March 2008

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Polymer Clay Podcast This Friday and PCAGOE Member Feature Chicki

Posted by Ilysa on 31 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: PCAGOE Featured Artist

Hope everyone had a good weekend. This Friday we have a new episode of Polymer Clay Podcast and we hope you will join us. It is the end of the month and we will be doing the drawing for our monthly prize winners and if you want to be entered make sure to sign up for our newsletter.

This week I wanted to share with you the work of http://www.chicki.etsy.com

Follow the link to her etsy shop to see some of her other goodies. I am a fan of the lentil beads and she does a wonderful job with creating them. Her hair pins and brooche are so fun and colorful and she adds millefiori flowers to them in a variety of colors.  Enjoy!

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Polymer Clay TV #47 - Fabulous Flamingo Fashion Show at the Orlando Clay Fandango 2008

Posted by Kira on 28 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Videocasts, events

Now you can enjoy some of the fun at the Orlando Clay Fandango in Lake Yale, FL. Unfortunately I did not know everyones name but I enjoyed meeting everyone. Hope you enjoy the Flamingo Fashion show and don’t forget to make plans to attend the retreat next year! Enjoy!

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So Many Polymer Clay Books So Little Time & PCAGOE Challenge Entry

Posted by Ilysa on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: news

Most of you have probably seen at least one book on polymer clay but there are so many out on the market, so how do you know which to choose? When I started working with polymer clay there weren’t any books on the subject so I just experimented and did my own thing. Now with so many books on the subject you get to see what everyone else is doing and you can draw inspiration from that.

On Polymer Clay Podcast we try to do a book, video, DVD or magazine review on each episode. We have been at it a while and we still haven’t come close to reviewing all the books and such on polymer clay that are out there. I encourage you to check out the arts & craft section when you go to the book store or library and you will be pleasantly surprised by the large variety. One of the bonuses of listening to Polymer Clay Podcast and our reviews is that almost always we have an extra copy to give away to one of our listeners or viewers. How cool is that! Make sure to sign up for the newsletter to be automatically entered to win.

Last night the UPS guy showed up with another book and to my surprise it wasn’t one that I owned so I was very excited, it was the book Polymer Clay Art and it is a huge book filled with lots of techniques, so stay tuned for our review of the book, I think it is going to be a good one.

If you are looking for a polymer clay book, you can always go to our recommendation page and we have quite a few to choose from. All of our past shows are available at any time for you to listen or watch by scrolling down on the right hand side bar of this site under categories and clicking on podcasts or videocasts. We always archive all the shows so you won’t miss a thing.

Tomorrow we have a new episode of Polymer Clay TV and we have the Fabulous Flamingo Fashion show to share with you from the Orlando Clay Fandango. I think this episode will have you laughing for sure. Enjoy!

I wanted to share my entry with you for this months PCAGOE challenge and the theme this month was eggs.

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Polymer Clay Productions Community Winner of Make It Mine Magazine

Posted by Ilysa on 26 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: news

We would love to have you come join Polymer Clay productions ning community. One of the advantages of being a member is that you get to share with the community your photos, website and anything that you would like to share. Another advantage is that we will be having special contests for just our community members.

The first contest winner is Susan Donene and she has won a copy of Make It Mine magazine. Congrats Susan! Come be a part of the fun and you just might be the next winner. We have all kinds of fun things coming up so make sure to sign up.

You can also win a copy of the Make It Mine magazine by signing up for our monthly newsletter.

This Friday we have a new episode of Polymer Clay TV and Polymer Clay Classroom for your viewing pleasure. On Polymer Clay TV we will be sharing the Fabulous Flamingo Fashion show that took place at the Orlando Clay Fandango, it was a total blast.

On Polymer Clay Classroom we will be showing you covering and decorating a bird shaped chipboard book. This was a great project with lots of things and techniques to learn. Hope you will join us this Friday!

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Polymer Clay TV Friday & Some of Our Community Photos to Share

Posted by Ilysa on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: news

About a month or so ago we decided to launch our own community for our listeners and viewers or anyone who wanted to share to join in. We would love to have you be a part of it and share your photos and website info and anything you want to share. I will be pulling some photos from the community to share with you on this site and you never know I just might feature your work. So what are you waiting for, come join on the right hand sidebar or follow this link. http://www.polymerclay.ning.com

We will also have special prizes just for the community. Later today I will be drawing a name from the community and that person will win a copy of the new issue of Make It Mine magazine .

The magazine is packed with great how-tos and articles that I know you will enjoy. We will be reviewing the magazine on an upcoming podcast so stay tuned for that too.

This Friday on Polymer Clay TV you will get to experience the Fabulous Flamingo Fashion show that took place at the Orlando Clay Fandango in Lake Yale, FL. I promise you will not be able to stop laughing, it was a total blast. Don’t forget to come back this Friday to watch.

Here are some photos from the community that I wanted to share with you and this was the star of the fashion show, the Fabulous Flamingo. Enjoy!

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Find more photos like this on Polymer Clay Productions

Polymer Clay TV this Friday & Featured PCAGOE Artist of the Week Zoeowyn

Posted by Ilysa on 24 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: PCAGOE Featured Artist, PCAGOE

This Friday is a new episode of Polymer Clay TV and it is all about the Orlando Clay Fandango retreat. We have a ton of footage to share but we are starting with the Flamingo Fashion show and I know you will be laughing as much as I did. It was a great time and I hope you can attend next year. Unfortunately I didn’t know everyones name who participated in the show. I won’t name names but there were a few well known ladies in the show, one who has a book on beads and is from the UK and one who started Polymer Cafe magazine, but I am not naming names, Oh wait I think I did but you will have to watch the show to see.LOL

This weeks featured Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy member is http://www.zoeowyn.etsy.com

This talented artist is definitely inspired by the critters that live in the ocean and you will see that in the photos. The cane she made recently of a mermaid used many bars of clay and weighed multiple pounds and was a delight to see. I am a big caner and when I did art shows I worked quite large, in fact every color of clay I used was 1/2 a bar of the large Fimo brick, which I think weighs 12 ounces and I used at least 5-10 colors per cane. I can’t wait to see what she makes with the cane!

Make sure to check out her etsy shop to see all the goodies she has to offer.

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