Polymeri Online 16.9.13 | Winning Mokume-Utensils, Horses-acrylic-polymer Trio, Pressed flower beads tutorial, Shiny vessels and Crazy clown earrings

First batch of September's holidays is over, second is still ahead, so between family gatherings, traditional feasts and other activities I am finding some time for PolymeriOnline posts.

Check out Rebekah Payne's tutorial for antiqued pressed flower beads. Rebekah is using polymer clay and molds to create these beautiful beads, her molds seem to be handmade but I am not 100% sure about that, I think you can create similar molds by using leaves from your back yard and embed them inside Mold maker, silicon base or even scrap clay.
Rebekah was mentioned in PolymeriOnline blog in April 2011, then, with her lovely heart pendant.
The Art Jewelry Elements blog is written by several contributors so you may want to look around to find more treasures.
http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/how-to-two-more-pressed-flower-bead.html
This is a previous version of her beads -
http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/how-to-inside-outside-pressed-flower.html

Caren's TRIO - polymer-horses-acrylic

Caren Goodrich is a lifelong artist. She paints horses in acrylic and also work in metal clay and polymer clay. These beauties are her horses meeting polymer clay, she did these with a very thin, watercolor-like application of acrylic paint and used a coat of liquid polymer as a sealer. According to her this kind of work is much more time consuming than her paper canvas painting....
https://www.facebook.com/caren.goodrich
http://beadbunny.blogspot.co.il/2010/04/painting-meets-polymer.html

Helen's Utensiles

Helen Hughes posted a beautiful set of utensils made of translucent mokume gane stack. She won Polyform's August Make-It-Your-Own contest.
Helen is enjoying her time in sculpturing as well and her Etsy store is all ready for Halloween!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HelensClayArt?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Beefball Bowls

Beefball Papa's work looks and feels like glass & polymer clay all together.
In her perfect finish she creates a smooth and shiny piece which makes you wonder what these bowls are made of or if she places her canes are on the inside of outside....
Her mixed canes and patterns, looks wonderful.
She is from China, Beijing and I hope we will see more of her art.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37203469@N02/

Crazy Clown earrings by Maddalena

Last is a colorful example of a very easy technique for mixing straps of clay to achieve a happy design.
Maddalena Gianni posted these earrings in her flickr and she calls them "crazy clown" design. She is from Piza Italy (Yay! been there!) and it seems that at the moment millefiori canes are her passion.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddalena_g/8672184262/

See you soon with more news and posts!

Polymeri Online 29.7.12 | Polymer IPOD case, Mokume on glass, Poinsettia and flowers, Before and after paintings

Polymer clay ipod case

Eten-Iren, mentioned several months ago made this colorful ipod case on a base plastic case - isn't this cool? I wonder if she made the roses, cured and then adhered them to the base case or placed it in the oven? I'll have to try curing some plastic cases and see if they are heat resistant :)
http://www.etsy.com/listing/104768347/ipod-touch-4-case-free-shipping-ipod-4

Mokume gane on glass

Mokume on a glass - Larissa Joonas from Estonia is using a glass as a surface for "shaving" off the mokume gane pieces. That is one option for creating this special effect.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eutrapelia/7396278886/
She has several pictutorials in her flickr gallery -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eutrapelia/sets/72157620458176437/

Polymer clay flower sculpturing

Liudmyla Heggland is a bead and polymer clay artist, creating flowers seems to be a natural talent of hers, here is a yellow poinsettia brooch and another flowery neck-piece, this necklace won 2nd place on 2010 Fire Mountain Gems contest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mila-heggland/5251998374/

Polymer clay jewelry with paints - Before and after

Adding acrylic/oil paints to a texture can upgrade any design. Take a look at ToutEnCouleur before and after photos: a dots texture with paints addition.

Here is the "before" - http://www.flickr.com/photos/toutencouleur/4236945660/in/set-72157622994730063/
and "after" -http://www.flickr.com/photos/toutencouleur/4236168315/in/set-72157622994730063/
She is working with polymer, resin, paper and carton, I also liked her tourbillons beads, they remind me of flying skirts...

Everyone is talking about the heat all around, I am officially waiting for the winter, I think the clay will also appreciate it, have a great cool day!

Polymeri Online 26.2.2012 | Play-Doh take 2, Figures late at night, Mokume wonder & The great jewelry display

Once again, Yondat Dascalu and Idit fischer-Katz (Zoota) made a collaboration to think of new ideas to use play-doh and natural clay. Two years ago they figured out a way to create canes using Play-Doh and now came up with a new idea to use natural clay as a mold for polymer clay. Since natural clay curing temperature is much higher then polymer clay curing temperature you can use it as a "shape holder" to create many shapes of polymer. Give it a try!

