Polymeri Online 27.11.14 | Pam's Millefiori haute couture, Molds and cookies and buttons, Make your own sculpturing tools, Polymer belts, Masking tape to the rescue & De-stashing sale in my "garage"

Pam's Millefiori haute couture

Pamela Carmen’s flickr gallery is full of colorful animals decorated with endless blooming millefiori canes.

Fish, owls, birds, hens, frogs, all of them gets their coat of flowers.

In her owl sculpture she mentions ceramic as her base while only the veneer is canes.

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

Molds and cookies! :)

Nerd Ecrafter posted a video for creating your own molds using only liquid translucent clay (she is using TLS by Polyform). She took an oreo cookie, embedded it into the liquid, baked it (twice) and created her mold instantly. You can use this technique to create any mold of your choice from your found objects as long as they are oven proof! yay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_ofBGMUSg

Molds and buttons

Talking about molds, here is another example by artist Elena Semin, taking a button with a nice pattern and creating 2 molds/casts to form a double-sided bead with a pre made channel –

http://hobby-box.ru/phakturnye-businki.html

Don’t forget to take a look at the glowing snowflake tutorial– fun and easy project just in time for winter!

http://hobby-box.ru/master-klass-snezhinka.html

Make your own sculpturing tools

Ever wanted to create your own sculpturing tools? Diane Foster‎ published this PDF file on the “Polymer Clay Tutorial Collectors” FB group showing how to transform simple tools into sculpturing tools! The ebook is written by G. Schellert.

http://www.ringert.com/sculpting/MAKE%20YOUR%20OWN%20SCULPTING%20TOOLS_ebook.pdf

Polymer belt necklace

Ingrid Ulrich’s belt accessory is beautifully adapted to polymer clay. Stamped and antiqued it is giving the impression of the real thing. Located in Germany she is playing with various techniques in her designs.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/16881789@N07/8437844559/

http://www.ingul-schmuckdesign.de

Masking tape to the rescue

Remove excess polymer clay powders

Christelle Van Lingen shared in her Pinterest gallery a tip she credit Christie Friesen. By using a masking tape you can take off any excess powder left on your stamped image. I learned this trick from Laurie Mika when I was her student several years ago, when she used it on extra foil left on a design. That is really a neat trick.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/8373949282726848/

I am de-stashing some of my extra tools and findings, if you’re interested you can take a look of what’s left, in my FB gallery –

https://www.facebook.com/iris.mishly/media_set?set=a.10152601243342968.1073741846.608452967&type=1&pnref=story

Have a great thanksgiving holiday if you're celebrating, and a great rest of the week :)

Polymeri Online 12.7.14 | No-water polymer aquarium, Jumping jellies, Elephant kingdom, Oriental polymer tales, Extruder basket weaving tutorial, Netherlands teaching and Tools/tutorials special summer sale

In these hot summer days, all I can think is ocean, beach and cool water.

Thailand is just 2 weeks away and I am looking forward to taking a break from all that is going on in my country. Without getting into political talks or taking sides, these are not easy times in Israel.

Thank god I have polymer as my refuge from stress & worries. Read here why crafting is so important to keep us all sane from all that is around us. :)

Links!

Your own polymer clay no-water aquarium

NerdEcrafter posted this super cool tutorial using translucent clay, inks and clear resin.
In several simple steps you will learn how to create your own jelly fish and embed them inside a clear resin bath to create a cool looking aquarium!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZowFJFQRTk&sns=em
You can follow her on FB as well - https://www.facebook.com/NerdEcrafter/

Jumping Jellies by Kenzie

Speaking of jellyfish, here are Kenzie's Jumping Jellies. I've seen her pieces on Instagram and then headed to her Etsy shop.
She specialises in custom handmade jellyfish and nautical jewellery.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/jumpingjellys
http://instagram.com/jumpingjellys

Elephant Kingdom by Kni Kni

Latvian polymer clay artist Kni Kni (I think her name is Inga Rosenberg) loves elephants.
Most of her flickr gallery is dedicated to these beautiful creatures - in mokume gane techniques, millefiori, stamped, sculpted, carved, mandala-ed - Elephants Kingdom!
Translation makes it a bit difficult to understand why this animal is so important to her, but like many of us, we just admire their sensitivity, their touching family relationship and their human eyes look. I cannot wait to see some of them in Thailand.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kniiknii/
http://www.knivirtuve.lv

Polymer & felt - polymer clay tutorial

Julia Zhilenkova (Kovrigina) posted an "Oriental Tales" bracelet and earrings in the art "ragged edge" as translation suggests.

She is using felt as her base for the earrings and bracelet instead of clay. This will ensure a lightweight design and comfortable wearing. First, she is creating the circles design using mixed strands and a clay extruder and then measuring her felt and cutting accordingly.
The addition of seed beads around the design is lovely and at first sight you would think the design is made entirely of fabrics!

Thank you Monika Týna Brýdová for posting this link :)

http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/597509-vostochnye-skazki-braslet-i-sergi-v-tehnike-rvanyj-kraj

Basket weaving polymer clay tutorial

In a mood for another polymer clay tutorial?
Here is Aleksanta's basket weaving beads. Once again, the extruder transform simple strands into a fun design. The antiquing at the end process adds a lot of depth to the bead.
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/5012810.html

Iris Mishly in Netherlands

Relevant more than ever - Just before the Mondial final game I am happy to announce that I will be teaching 2 days workshops in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on October 11-12, 2014 to cheer up the Netherlands ;)

The 2 classes will be an original blend of my 3 leading classes: The Brocade Collection purses, Moon Rocks beads (CosmicCeramic) and Skyscraper technique.

There are last 4 places in the Moon Rocks class and few places in the Skyscraper class!

If you're close by and would like to join us for two days of inspiring technique and lots of pleasure spending quality time with fellow polymer clay enthusiasts, ensure your place!

http://www.dutchpolymerartguild.nl/irismishly.html

You can use Google translator as an assistant from dutch to english.

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