Polymeri Online 2.2.14 | Winter evening mirror, Hairy polymer cat tutorial, Line up your (beads) holes, Water and baking soda bread, PolyPediaOnline stencils few left in stock

This week we're all about free online tutorials!

It's been a while since I visited the Polymer clay Russian community and my recent visit filled my basket with links.

Mirror pocket by Bimur

First is Annie Bimur with a new tutorial, this time for a feathered style mirror she calls "winter evening".
This is a slow, accurate process of using liquid polymer clay and a needle tool to create the fine feathers effect but the final result is so delicate and beautiful. Winter it is.
Annie was mentioned here with her alcohol rings tutorial.
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/4908474.html
More goodies in her blog - http://bimur.livejournal.com

Polymer clay hairy cat tutorial

If you thought the previous link demands your full concentration and accuracy, take a look at this super cute project of a cat brooch.
Anna Oriona takes us into a journey of tiny bits of clay pressed slowly around a clay cat, initially cut from a card board template. These tiny clay bits looks like tiny hair! What a lovely brooch to wear on a jacket!
Anna is usually into sweets (both in her Youtube channel and blog) but from time to time she shares the process of her creation of other polymer clay goods.
In her Youtube channel you will find information about her knitted bracelet process and much more. Although in Russian, we are so fortunate the polymer language is international.
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/4912209.html
http://annaoriona.livejournal.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnaOriona

Easy way to line up your
polymer clay beads

Tonja Lenderman posted Vicki's Turner blog link on how to pierce consist holes in your beads when it comes to 2 or 3 holes in a single bead.
In her technique you can line up holes on irregular shaped beads using a tool she created. The pins she is using to create this tool are old T shaped macrame pins but I am sure you can find an alternative to these.
http://claymagination.blogspot.co.il/2012/09/studio-tip-3-piercing-consistent-bead.html

Polymer clay bread recipe

Polymer clay bread? Now possible.
SimplyStella.com (Stella) is offering us a tutorial for creating a bread made of polymer clay, liquid clay and....water & baking soda! According to her recipe you should mix clay with water until is is very sticky, then add baking soda (mind the proportion!) and bake. The final result looks like a loaf of bread. Where is the peanut butter??!
http://www.simplystella.com/goodies/tutorials/ClayBakingSoda.htm
http://www.simplystella.com/shop/shop.htm

polymer clay stencils

Last stencils left in my Etsy store! 
After many of you asked about the stencils used in the Cosmic Ceramic tutorial, I brought some for sale.
The stencils were offered on a first comes first serves basis and were a hit!
Only 7 styles left (out of 24)!

Stencils used on the
cosmic ceramic tutorial

They are 6 inches or 15 cm sized, self adhesive, flexible and great for your polymer clay, fabric, glass, wood and card making projects. Instructions how to neutralise the sticky side to use on clay will be included in your package.

Stencils used on the 
cosmic ceramic tutorial

I am not sure when I am re-stocking so if you want one - go ahead and get it.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/irismishly?section_id=14884370&ref=shopsection_leftnav_5

Have great weekend!

Polymeri Online 15.1.14 | Polymer transfers pendants, 3D jewelry designs, Shoes challenge, Multi designs by Mariia and Veronika's ceramic pin

French artist Olga Nicolas posted necklaces and pendants in her Flickr gallery which are all about playing with foils, transfers and colour. I love their shapes, simplicity while clever and beautiful finish. This technique was featured in the Polymer CO french magazine.
In the following video she shows some of her editing tricks of her drawings and transfers eventually printed in a toner printer. (the music in the video was created by her 17 yrs son!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=alnyy1GcLTQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68376218@N03/
http://www.ptitscailloux.com

Jessica's 3D printer designs 
(unfortunately non polymer)

There is a big buzz around 3D printers. Although some of the creative fun is taken away when using the printer (design is made mostly on the computer), you can see wonderful creative ideas using this unique technology.
Wouldn't you think this is polymer clay?
I thought so too.
Then, I entered Jessica Rosenkrantz's profile and read more about her. She works in an experimental design studio called "Nervous System" that uses new technologies to reinterpret natural phenomena. They combine algorithmic strategies with prototype methods to create products.
Her experiments are revealing a world of 3D printer designs, just look at her endless drawers of 3D jewellery!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrosenk/8423782217/

Jessica mentioned 3D plaster printing.
Looking closely at the 3D plaster printing you'll notice the machine is carving, cutting into plaster, and the leftovers are slowly removed, leaving the main design. This is a whole new approach to jewellery making, jewellery designing and creating process. Future is here.
http://www.digits2widgets.com/3DPlaster.html

Amarena's british polymer shoes

Amarena (also from France) posted her "So british" polymer-real shoes entered into one of their blog challenge. This looks like a real time consuming project but a fun one!
Check out all the shoes posted in this challenge, they are all so fun and creative!
Would you dare wearing this on the street? I would!
http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2013/10/01/28123049.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarenabijoux/10073697515/

Mariia's mosaic jewelry

Mariia Kamenska is playing with polymer in all kinds of shapes, styles and techniques. She is using extruded snakes, mosaic techniques with clay or canes, laser cut, micro polymer balls, and many more.
Looking at this set of earring and bracelet, I felt like I am back in Gaudi's park Guell in Barcelona!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariiakamenska/

Veronika's ceramic polymer pin

Veronika Sturdy posted a pin design using the Cosmic Ceramic tutorial which was also selected as one of the 2013 Top 10 tutorials online by Cynthia Tinnaple's Polymer Clay Daily!