When I was reading blog posts in the Israeli Etsy group I found an artist called Charles Chetrit. Since he was a child he was sculpturing figures from olive tree branches. 4 years ago he was injured at work and found himself at home for a long period of time. That was the perfect time to go back to his artistic roots when he found out about polymer clay. To create his large sculptures he is using a metal bases and bringing his figures to life. Today he is the manager of the filming department on an Israeli tv channel and find the late night hours the best time to create. Thank you Charles for sharing your story with me :)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtOfFaces

Samantha Braund is a multi talent artist working with polymer clay as well. Her polymer gallery in flickr is full of wonderful mokume sheets, beautiful beads and lovely colors. She is a UK based jewelry designer and her other interests include digital art, water colour painting & sculpting in various medias.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amadoradesigns/sets/72157622663496753/

Although not polymer, this jewelry display is to die for! How I wish I had one like this!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83464177/jewelry-display-by-blackforestcottage

I recently joined Cynthia Tinnaple StudioMojo's newsletter and it's wonderful! Seeing Cynthia's daily links are a great inspiration and getting her weekend emails are even greater! Check it out, she is offering a free sneak-peek in her website.

Clay away!

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Toni Ransfield from NZ has opened her new etsy store! she will be selling her beautiful kaleidoscopes & flowers canes and jewelry, the air in NZ is probably the best because Toni's work is so perfect!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5480504

little mochi's creations are sweet and cute, i am not sure they are polymer clay but clay they are...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylittlemochi/
http://mylittlemochi.typepad.com/my_little_mochi/

Ma-belette / cecilia mabcrea, is 37 years old living in China since may 2008 where she found a position as development manager in Textile. she discovered polymer clay 2 years ago and this is her favourite hobby. she designs the polymer clay pieces between 5 and 8.00 in the morning where light is the best and temperature not too hot. she loves all colors and all techniques & try to mix to find new developments.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24199592@N07/
http://mabcrea.space-blogs.com/

Mandikoss works with polymer clay - i loved her Mokume Gane beads!http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandikoss/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandikoss/2844539260/in/set-72157607205343484/

This is a great info source about Etsy and things you should know - Treasury tutorials, Labeling, Gift Certificate knowledge and more!
http://loosewirestudio.blogspot.com/2005/06/etsy-helpful-links-not-found-via-etsy.html

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Noa Oron does cute sculpturings that fits both sugar paste and polymer clay - check her site for some cool tutorials, instructions in hebrew but the photos are easy to follow:
http://www.noyaart.com/index.php/--26/monkey-tutorial

And another monkey by Garie sim, this monkey likes to swing!http://gariesim.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-swinging-polymer-clay-monkey.html

Libby has a great post about her favorite bezel forms, i love her work with bezels, it makes the piece so much elegant.
http://libzoid.net/blog/2008/10/10/5-friday-favorites-bezel-forms/

not too tired for another tutorial? here's a great mokume gane pumpkin tutorial by PCAGOE member papernclay
http://papernclay.blogspot.com/2008/10/mokume-gane-pumpkin-tutorial.html
http://www.papernclay.etsy.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/papernclay/

The Carrotbox is for anyone who loves glass rings, lucite rings, wood, agate, plastic, resin, acrylic, polymer, jade, etc. - anything, as long as there's no metal, i can sit for hours, be inspired and enjoy her huge collection of rings, some of them are polymer clay too.
http://www.thecarrotbox.com/news/0810.asp#29

One of the artists i found in the Carrotbox blog was - Arsmania - Ivana Molinari Schwab, has italian origin. She was born and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland.http://www.arsmania.com/pages/indexpag.html

what can we do with a clay gun?

How about some extruded collection of projects?
or, what can we do with a clay gun?

Here are some great projects for a start, feel free to add more in your comments!

