Polymeri Online 17.1.12 | Red dotted acorns, Sleeping cat tutorial, Pirate decoration & 19 steps face cane tutorial

Don't you just love these adorable red ornaments acorns?

Patricia Buzo is the creator behind Doodle Bird's terrarium designs, She comes from a long line of artistically-minded family and originally started out as a watercolor artist in her teens, In 2008 she began to have health issues and started looking into other creative avenues. These acorns are made with real acorn caps and polymer clay, the "nut" is sculpted to fit perfectly into it's cap.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62108208/set-of-5-toadstool-farm-acorn-ornaments

Cara Hayman's sleeping cat tutorial is a quick and easy project to play with, Cara used polymer clay since childhood creating tea sets and miniature food for her dolls house. Now as a stay at home mum she finally finds the time to develop her passion for polymer.

http://www.carajane.co.uk/2012/01/my-sleeping-cat-tutorial.html

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

Bébelles de Lou's flickr tutorials "folder" is filled with cute ideas, you are welcome to check out her blog for more projects.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bebellesdelou/sets/72157624494160326/

http://polyblog.canalblog.com/

And another quick tutorial project for a face cane by Galka Vasina, 19 steps and you're all done! ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27568198@N04/6660398311/in/contacts/

Polymeri Online 19.10.11 | Christmas cats, Flowery door knobs, Cute light covers and Maya face cane

Melody O'Beau Designs flickr gallery shows these lovely Christmas cats tree decoration which can be wore as a jewel, In her photos she is sharing some studio shots with us :) Melody is a professional musician by trade, and for the past 14 years she has made wearable art from polymer clay.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melobeau/6175345031/in/photostream

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/melodyodesigns

http://www.melobeau.blogspot.com/

Carmen Rose posted a lovely tutorial on making door knobs, she has 60 doors and drawers in her kitchen (sounds like the PERFECT studio!) Easy and fun!

http://croseprose.blogspot.com/2010/01/polymer-clay-cabinet-knobs.html

Mary Tempesta light covers caught my eyes and although I am not smoking they do look so cute! faces, bees and fish! what a lovely decoration!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marymadeit/6230489443/in/contacts/

Mary was mentioned before in PolymeriOnline but these worth another one :)

Krokdo (real name?) blog posted a cool tutorial to create a face cane - a maya tribe face. I hope I got the translation correct.

http://krokdo.canalblog.com/archives/2010/05/01/17755863.html

We have a long weekend vacation here and the great weather is also on our side :) Have a great day everyone!

Polymeri Online 9.6.11 - Animal Kingdom!

Today's post is all about animals!

Polymer Clay by Deb & Co. features Deb, a polymer clay artist of 32 years and her cat, Felix. Deb shares her tips, tricks and secrets in her step by step tutorials. Here is one of her videos tutorials creating a polymer clay kitten -

http://blip.tv/Polymer-Clay-By-Deb/polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-kitten-or-cat-5252897

Sofie grew up next door to her family's veterinary clinic.

Animals, both domestic and wild, have always been intrinsic to her world. She is a full-time artist who moonlights as an illustrator and a poupettiste (poupette maker).

http://www.etsy.com/shop/bonjourpoupette?ref=seller_info

Kirsten and Cortney, identical twin sisters have always enjoyed creating art together. From crayon rubbings as small children to works of art as adults, they have always given each other inspiration. They create paper clay & polymer clay folk art sculptures.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/indigotwin?ref=seller_info

Tina creates cute whimsical animal figurines, jewelry and beads - look at this sweet cat!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68142178/sitting-happy-cat

And here is the last animal on the block - this time a real one!

Our new poodle puppy!

After many years I couldn't decide about this issue, I eventually "surrendered" to my sweet kids appeals, this is the new member of the Mishly family! "Buffy" (how original! - kids chose it :)

She passed with honor the "polymer bite" test and didn't eat a piece of clay from the studio floor!

Have a woof-derful weekend!

Polymeri Online 21.4.11

Polymair' de Rien is a forum celebrating these days its first anniversary and 850 members.

A contest was held and the aim was to reproduce a work of art and add a signature design. The inspiration were a picture of a famous painter with his style, shapes, colors, etc. Not an easy task! Miro, Matisse, Magritte, Monet and many more.

Of the 57 designs submitted to the vote, 4 were rewarded after a public vote was opened to 850 members of the forum. You can read more about it in this link

http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2011/03/30/20760162.html

Here is one of the winning polymer clay pieces by THE ETHIOPIA Blog (didn't see her name) who was inspired by Nicholas Roerich, fascinated by its light and dark, mystical and spiritual dimension of his painting and of course the Himalayas Mountains.

http://lesethiopiques.over-blog.com/article-defi-peintre-70279617.html

Look at these cute cats by Louanneblue - a tutorial is included!

http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2011/04/12/20873926.html

Easter bunnies are always a great gift both for the holiday and for mother's day, Gesine Kratzner of Blobhouse makes these bunny sculpturing from epoxy clay (more sturdy for the delicate parts) and polymer clay. The sculptures are hand-painted with acrylic paint and a little gloss for an extra spark on the eyes and nose. Along with bunnies she has squids and grumpy pets in her etsy store.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/blobhouse

thank you Elaine for finding these lovely animals.

