Are you a “newbie” to polymer clay, looking for tips, techniques, and expertise on how to use this exciting art and craft material? You’ve come to the right place!

Polymer Clay Productions, Inc., includes Polymer Clay Podcast, Polymer Clay TV, Polymer Clay Classroom, The Polymer Clay Network, and Craft Ed Online.

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Are you looking for free polymer clay video tutorials?

You can find them HERE, or by clicking on the “Free Videos” button at the top of our site. You can also find us on youtube, itunes, veoh, and many other podcast sites on the web.

Would you like to listen?

Book and product reviews, the latest news, tidbits about our experiences as Polymer clay artists and teachers, and business tips for selling your art online. How about interviews with Polymer Clay artists who have achieved fame and notoriety online and through their magazine and book publications? Polymer Clay Podcast is for you! Again, you can find it on itunes and find all the archives at the “Podcast” button on top of the site.

The free podcast is released every other Friday. On the Fridays in between, a free companion videocast is released. You will see the topics and products we discuss in the podcast in a demonstration designed to whet your appetite for using polymer clay as an art and jewelry medium. You will also learn, through easy video demonstrations, how various other products made for the art and craft industries can be successfully used with polymer clay to enhance your art experience!

It all began…

December 26, 2006, when Ilysaart (Ilysa’s user name on Etsy.com) put up a forum post titled “How about a polymer clay street team?” On Etsy, street teams are groups of members who join together in order to promote themselves and Etsy. She also included a request for someone interested in joining such a team, who also had the web skills to perhaps get the team on the web. Studiobijou (Kira) answered the call that same day, and a rudimentary site was put up on blogger as the street team started to flesh out with more members. At some point, we decided to call ourselves a Guild, in keeping with the many other polymer clay guilds that have united artists around the world in their love of polymer clay. The PCAGOE is different, in that there are artists from all over the world, working and sharing together. Most of them will never meet. What a strange and welcome surprise when we discovered we both live in Florida, only about 5 hours apart.

You can google either of us to find out so much more about us! Ilysa Ginsberg Bierer is an award-winning polymer clay artist who supported herself for many years by selling her art, and Kira Slye is an Art Educator. She is now a professional podcaster for her local school district, as a direct result of producing Polymer Clay Podcast.

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Did you know?

Polymer Clay Productions is just us- two people. It is 100% privately funded, by us. Please consider Supporting our Show in some way, so we can continue to provide you with great free content. Many of the ways to promote and support us are free, such as our new Affiliate Program! Travel and production are expensive (hint, hint!)

New projects each month

Twice a month, you can learn whole projects at Polymer Clay Classroom. View easy, foolproof videos in real time and work right along with us as you explore new techniques with polymer clay. You will see us complete the specified project from start to finish and we will show you the tips and tricks necessary for working with whichever materials we are presenting. Each project will focus on a specific technique, and we provide lessons on art objects, functional objects, and jewelry.

If you are an avid crafter,

You will love Craft Ed Online! There, you can find PDF tutorials from many talented artists, on polymer clay and lots of other crafts. We provide this service to craft teachers. It’s free to list your items, so if you are a craft teacher and have some PDF lessons inside of you, let us know by filling out the form on the site.

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