A while back, we had an extra prize package to give away. We asked for you to tell us what you like about the show, in exchange for an entry to win. We had some really nice comments made, and we would like to share a few of these testimonials with you.

Thanks everyone, for the kind words- it gives us some satisfaction knowing how much you continue to enjoy, and learn from, Polymer clay Podcast and Polymer Clay TV.

“I am convelescing after hip replacement.  I have enjoyed watching all of your podcasts while being forced to sit still.  Probably the first time in my life I have had nothing else to do but watch and recover.  I have learned so much but my new favorite has got to be silkscreening”.Cynthia

“Even though a year has gone by since 2008 BOH challenge at CHA in Anaheim, CA, this is a good opportunity for me to thank you for your filming of the event.

I so much never thought that I’d win anything.   I sent my entry in late due to an illness.   I sent a note with it saying something to the effect that I knew it wouldn’t be entered but I wanted it to go to the children  with the other bottles.  I saw you filming at the event but had  not met you nor had knowledge that the film would be available for the world to see.

Then I won the award for Best Expression of Hope!  It took days before that sank in!  And then I told some friends about it,  and because of your filming I was able to share some of that moment of my life with them.  That was a true gift for me.  Thank You!”

Sincerely,
Myra

“Hi, love watchingyour pod casts.  I have learned a lot from them.  Keep up the great work. V

I love the show because it gives me so much useful information and gives beginning as well as experienced artists a place to get exposure to the rest of the community….THANKS to you all!!!”
~Rita

“Hello polymer people….
What I have loved about Polymer Clay Productions is Episode 1, I have learned so much from the video’s but the first one won my heart. I started with the first one back in august and I was hooked!!!!! Thank you for making the videos. ”
~JoAnn

“Lots of beautiful things to make from information on this site.  Just watching you will get your mind going and try new things.”

Happy claying,
Mickey

Hope everyone had a great weekend, Kira and I had a meeting yesterday and hashed out a lot of our upcoming projects and endeavors, we always have something brewing. You can check out one of our upcoming projects at http://www.polymerclayvideos.com

All of our Polymer Clay Classroom videos will be available on the site as well as courses, DVD’s and downloadable videos that we film with other artists. Kira has been working on editing the DVD we filmed with Jane Zhao and that should be available shortly. Jane showed how to create 2 beautiful rose canes and her famous lily cane.  We are really excited about this and the direction we are going with it. The site is in the setting up stage but you can see what Kira has done with it, I love the way she used polymer clay to design the site.

This Friday on Polymer Clay Podcast we will be discussing the new Bake Shop Clay from Polyform, it was made especially for children. There are also stamping tools that go with the line and you will get to see some of the clay and stamps on Polymer Clay TV next week. So much clay and so little time.lol

We are still accepting submissions to the book so if you want to put in a submission there is still time. You can fill out the submission form on the right hand side of the website. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

I had a brilliant, humid, sunny day here in South Florida today. So I was finally able to do the demo! Can’t do it without the sun, because you need uv light and I don’t have a lamp. So the sun needs to cooperate. I made a really nice looking piece that has a small dried rose inside, with some glitter.

Magic Glos is so much fun, I can think of lots of things to do with it. Fairy windows, perhaps?

Don’t forget to view it on the videos page. Also- this week, I tried something new- I uploaded a gorgeous looking video to itunes, which is our main video server. But that video is quite large at 46mb, it can’t go to youtube or many of the other places which have file size limits. So I uploaded a much “smaller” version to all the other places. If you would like to see the clearer, nicer video, there is a second link on the video page to see that one. Because it is bigger, it will take a moment to load. Have fun!

Well its hard to believe that 2 years ago today Kira and I launched Polymer Clay Productions and 1 year ago today we started Crafted Online http://www.craftedonline.com  Boy does time fly when you are having fun! We wanted to thank everyone for all your support and we plan to continue to bring you lots of fun content for years to come. If there is ever something you want to see on the show you are always welcome to contact us at polymerclaypodcast@yahoo.com We love hearing from you!  

This Friday Kira will be showing you a product from Lisa Pavelka’s line in conjunction with JHB called Magic Glos. It is a UV resin which has to be cured with ultra violet light. Living in Florida thats easy for us we can just stick it outside for a few minutes. Kira embedded a dry flower in the resin and added polymer clay to it. Make sure to come back Friday to see what she has done and to get ideas for how you can use the Magic Glos. You can also check out our past Polymer Clay Video episode #69 where Lisa did a demo using the Magic Glos for us.

But, I’ll show you the ones I already have made. Both of these feature a dried flower encased within two layers of Magic Glos Resin from Lisa Pavelka.