Wishing you all happy Easter!

Polymeri Online 19.4.10

Rings using wire and polymer clay by Elvira López del Prado from Spain, her pieces are based on the creation of unique handmade beads using a variety of materials including polymer clay, wire, felt, resin, paper, textiles.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elviralopezdelprado/page2/

Barbara reid is an illustrator, i found some great tutorials in her site to make plasticine creatures - worth checking!
animals -
http://barbarareid.ca/plasticine/PlasticineProject01.pdf
cat -
http://www.barbarareid.ca/plasticine/PlasticineProject02.pdf
setting a scene -
http://barbarareid.ca/plasticine/PlasticineProject03.pdf
http://barbarareid.ca/makingpictures.html

This is a cute tutorial for making a polymer clay cat on Wikihow site
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Polymer-Clay-Cats

Dave fimo figures from Canada was featured in my blog but in this link you can see the process of his work -
http://www.davesfimofigures.com/How%20To/Rachel.html

Polymeri Online 9.8.09

Cat's home lady is designing cute smiling cats which made me smile too, her humoristic sculpture's of cats (and some dogs) makes the animal kingdom sweeter, she is from Izmir, Turkey.
http://www.catshomestore.wordpress.com/
http://www.catshomestore.blogspot.com/
http://www.catshome.etsy.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catshome/

This tutorial demonstrates how to use a ball marble to bake a cabochon using black acrylic color too - great result.
http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2009/03/30/13112197.html

SPecimen7 monsters are hand sculpted, The current collection of specimens is curated by Shing Yin Khor, a Los Angeles area artist and designer. each specimen has it's own story :)http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6989534

Need some jewelry displays? - Timothy Adam Designs's Modern unique metal jewelry, art, furniture clocks jewelry displays and much more. Every item is handmade and designed by Timothy Adam.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5074716

Polymeri Online 9.1.08

It's still Wednesday :) i won't be around the computer tomorrow so I'm uploading polymeri online today.

Not polymer clay but still very interesting! I got this link from Craft Magazine - Blindfolded Lionel Richie Sculpture Project The video lets us know about this art class in the UK that sculpted heads of Lionel Richie to his 1984 song "Hello", using earthen clay.
http://www.leanmeanfightingmachine.co.uk/hello/

So many forums, so little time!
Craftster.org was started in August 2003 as a repository for all kind crafty diy (do it yourself) projects. you can find there (of course) a Craftster Community for Polymer clay too, these are their forum links -
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=239.0 http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=238.0

A very interesting half and half face cane by Raven's Caw
http://ravensclay.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-faught-my-muse-and-my-muse-won.html

Another flickr artist - Gálago / Fátima Fontúrbel Val and her cutie octopuses!http://www.flickr.com/photos/galagoartis/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/galagoartis/sets/72157600100648810/ http://www.galagoartis.blogspot.com/

Polymer Clay Brazil - Nice to meet! Brazilian artists with their names, links, galleries -http://www.verapessoastudio.com.br/pcb/
and i found there - Teatro Espaço
http://www.caminhodoouro.com.br/

and Vera Pessoa Studio
http://www.verapessoastudio.com.br/nova/ingles/designer2.htm
Vera's goal in her work is to create jewelry that brings light and joy to her customers' overall appearance, though she graduated in Economics, Vera transformed her hobby as a jewelry designer into a full-time business:, Vera founded in 2004 the Brazilian guild called Polymer Clay Brazil.

Darleen Bellan, aka "kissmystamp" with some Cat cuties!
http://www.darbelladesigns.com/
http://www.darbelladesigns.com/detail?item_id=4309&category_id=377

Polymeri Online 21.11.06

Door Signs -CD's and signes

did you wanted to take out the inside of a cd holograme and use it a a silver leaf on your polymer clay?here's a tutorial to do so, i couldn't do it with a knife, only with scissors and in parts...

http://www.pcpolyzine.com/2004april/barettetute.html

And another way -

http://www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/cool22.htm

CD Signs

http://www.mcuniverse.com/05/Painting_with_PC_L.1022.0.html

Cat Sign

http://www.mcuniverse.com/05/Painting.1025.0.html

Flower sign by craftinmemories

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1117517803053240743HoEWXN

CD and clock

http://www.mcuniverse.com/05/CD_Clocks.1196.0.htm

cd and magnet

http://www.mcuniverse.com/05/Magnet_on_CD.985.0.html

Aquarium with a cd project

http://216.197.126.114/Projects/AquariumLessonPlan.htm