Extrudinary tutorials
Polymer clay extruder projects

My PolyPediaOnline "Extrudinary" tutorials! 15 projects to sparkle your imagination, 14 videos in 3 super informative tutorials -
http://www.polypediaonline.com/extrudinary_polymer_clay_tutorial_extruder.html 

A football cane by Miriam Cohen from Israel - in hebrew but you can follow the pictures -

http://img2.tapuz.co.il/forums/1_117937392.doc

More ideas on Extruded Clay by polymerclayexpress.com
http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/mar2001.html

Make your rubber stamp with polymer clay using extruded snakes #1 by
http://artfortheheart.blogspot.com/2007/10/rubberstamps-polymer-clay.html

Make your rubber stamp with polymer clay using extruded snakes #2 by craftygoat - Stamp Your Own Message in Polymer Clay

http://blog.craftygoat.com/2008/03/stamp_your_own_message_in_poly.html

A special way to use clay and making a ooak cracked effect -
http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2006/11/14/3163137.html

Modeling and Sculpting Tools for Miniaturists By Lesley Shepherd, About.com

http://miniatures.about.com/od/toolsforminiatures/tp/Modeling-Tools-for-Miniatures.htm

Cynthia Tinnaple is demonstrating a great bullseye cane pattern -
http://www.polymerclaydaily.com/dreammachine.html

More from craftygoat - Video: Extruder Basics PLUS Making Coiled Extruder Beads
http://blog.craftygoat.com/2008/06/video_extruder_basics_plus_mak.html

Getting to Know Your Extruder's Discs
http://blog.craftygoat.com/2008/06/extruder_discs_get_to_know.html

Lazy Woman’s Mokume Gane (LWMG) by Barbara Forbes-Lyons

http://penguintrax.com/chatter/?p=113

Braided Clay Bracelet by Nan Roche

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_jewelry/article/0,,HGTV_3238_1378538,00.html

Clay-Gun Quilt Cane Pt. 1 by hedgeapplecraft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3xU4Ouppg

Fold Over Beads Polymer Clay Filigree Bead Project by Skygrazer

http://www.skygrazer.com/polymerclay/reference/foldoverbeads.htm

Polymeri Online 9.9.07

polymer_woman's is a stay at home mother, working with PC for 15 years now and says she will never get tired of it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymer_clay_crazy/

Carolyn Bond from Australia, is sculpturing with her 14 years old son some cute monsters creatures, barrettes, jewelry and beads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolynbond/

Muselover
A cane maker, her eggs are lovely and she is also a great nature photographer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90315669@N00/

Creafantaisie in her blog makes nice face cane and if you browse a little bit you will find cute married - bride-groom figurines, so humoristic, sweet.
http://creafantaisie88.canalblog.com/archives/p55-5.html

Agnes Blog has unique art, lot's of beads, mokume gane and water color - loved it.
http://agnestourtet.com/agnes/

Raphal le corre blog, another french artist, uses retro canes in her(her/his?) lovely jewelry and sculptures.
http://songedeflora.canalblog.com/

Molly McMahan - Molyner
Molly McMahan first touched polymer clay in the year 1988. She still has some of the first peices that she made from sculpy III. Back in those days, she didn't know anyone else who worked in polymer clay except for the friends that she introduced to the medium. She had taught herself caning out of Fimo after seeing some incredible necklaces made out of animal face canes. read more on her bio here
http://www.molymerclay.com/artist.htm
http://www.molymerclay.com/clay.htm

Jenny Armitagemakes whimsical animals hand sculpted, Kaleidoscopes with Kaleidoscopic Canework and more...
http://www.dancingfeatherstudio.com/

Margi Laurin About 15 years ago she discovered a fascinating material that appeared to have no boundaries. The more she workes with it, she realizes that the only limits were the ones imposed by the artist himself.Her art include eggs, jewelry, vessels, book covers and more.
http://www.margilaurin.com/

Polymeri Online 19.7.07

A nice project on making pillow mokume gane beads by firemountaingems

http://www.firemountaingems.com/printdocs/printdocs.asp?docid=73K0

And the Complete story on Mokume Gane, and what amazing is that the polymer clay work has the identical look, i almost thought these were polymer clay photos down that page -

http://www.mokume-gane.com/Pages/What_is_Mokume.html

Beginner Project - Faux Lapis Polyclay Bead by Kathy Weaver

http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/beading_projects.asp?

Barbara Forbes-Lyons sites are full of wonderful creations, we emailed one another few times, such a nice lady :)

One of her projects is Lazy Woman’s Mokume Gane

http://www.penguintrax.com/chatter/ http://polymerclayart.org/gallery/main.php/v/members/penguintrax/

http://www.penguintrax.com/gallery/main.php

Are you a Marla Frankenberg Fan? I am! well, this "Treasure" show some great photos from Marla's workshop called - "Marlafiori"

http://polymerclayart.org/gallery/main.php/v/marlafiori/

Flickr! Visit CLBcreations / Cindy Riordan site with amazing sculpturing!
She says about her self that she is: Ecclectic, artistic, mother, wife, spiritualist, crazy, off the beaten path, scarrey, wierd, feminist, tarot ...type of person :))
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730246@N02/sets/72157600366712862/ http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5132673

A great project source from paroledepate blog - magnetic play board, mika & mokume gane and much more!

http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/lecons_en_images/index.html

Another interesting link i found at polymer clay notes is whistle making from earth clay - such a brilliant ideas!

http://www.hominid.net/whistle_making_sequence.htm

http://www.enasco.com/artsandcrafts/Static.do?page=ac_np008_04

Polymeri Online 12.7.07

Some Weekend Links!