Cosmic Ceramic tutorial
Top 10 for 2013

This tutorial was probably the most versatile, varied, multi-designed, it was interpreted into so many new and colourful products and each so different than our original!
Many thanks to all our students who contributed to it's success and shared their experiments and fun with us!

See you soon!

Polymeri Online 6.10.13 | Zipper your pendant, Flipped tin foil tray as baking surface, Kate's amazing cosmic ceramic beads, Brrrr..Fleshlettes and Playing with dots

Wait! Wait! Before you throw your rotten tomatoes at me, asking where did I disappear, you will understand in a week or so. I was 200% occupied. Believe me, I look like a chair and feel like a chair after so many hours of sitting...and my chair is not even comfortable!!

But let's leave that aside,
What's new in the Polymer clay world Webosphera?

I'll have to rely on fellow friends and share with you some of their goodies, Eva Susanska found these 2 great links - One by Avalin from polymerclayfimo blog, Avalin is demonstrating a short and fun tutorial for creating a faux zipper for a pendant or any other creation of your choice.
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/2470618.html

And Kralemie is sharing a simple and un expensive idea to bake your beads on - Use a disposable tin tray, cut it's edges and you have a channeled tray for your pierced beads!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krale-mie/6222488909/
Although she is into crocheting, she is offering her ideas on polymer clay.

Kate's cosmic ceramic beads

Kate Golding surprised me with her BEAUTIFUL cosmic ceramic beads. They are all listed in her Etsy store but if you want to enjoy her gems all in one shot, press on this photo to enlarge. I was so excited to see it!
Art and Craftsmanship have always been a part of her life. Thanks to her mother, who introduced her to a world of crafts and skills, Kate's youth was filled with, drawing, painting, basket weaving, beading, macrame, sculpting ( including 70s version of polymer clay).
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkippingRockStudio1

Jonathan's faux eyes

Beware of this link - scary stuff -
California-based artist Jonathan Payne has created a series of grotesque-looking sculptures called the ‘Fleshlettes’.
Made with polymer clay and acrylics, each Fleshlette has a unique personality and has been molded to look like a human body part such as the eye, tongue etc. Amazing how realistic this looks, if only we could use these as replacements... Brrrrr, seems like a great gift if you want to scare someone to death!
http://designtaxi.com/news/355075/Grotesque-Sculptures-Of-The-Human-Body/

Kollika's polymer clay owl tutorial

Let's finish with an elegant mini-tutorial; A wonderful owl brooch using thin snakes and balls by Kollika. A tooth pick is used instead of hands/finger. I truly believe that artists who create such a work deserve a medal.
http://kopilka.rv.ua/?p=5116

My next post will be (almost) announcing my new tutorial and playing a fun game with you guys. Stay tuned.

PolyPediaOnline Students Gallery - When Cosmic Ceramic meets YOU!

There is a say - "It is important to do the right research as well as to do the research right."

When we begin working on a new idea – when ink meets paper, brush meets canvas, hands meet (polymer) clay – It sometimes takes days, weeks or months of simmering and doodling until these tiny fragments slowly fuse together, letting us know it is time to show up and give them a physical form.

Featured on Polymer Clay Daily and "The Polymer Arts" blog, the "Cosmic Ceramic" was that moment. An idea coming to life in the right form at the right time with the right possibilities.
With "a little" work, our research was done.

When Hilla and myself got your wonderful photos, we knew you guys enjoyed it as much as we did.

Feedback such as -
"Thank You so much for helping me get back into my art. For the last 6 months I have been out of the mood, but your Tutorial brought me out of that." 

"The technique is genius! I can't wait to try it!"


"Thank you for your hard work in producing these excellent quality classes! Everyone who loves polymer clay should see this work!"

This post is for you, my dear worldwide students and friends, who make me feel like their proud mentor and keep me smiling each and every day.
Thank you all for sending along your wonderful photos and letting us know how much you are enjoying your time with this tutorial. This is the reason we do what we do, with lot's of love.

