Polymeri Online 24.8.14 | Thailand adventures, Tomka's foliage, Smiling teeth beads, Painted polymer clay, Mix-n-Match extruder, Organic magic

H-E-L-L-O all! or should I say Sawadika :)

Back from Thailand but still there in heart & soul! What an amazing vacation.

This beautiful, peaceful and smiling country will stay in my mind for a long time.

So different than anything I ever saw, felt and even ate before: Wonderful spicy food, amazing landscapes, changing weather, people's kindness and even shopping - A true cultural adventure. 

I am certain that this trip will inspire me!

Getting a warm elephant hug!

Flying all over Chiang Mai in the "Flight of the Gibbons" 

Key Kitty Kitty!

With 23 rings on her neck she is the queen of necklaces!

Just before I am heading to my next trip teaching in Netherlands (5 last spots in the Skyscraper class and 2 more in the Moon Rocks class), sinking in loads of work, preparations and packing, here are some goodies I've gathered for you -

Tomka's foliage

Tomka Sorokina’s Etsy store is pleasing and colorful containing joyous jewelry items, fun patterns and funky designs.
She designs stuff as far as she remember herself. First clothes and accessories for her dolls, fabric flowers, drawing, beading, embroidery and more...

In this polymer clay fairy feather necklace, she combines colors, shape, impressions and antiquing. Fun! 

Tomka is also in Instagram - http://instagram.com/ya_tomka/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/yatomkastore

Painting polymer

Mai M. Villegas is a cake topper artist from the Philippines. 

In her FB she shared her process for creating a mini painting with polymer clay, as part of a figure holding a paint brush with an easel. 

White clay is her canvas and sculpting ball tools are her brushes!

https://www.facebook.com/MaviCrafts

https://www.facebook.com/mai9380v?fref=ts

Denise's smiling teeth beads

Denise Osborne posted a super cute photo of beads with teeth!
She credit Marie Segal for the idea and the photo description tells us that the Trinity Lutheran Church thanks MDPAG (Metropolitan Detroit Polymer Art Guild) member Denise Osborne who helped along with the guild members and donated clay for creating Beads of Courage with children who enjoyed the workshop so much.

Creating a teeth cane is such a brilliant idea! These smiling beads are so funny!!

https://www.facebook.com/Detroitpolymerclay/photos/a.173735802778602.1073741825.153570774795105/343467352472112/?type=1&theater

Leila's extruder mix and match

Leila Bidler came up with a great idea to invent new extruded canes combinations.
She extruded her clay through all her discs and store them baked, inside a box.  This way she can try and play with them and find new exciting shapes and designs. Mix and match! Leila is a long time polymer clay artist living in Italy. You can see more of her work in her site and flickr gallery -

http://www.lbidler.com

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gom6699

https://www.facebook.com/LeilaBidlerPolymerClay/photos/a.1411350672434084.1073741835.1411307482438403/1478964549006029/?type=1&theater

Gabriel's pendants

Michel Gabriel is a polymer clay artist of the organic side.

Her beautiful handmade beads seem to be antiqued, stamped, painted, twisted, carved and transferred.

Her flickr gallery is full of magical pendants and beads hidden in a polymer clay shell.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/gabriel

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michele-Gabriel-Studios/113431202052146?ref=br_tf

https://www.flickr.com/photos/michelegabrielstudios/

See you soon!

Polymeri Online 24.6.14 | Graphic polymer clay bangles, Baby jar village, Grass is greener on the other side, Carving chips, Nail your extruder and Mix and match

Lora & Jan's graphic bangles

Lora strong line of jewellery is the result of her collaboration with her partner Jan. Together they are a Slovenian couple that likes working with polymer clay so much that they decided to share it with the rest of the world.
Their first attempts with polymer clay go way back, but they started working with it seriously on 2011.
Some of their bangles are created in sophisticated techniques such as back filling, you can check it out in her 3D design - http://www.lorasrobas.com/3d-tiles/

Don't miss their Pinterest gallery for more -http://www.pinterest.com/lorasrobas/lorasrobas-jewelry/
http://www.lorasrobas.com

Build your own village with baby food jars

Could you guess what these are made of? Baby food jars!
Not only snow globes can be made from these small jars, we can build a whole new village with it!
Russian artist Toy Belle is taking her jars and building a fun and colourful neighbourhood. You are welcome to see more houses in her blog - http://toy-belle.livejournal.com/
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/4852296.html

Toy Belle mention Belkomor as her inspiration to the grass technique on her jars.
This is a very time consuming technique but the final result is very impressive.
http://belkomor.livejournal.com/56650.html

Grass mirror/pond/beautiful design
Tutorial included!

The technique class can be found here - http://kopilka.rv.ua/?p=6930

Belkomor's carved chips necklace

Take a look at Belkomor piece posted on April this year. She mention the design was inspired by a colour palette posted from time to time in the Russian group.

The techniques used in the decoration are chips, carving, stamps and tinted wax varnish.

http://belkomor.livejournal.com/70158.html

Use a nail when you need
a hollow extruded bead?

Need hollow extruded beads? 

Don't have the core adaptors? Have you thought about using nails?

Isabel really wanted to create hollow beads for a little flag project but didn't have the extruder core adaptors. I haven't tried this solution but it's worth trying, and it's free!

http://www.tambienbordo.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/intercambio-ape-los-colores-del-otono.html

Thank you the girls from the Israeli forum for this link.

Tampinha's miniature goods

Mix fabric, crochet, metal, findings and clay and what do you get? Super cute miniatures and designs!

Portugal's Tampinha flickr gallery is full of sweetness. 

You can see miniature food with crochet decorations with scarfs and felt. Beautiful colours and combinations.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tampinha/

http://www.tampinha-tampinha.blogspot.co.il

Have a great day and rest of the week!

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Being a clay enthusiast, I couldn't avoid thinking of my dear friend, my personal clay extruder.
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This is the story of our polymer clay extruder, a special and powerful tool, that you probably have somewhere in your drawer, hidden in the dark most of the time.

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