Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Polymer clay crocheted heart/flower decor - Free video tutorial for Valentine!


In our family, a fridge is not just a place to put your groceries. It's a photo album+.
Photos, magnets, memos, test schedule, special announcements, calendars, bills - thank god that fridges are so big you can place items on all 3 sides of it ;)

Anyway, it's a while now that my mother asked me for REAL photos of my kids. Not digital photos - real ones.
In the digital age we hardly make photo copies any more, almost all of us have gazillion photos in our hard drive and almost none in our albums and guess what - although this happen we keep buying the newest camera on the market.

So I decided, it's a good time to make 3 special photo decorations for my mom's fridge with all 6 grandchildren photos - mine and my 2 sisters.

For a while now I wanted to combine my basic crochet skills in a polymer clay piece so this was a fun project that can be a last minute gift for your loved ones, Valentine or any occasion, this decoration can be used as a big magnet on a fridge, a wall hanging ornament, a key-chain, bag charm, beads for a necklace or even part of a gift wrap!

The great thing about doing this project with polymer clay is that you can apply any technique you like on it and you'll get an original design. Of course it can be done with paper, air dry clay and many other materials as well, just keep in mind the holes and the hook size.

Basic crochet knowledge is recommended but if you do not know how to crochet you will get the idea by watching me work plus a recommended YouTube channel for many crochet tutorials. This channel taught me so much! I really recommend it.

So mom, even though Valentine is a holiday you mostly celebrate with your other half (mine is going to be abroad) - this one is for you :)


Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Polymeri Online 3.5.11

Georgie Galante from NY is a mixed media artist, working in polymer clay and metal clays, recycled parts. Her designs made me take a 2nd and a 3rd look, the mix of materials sometimes leaves me wondering, what is what, hard to tell the differences :)

Thanks god I am not gaining weight every time I see miniature sweets made of polymer clay, Cindy Teh from Singapore is a very talented artist creating beautiful items you'd want to take a bite from. Cakes, ice-creams, vegetables - Yummy!

Here is another example of the wonderful options with polymer clay by Rachel Grieg, a stamped book, polymer clay cover, she added vintage pages together with some watercolour papers inside and bound it all with silk ribbon.

Lostinwonderar's Etsy store has "Quirky home accessories" in it as she calls them. She creates sugar skulls. I had no idea what they are until i read in her listing - Sugar Skulls are typically made of compressed sugar with icing decoration and other embellishments. They're made for the holiday of Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). Her sugar skulls are made of polymer clay. It can grace a shelf, decorate a cabinet, or sit charmingly in a potted plant.
She has been making and selling her crafts since she was about 12 years old, dreaming of having her own shop where she could sell her art.

Natalya is an artist from Russia, her cute stapler caught my eyes - so cute!
Her flickr site and blog is filled with beautiful jewelry as well - pendants, bracelets and more - take a look.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Jewel Case 2009 Calendar - need one?

I have been playing with some photos and made a useful (recycled) desk calendar for 2009!
You can buy empty jewel cases at your local computer store or you can recycle one of your existing jewel cases and store the CD it contained someplace else.

To display your calendar in a CD jewel case just follow these instructions
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/calendar-instructions.php

Download this PDF file with 12 photos of my favorite beads and polymer clay art

and there you have it! a nice 2009 polymer clay calendar! :)
Enjoy

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Polymeri Online 8.5.08


I'm sure you've seen Cynthia Tinnaple link on the Iterative Algorithmic Polymer Clay
well, try that with cookies - real cookies? http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/fractalcookies

For all you "i'm afraid i don't know how to shoot good photos" (i'm in too by the way) here's a 1 minute light tent with only a few facial tissues -

Abstracts fimo rings, by Dominika Naborowska / Dominika, she is from Poland, she likes contemporary jewelry most, including sculptural pieces from found objects and different unexperienced materials.

Using seedbeeds in designs is something i started too, it's such fun and it upgrades any piece.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/naborowska/sets/72157603358879711/

Clay Illustration by Paul Moldovanos - The Clayman's Funhouse, The Clayman's 3D Cartoon artist is making Illustration, Character Design, CG and Stop Motion Clay Foam Puppet Animation and more! He's from Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.theclayman.com/3d_illustration1.htm

If you're looking for fast & easy children/adults figures to sculpture, here's a page you can take ideas from
and here are some more -

as_art_up / _andrea from Germany makes great drawings and some fimo too! her sketches makes me want to make a millefiori cane :)

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Polymeri Online 10.4.08 - jewelry displays ideas


Here in Israel we are about to celebrate "Passover" in a week. Passover is a long holiday (a week) and lot's of gifts and presents are given to friends and family. It's a good opportunity for some tips on photos and jewelry displays for this holiday and for the next ones -

Here is a link to photo tips -
http://photojojo.com/content/tips/product-photo-tips-for-ebay-etsy-instructables/

Some jewelry display ideas -

Handmade Earring Display Racks
http://bethmillner.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/handmade-earring-display-racks-easy-to-make/

Grid Display
http://flickr.com/photos/shopclementine/1149723813/

Bracelet and Necklace Display
http://flickr.com/photos/smutopia/2344316554/

DIY Jewelry Display
http://paralyzedfreedom.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/diy-jewelry-display/

The pendant tree
http://www.jewelry-display-ideas.com/the-pendant-tree.html
http://www.jewelry-display-ideas.com/

Flicker groups of photos and ideads for fairs and crafts displays -http://flickr.com/groups/craft_fairs/
http://flickr.com/groups/craftfairgoods/

As for me, I took some photo frames and turned them into an earing display, with a little help from the photo-frame store they turned great.
http://flickr.com/photos/irismishly/1071930644/in/set-72157594438906976/

Happy Passover and thank you Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy (PCAGOE) girls for some of the links :)