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!

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Alison Lee is interviewing some great artist from all kind of crafts. Recently i had the pleasure of listening to her 2 podcasts in my ipod - one of them was Maggie Maggio Interview and the other was Dan Cormier's. amazing talents and such an enjoyable cast!
Maggie Maggio Interview
http://www.craftcast.com/main/?p=219
Dan Cormier Interview
http://www.craftcast.com/main/?p=208

Nail Art Clay Canes? I gave it a try a few months ago, unfortunatly it was impossible to make them so tiny while firm with the new FIMO formula, i guess you should use a dry clay to make such tiny detailed reduced canes :)

http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe/index.php?cPath=67&osCsid=1120038328f842c1c235d210b03cc77f

and a great tutorial for an orange cane is here
http://www.hyd-masti.com/2008/06/smallest-man-made-orange.html

mouna casa fimo's from france - mouna makes cute canes! some of them are quite complicated!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27724440@N02/
http://www.mounacasafimo.com/

Stefimo & Co / Stéphanie from France makes some unique pendants - great gradients, texture and color.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefimoandco/
http://stefimoandco.canalblog.com/

Ipod cover tutorial from beadizzygrl

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=232877.0
check out some of the great tutorials there!