Polymer Clay Productions: Podcast, TV, and Classroom

Polymer Clay Podcast # 66 – life and the leaf cane

// August 8th, 2008 // No Comments » // Podcasts

Next week we will be demoing the leaf cane, as I do it.(Kira) It is an exciting cane because there can be so many variations! And I will be doing a full length project for Polymer clay classroom, as well.

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Enjoy the podcast- I created this one using Garageband and my system audio, so Ilysa sounds a tiny bit far away, but heck, my voice is always softer than hers so this week I get to be the star

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Polymer Clay Podcast # 64- covering glass with clay, Ilysa back from CHA, Staedtler Bottle of Hope competition

// July 24th, 2008 // No Comments » // Podcasts

Listen as we discuss Ilysa’s experience at CHA this year. I couldn’t be there, so our friend Wendy from the PCAGOE  http://www.pcagoe.com  joined her. Also, about covering glass objects with clay (next weeks video demo) and this year’s Bottle of Hope Challenge, which will be run by Staedtler, since Amaco got out of the Fimo biz. There will be some video footage coming up, of Lisa Pavelka doing a demo, and couple other CHA experiences. Stay tuned!

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Polymer Clay Podcast #62- Amazing Mold Putty for moldmaking

// July 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // , Podcasts

This week, Kira is in NY at her sister’s wedding… and Ilysa is preparing for a trip to CHA next weekend. We talked about a fantastic new product we found for making molds and textures. It’s silicone based, and you just have to push it onto whatever you are molding. No release is required, and the mold putty sticks to itself- so if you don’t make the mold perfect the first time, you can add a little and make it perfect. You can also bake your clay right in the mold! That makes it easy to use your liquid clay in the mold and also helps when you have a delicate mold, so you bake your piece in the mold and then pop it out- no distortion. Be sure to come back next Friday, to see a demo of how Amazing Mold Putty works with your polymer clay.

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Polymer Clay Podcast # 60 – silkscreening your clay, and What’s a Podcast?

// June 26th, 2008 // No Comments » // Podcasts

Please stop by our Important Survey page to take our demographics survey. We would really like to know who our listeners are, and so would our podcast sponsors. Ilysa is going to CHA next month, and is planning on talking to the companies that would be interested in our show, and they will want to know the info we are asking. It will really help us and will take less than a minute of your time. Thanks!

This week, Ilysa talks about how wonderful it is to use tiny silkscreens to transfer patterns onto your clay. We also discuss the internet topics, What is a podcast, and What is an RSS feed? It appears that some of our audience aren’t totally familiar with the terms. A Podcast is basically a privately run radio show (videocast or vodcast being the privately run TV show) and an RSS feed is a way to search blogs and sites for a specific topic, and have updates delivered to you via a “feed” that comes through a feed site, or your email. It’s a quick and easy way to get updated information from your favorite sites on your favorite topics, without having to visit 50 websites every day to check for updates manually.

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Polymer Clay Podcast # 58- easy foolproof transfers, and some business tips

// June 13th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Podcasts

This week we’re talking about how easy it is to make transfers with our dissolving paper! Be sure to check out next weeks polymer clay TV to see just how easy!

We also discuss some little tidbits of our knowledge gained from various business experiences in polymer clay over the years. Enjoy.

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