Here is the Cosmic selection of worldwide artists -

Italian Ornella AMATUCCI, with a diploma in arts, she gives expression to her fantasy and creativity in different forms: painting, artistic handwriting, creating jewelry in polymer clay and using different materials. This is her inspiration to the Himalayan Totem Pendants
http://www.dipintodiblu.eu/index.php

Ornella AMATUCCI

Ornella AMATUCCI

Ornella AMATUCCI

Wolfschmuck -Annette Krüger's moon rocks and Olympic design!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfschmuck/9152389403/ 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=282531875224758&set=a.116414055169875.27244.100004038439756&type=1&theater 

Annette Krüger's moon rocks and Olympic design!

Lynn Pearson Shiner's Aponi bracelets - What a colorful combination!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3281194044948&set=a.2524082437631.69663.1720474743&type=1

Lynn Pearson Shiner's Aponi bracelets

UK artist Carrie Harvey with her wonderful leaf beads from the "New Hampshire Foliage" project
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29443904@N06/9239706203/
and more beads http://www.flickr.com/photos/29443904@N06/8951899250/

Carrie Harvey's leaves

Carrie Harvey's beads

Kate Golding's beautiful colorful beads! Art and Craftsmanship have always been a part of her life. Thanks to her mother, who introduced Kate to a world of crafts and skills, her youth was filled with, drawing, painting, basket weaving, beading, macrame, sculpting ( including '70s version of polymer clay!)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkippingRockStudio1

Kate Golding's beautiful colorful beads!

Italian artist Cecilia Leonini created a dazzling necklace using the ceramic technique and used her own shapes and colours!

Cecilia necklace (based on Himalayan pendants tutorial)

French l'atelier de lilaroz says she is an Amateur polymer clay artist since Christmas 2004, here is her version of the GreenLand bracelet -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atelierlilaroz/8925189292/

l'atelier de lilaroz Bracelet

Germany artist Simone Wagner's - schmuckunst's flickr photos are another tribute to the Olympic rings necklace as well as a selection of other colorful beads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37898646@N05/9017619213/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37898646@N05/8987780890/

Simone's Necklace (Moon Rocks interpretation)

Simone's Necklace

Simone's Beads

Kathy's Projects

outoftimedesigns - Kathy Richardson is having a good time with the ceramic technique. She started with pendants then moved to the mini houses, tea boxes and finalized with the incense holders. She is a self-taught artist, likes to play with any and all kinds of crafts/arts. Jewelry is her latest love. She says she has a web site but tend to sell her things while she is wearing them... ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/outoftimedesigns/8981966434/ 

Kathy's Time for Tea Project

Kathy's Mini Houses

Kathy's Pendants

Barbara Lessen shared with me her beautiful creations using the tutorial - beads, pendants and necklaces, all in fine touch and elegantly made.

and more of her work - here

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

Barbara Lessen faux ceramic

Theresa -Yari RB thinks that the cosmic ceramic beads are mostly.... Addictive! I agree! http://www.flickr.com/photos/38919237@N00/9018690299/

Theresa's Beads

chicco47 which was featured several times in my blog is a polymer clay addict. As she says in her flickr page - "... Since 2007 infected by Polymer clay, cure is hopeless!"...
This is her version of the FireWorks beads and the Olympic Rings Necklace.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66313746@N03/9175736127/  

chicco47's Beads

chicco47's Beads

Susanne Roewekamp (artesannus) took the ceramic beads one step forward that even I am asking myself "what did she do here?"...In her piece she used natural shells like molds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artesannus/8883037504/ 

Susanne Roewekamp's Shell beads

Priscilla Lane's herbs signs are so cute!
This is another polymer clay possibility I have never considered before!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200521802386071&set=a.1052227704445.2010107.1188358667&type=1&relevant_count=1 

Priscilla's herb signs

Lizzi Bizzi Zizzi Bucklow-Holt's super cute Mini Houses button beads!
You can transform any project to any idea!
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/157462983/cute-handmade-polymer-clay-house-button

Lizzi Bizzi Zizzi Bucklow-Holt Mini Houses button beads

Italian artist Ariane Freisleben is working very hard on her cosmic ceramic work, almost each week a new jewel is joining her collection.
https://www.facebook.com/ariane.freisleben?fref=ts

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic work

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic work

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic work

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic work

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic work

Ariane Freisleben's cosmic ceramic - mosaic work

Iris Gaye has her original beads shape to mimic the ceramic appearance. Faces, birds and figurines. How cute!

Iris Gaye-Vuille designs

Katja Benevol Gabrijelcic from Slovenia also posted her flower and leaves jewelry, mix media design
https://www.facebook.com/katja.benevolgabrijelcic

katja's mix media polymer clay jewelry

and another one -

katja's mix media polymer clay jewelry

and last is Veronique Hoffmann with her moon rocks & necklaces!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimomaus/8737235083/

Veronique Hoffmann

Veronique Hoffmann

Veronique Hoffmann

Waiting for your photo!
I'd be happy to share them in my next "students gallery" post!

Join the Cosmic celebration!
Thank You all!