Polymeri Online 29.6.06

French Tutorials!

some interesting tutorials i found, 3 of them are to demi-wood millefiori, ivory and turquoise.

there are more projects on the site, take a look -

http://www.creabijoux.free.fr/ateliers/ateliers.htm
http://www.creabijoux.free.fr/galeries_c/galeries.htm

Polymeri Online 28.6.06

ovenfriedbeads - by Amy E Wallace -

Wonderful shaped beads, with interesting patterns, colorful and enjoy to look.

her pieces and articles appeared in polymer CAFE and PCC.

http://www.ovenfriedbeads.com/index.html
http://polymerclaydaily.com/index.php?s=Amy+E+Wallace&searchbutton=Go+Find%21

Polymeri Online 27.6.06

What is an INRO?

An inro is a sectional case or box (usually lacquered) which is worn suspended from the obi by a cord on which the netsuke serves as a toggle.

Polymer clay inro? of course!

Inro clay purse based on a stone

http://www.geocities.com/turkeymama/Clay/ClayPurse.html

Inro by Glass Attic

http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/vessels_rock-alum.foil.htm

Inro with a cookie cutter

http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/nov2000.html

Inro by Emi Fukushima -HGTV

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_jewelry/article/0,1789,HGTV_3238_1378944,00.html

Inro Drawing

http://members.tripod.com/PolymerClay_Interest/amacord.htm

Gallery

http://www.polychic.com/gallery.html

Polymeri Online 26.6.06

2 artists -

Sue Fleischer established her first business, in 1978. This collection included original hand-painted T-shirts and sportswear, Since 1988 she hasbeen exploring the properties and potential of polymer clays.

The name Casual Elegance says it all! Polymer clay is a casual material.

http://www.casual-elegance.com/homepage.html

Kathy Gedrich in a great album!

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4153008&f=0

Polymeri Online 22.6.06

Dotty McMillan, makes wonders with kaleidoscopes and her books are successful.

take a look at her gallery, so colorful!

she won 3rd place in the "feat of clay" contest.

http://alookingglass.homestead.com/Dottykaleidoscopes.html
http://www.pbase.com/dottyinca
http://www.polymercafe.com/feat_of_clay/feat_of_clay.html

Polymeri Online 21.6.06

mathilde colas is working with art materials from a very early age decorating her own room and making it a charmed kingdom, she likes cooking, mosaic, gardening, and at 2002 she found the PC. soon she made cool christmas gifts and loved every moment. she combine both bing an artist and a science teacher.

http://www.mathildecreation.com/

Polymeri Online 20.6.06

Nancy Bundy & Bob Paris own affinityclay, you'll find lot's of surprizes in this site - reduction of a 18 pound face cane photos, hair pin gallery, Badge Holders, face pins, tips and more!

http://www.affinityclay.com/

Polymeri Online 19.6.06

Angelkind is founded by artist Charity Rue that wanted to find a nice topper for her wedding cake. she started doing cake toppers by herself and soon her business became very successful.

in her gallery other sculpturing of animals and more -

http://www.angelkind.com/

Polymeri Online 18.6.06

MICA SHIFT!

by Carissa Nichols - So what is this 'Mica Shift' everyone is talking about? Well, anyone who's seen translucent Premo or Fimo has seen what polymer clay looks like in its 'natural state'. During the manufacturing process, pigments are added to color the clay. Sometimes an additional ingredient, mica, is also added. Mica is what makes the gold, pearl, colored pearls, copper and silver colors that are so popular.
Mica is a naturally occurring stone that forms in thin crystalline wafers. It is very soft and can be pulled apart with your fingertips. Egyptian, Greek and Roman women used ground up mica in their make-up to impart a 'glow' to their skin because even when ground to a powder, mica's crystalline structure allows it to reflect light.
more on - http://www.pcpolyzine.com/march2001/mica.html