I found this nice African Cane in a french blog, scroll down to date: Friday May 4, 2007
http://123fimo.canalblog.com/

A great tutorial Rainbow beads - Thank you Naama Zamir for finding this project!
http://www.madmoizelle.com/page_perles-colorees-en-pate-a-modeler_2006-04-18.html

I am a real fan of polymer clay notes blog, from time to time i start thinking, hey, one day i won't find new links to PC sites, and then i look at Susan Lomuto blog and realize there are so many sites i didn't see! Thank you Susan, you are a GOOD site finder!!
One of the sites i found there was Freakin' Fun and Fantastic Fiendish Friends by owen klaas with nice figures -
http://fiendishthingies.com/clay_sculptures_page_2.htm

Rifka and Avi's Gallery is a colorful and most interesting - Take a look at their Polymer Clay and Photography World
http://www.pbase.com/avistar/root

Kraphti-Dez / Dez is a mokume gane artist, she loves this technique and it shows by looking at her work. Here is a Mask project with MG -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crafty_dez/sets/72157600586580096/http://www.flickr.com/photos/crafty_dez/collections/72157600368863396/ (all her sets)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crafty_dez/http://kraphti.livejournal.com/

I didn't know Philadelphia Area Polymer Clay Guild has flickr, here are their photos -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/papcg/

How can i not mention Progress & Possibilities '07?

Well, conrtatulation to all winners, i digged a little bit at the competitors links and find some i didn't know.

Finalists: Carol Blackburn
Mixed media - including journals, fabric arts and other work not falling into other categories http://carolblackburn.co.uk/index.html

First place: Heather Campbell
Mixed media - including journals, fabric arts and other work not falling into other categories
http://www.purpledoorart.com/catalog/index.php

Finalists: Varda Levram-Ellisman
Beads and bead sets - any object or related sets that are pierced by a hole, not finished jewelry
http://www.sdpcg.org/membervarda.html

Second place: Cathy Braunlin
Non-figurative sculpture - including home decor, lamps, frames, etc. http://www.braunlincreativearts.com/

Third place: Randi Taylor
Miniatures
http://www.odaca.org/bios/taylor.htm

Finalists: Suzanne Ivester
Non-figurative sculpture - including home decor, lamps, frames, etc.
http://www.brpcg.com/Galleries/suzanne.html

Finalists: Chris Rutter
Figurative sculpture - including human, fantasy, animal figures, and masks
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/crutter2/albums

Have a great Weekend!

Polymeri Online 18.1.07

More Blogs -

Polymer & Prints - Sara Pearsall
http://polymerandprints.blogspot.com/

MOGUME GANE TUTORIAL- silastones
http://www.polymerclaybeads.blogspot.com/
http://silastones.blogspot.com/

and new at Tatana site - Make your own texture plates
http://www.tatanatic.com/page13.htm

Polymeri Online 26.9.06

Annette Duburg from the netherlands creates beautiful PC work in Mokume gane, silk screening, transfers and something similar to mosaics.

she is working with Polymer clay since 1999 and some of her creations published in Katherine Duncan Aimone new book.

http://home.planet.nl/~weule000/en_index.htm

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 2.4.06

Mokume Gane!

Mokume is a mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns. Literally translating as "wood eye (i.e., burl) metal", the name was borrowed from one type of pattern welding used to forge katana blades. As another recent variation, has also been used to describe similarly-patterned laminations among different colors of polymer art clay.

Some links -
Painted Mokume Gane - Dottie McMillan

http://www.geocities.com/polyzine/december2000/mokumegane.html

Mudpile Mokume Gane -

http://www.thepolyparrot.com/mudpile.html

MG by Kris Richards

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/mokume1.html

MG by Lindly Haunani

http://www.lindlyhaunani.com/tips/mokume.html

MG by Irene Semanchuk Dean

http://www.good-night-irene.com/whatisit.html

Mini MG by Kellie Prather Robinson -http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/cyclopedia/4colormg.html

Creations by Linda Goff

http://www.lindagoff.com/mokume.html