect masks so they [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007