Polymeri Online 12.2.14 | The new polymer mushroom city, Gaudi’s inspired mosaic, Plaster molding tutorial, Hearts flowers & Metal heart embellishment

BunnyX new polymer mushroom city

Bunny X productions is building a little town of polymer clay mushrooms, all decorated, colorful and seems cozy enough to live in ☺

Her slogan “make art, live forever” is a good one. 

Art sure makes us happy and happiness is a key to long life, isn’t it?

In her etsy she is selling her tentacles jewelry along with her mushroom “carnival cottage” buildings. Looking for a new neighbourhood? consider hers...

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

http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-1329557568/bunnyxproductions/photos

Polymer clay Gaudi’s inspired mosaic

Radada has some original organic pieces in her flickr gallery. 

At first sight it seems mosaic but it’s polymer clay. Gaudi’s inspired this specific piece and she won one of the first places in a contestunder “décor” category, sharing her place with another artist (KalinkaPolinka).

Don’t miss her free polymer clay moss tutorial -

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/505951339358510293/

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

http://radada.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/718/21424

Plaster as your molding material

Have you considered creating molds from plaster? Artmind is a ceramic artist but you can be inspired by her free projects in polymer clay too!

Don’t miss her free 15 art and crafts tutorials that can fit perfectly one of your polymer clay projects!

http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.ca/2010/08/how-to-make-polymer-clay-brooch-or-ring.html

2 Days before it’s all hearts and hearts and I’ve got 2 lovely links for you -

Hearts as your polymer clay petals

Maddisonmeg Graham’s pinterest photo jumped up when I searched for polymer clay hearts. Even though it’s not a polymer clay project it will sure suit your clay! (Believe me, I know, creating 26 flowers in thinthin clay!)

All you need is several layers of thin hearts, ball tools, muffins baking tray and you are ready to create beautiful blooming flowers!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/465137467740109352/ (pin link is not forwarding to the correct page)

Heavy Metal heart embellishment

Another link is create your hearts using a teardrop shape cutter/template, add gilders paste and you have a “metal” looking heart to embellish your cards/gifts!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/355010383099632403/

Wishing you a nice weekend!

Polymeri Online 17.5.13 | The Rocky Horror millefiori cane, Plaster mold hollow beads tutorial, Embellished bags and Faux ivory polymer clay art

Polymer clay cane
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Beverley Start is a polymer clay artist since 2009, after she moved to Ontario, a friend gave her a beautiful pendant made of polymer clay. She was fascinated by the technique and went to goggle about polymer. After watching a few hours of how-to videos on YouTube, she was off to Michaels to buy what she needed to get started.
With background in science and engineering, and years of being a cake decorator, her tip for canning is "think three dimensionally".
Here is her "Frankenfurter" cane from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
http://handmadeartists.com/forum/index.php/topic,6758.0.html


Whinnie Poh is sharing with us some of her unique ways for creating hollow beads using molds and plaster or salt dough.
Her beautiful hollow jewelry pieces require delicate technique which gives such an accurate result.

Hollow beads using plaster molds

More of her work here and here .
She gives special directions, tips and "do's and don't" for working with plaster molding. Translation from Russian to English was a bit complicated to understand, if you'd like to experiment I recommend reading her post several times until you feel confident enough to begin :)
http://yablor.ru/blogs/otminka-zapekaemih-plastikov/2492694

Sun and moon wall art decoration

Lisa Rapp started HiGirls! Designs because she wanted to carry handbags that didn't cost a fortune while making a statement about her personal style.
She learned to work with polymer clay first as a way to make beads, then started to discover new ways to use it for practical items, then it become her obsession! Her trademark has become a polymer clay embellishment for each bag.
This is another one of her polymer clay pieces - Sun and moon wall art decoration, Mexican inspired.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/124311822/sun-and-moon-wall-art-polymer-clay

Faux Ivory polymer clay beads

Speaking of faux techniques (I am still with faux ceramics spinning in my head), here is a beautiful real but faux store for polymer clay art by Selena Wells, her specialty is faux ivory pendants and beads, ancient-seeming, history-archaeology-like.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/selenaannewells
http://www.flickr.com/photos/selenaanne/

In exactly 3 weeks I am flying to Liechtenstein to meet old and new friends and teach 2 of my most popular classes - Skyscraper and INKredible.
Preparations are on my schedule, new jewelry, new samples, I promise to post pictures as soon as they are ready.
Have a great (almost) weekend!