3 HGTV projects:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,,HGTV_3352_1820446,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,,HGTV_3352_1399580,00.html
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_jewelry/article/0,,HGTV_3238_2227747,00.html

wood Mica shift
http://www.pcpolyzine.com/june2001/wood.html

textured mica shift
http://www.kelliesklay.homestead.com/micashiftlesson.html

mica roll cane
http://www.pcpolyzine.com/june2001/micaroll.html

PCC mica shift project
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/cyclopedia/micashift_projects.html

mica shift egg -
http://polymerclaycentral.com/satinegg.html

Donna Kato Mica shift necklace
http://www.prairiecraft.com/pdf/heart_necklace/heart_necklace.pdf

another project
http://www.geocities.com/mwdonnelly/arts/techniques/polyclayghost.html

Galleries:
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/clayday_micashift1.html http://gallery.gundo.com/gallery/Mica-Shift
http://www.ducknrun.com/gallery/micaclass

Polymeri Online 14.6.06

Margaret E. Polcawich Creates wonderful furniture of wood and combine the depth, warmth, and comfort of wood, with the punch of polymer clay and metal.

she is working from full-scale drawings, do a great deal of hand shaping with rasps and files to achieve more organic forms rather than relying on straight-edged machines.

http://www.handsculptedfurniture.com/
http://www.handsculptedfurniture.com/process_mokume_mep.html

Polymeri Online 13.6.06

Beatriz Cominatto has a great colored gallery both in Flickr and in her own site.

Great jewlery!

http://www.beatrizcominatto.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatrizcominatto/

Polymeri Online 12.6.06

*beadworx* and Bettina Welker, the site is in germen, but take a look at her gallery (Aktuelle Kollektion)

http://www.beadworx.de/index.html

Polymeri Online 11.6.06

What about some Color Mixing?

Here is a detailed tables made by tooaquarius - Thank you!

http://www.tooaquarius.com/learn/colours/premo-cobalt-blue-cadmium-red-cadmium-yellow

http://www.tooaquarius.com/learn/colours/premo-turquoise-fuschia-zinc-yellow

http://www.tooaquarius.com/learn/colours/premo-ultramarine-blue-alizarin-crimson-cadmium-yellow

Polymeri Online 8.6.06

Keith Brown from Canespinnerdesigns.com

Keith has a B.S. degree in Chemistry, he saw candles sold during the holidays that were decorated with millefiore designs, and since some of his drawings were symmetrical, mandala-like patterns resembling the designs on the candles, he became interested in how the designs were made. it was it was around 1996-98 he started to learn the polymer clay subject.

http://www.canespinnerdesigns.com/
http://www.canespinnerdesigns.com/tutorials/

Polymeri Online 7.6.06

Lynn D. Troldahl Hershberger found the polymer clay at 1991. She became attracted to working with Polymer Clay primarily because of its color range and creative flexibility, All of her work also glows in the dark, she uses millefiori, mokume gane, and was fortunate to be able to study with Nan Roche.

Polymeri Online 6.6.06

Great date for great art -

Pier and Penina artists from San Fransisco, design jewlery and were inspired by their teacher gwen gibson, Alexis work with polymer clay and like it's wonderful colors and Penina was a photographer for 20 years and now designing PC art.

http://www.pierandpenina.com/

Polymeri Online 5.6.06

Celtic Art

Some links showing PC and celtic patterns -

Sarah Shriver celtic -

http://www.sarahshriver.com/celticknot.html

Web tutorial on how to build a basic celtic cane

http://www.tokensbeads.com/celtic_knot_cane.htm

Celtic Spirit

http://www.tinidril.com/jewelry-instr.html

Celtic Inspiration

http://www.aon-celtic.com/free/cfreewareclipart/buttons2more2.html

Great Celtic Art

http://www.thumbprintsartwear.com/tier_3/celtic_artwear/table_celticartwear-1.html

Polymeri Online 4.6.06

You must see James Lehman site! it's pure joy!

He spent his early years fascinated with model rockets and at the age of 19, James began work on what would become a CD collection of 22 songs written.

1993 was the first time that James worked with polymer clay. He made craft beads and developed a technique for making large designs in flat sheets of clay.

His gallery is so big, you can sit for hours, forget about lunch cooking and see every creation from every angle!

http://www.akrobiz.com/pc/

Polymeri Online 1.6.06

Shavuot here in Israel, fill up your Bikurim and add some eggs :)

KeepsakeEggs.com shows lot's of covered baked eggs and you can find some words on the process.

http://www.keepsakeeggs.com/