Polymeri Online 9.5.12 | Polymer clay jewelry, Bracelet mold casting, Translucent experiments and sleepless nights pendants

After a short break, we are back to PolymeriOnline links for this week -

I found a nice polymer PR in Hacklock blog - "featuring polymer clay as art". I loved Heather's comparison of children drawings vs. professional drawing, it is obviously the same with polymer clay, the more people realize this, the more our material upgrade it's position as an art medium and not a children material. http://hacklock.net/category/polymer-clay-artists/

Heather Blacklock Camera Pendants

You can see more of this Australian artist (Heather Blacklock) in her Etsy site
http://www.etsy.com/shop/hacklock

Del Moro Polymer Clay Jewelry

Among Meredith Dittmar, Shay Aaron miniatures and Pier Voulkus, she featured Del Moro which was featured here 4 years ago, He is a polymer clay designer, chemicist and technologist who works in various techniques and produce interesting designs you'd find yourself taking a 2nd look at. I specifically liked his polymer clay guitar collection.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30251473@N05/
You can find one of his tutorials in 2008's PolymeriOnline post -
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/42/wrb.6/0_1d4d6_d0a7dcd1_orig

Polymer Clay - Mold Casting

Sweet Willow Designs's blog is full of useful tips and information.  She is creating mixed media jewelry and worked in many different mediums including paint, metal, fiber, fabric and what not. Her studio name, Sweet Willow Designs, is a nod to the many hours she spent under the willow tree in her grandparents' Haverhill, Massachusetts home.
I encourage you to take a look at her other posts, but chose this one to see her 2 steps bracelet mold making. I specifically liked her "saving material" tips on  placing a plug of scrap clay for the center of the bracelet to save on the amount of silicone rubber she'll need to use.
http://sweetwillowdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/experiment-resin-casting-part-1-making.html
http://sweetwillowdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/02/experiment-resin-casting-part-2-casting.html
And her Flickr gallery - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetwillowdesigns/

Garie Sim Transluecent Polymer Clay Experiments

Garie Sim shares with us his tips "how to improve the clarity of Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS)" adding unusual materials! clay softener?  Enamel Transparent Paints - Take a look.
http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/clay/shop/clear_tls.htm

Marjana Polymer Clay Pendant

Last one for today is Marjana from Slovenia, her pendants caught my eye and when visiting her blog she tells us that they were a result of 3 sleepless nights (sick child) and when she decided to stay home (like a zombie), these were her new creations using paints, wood and fimo. I hope her child is feeling better :) I'd be happy to see more of her creations when everyone is healthy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48194773@N05/

http://vilinskisvet.blogspot.com/2012/04/prazniki.html

Speaking of health, not polymer clay related - after getting the beautiful Blurb photo album from our USA trip by the post messenger, (Blurb are great, b.t.w!), I was so busy looking at the photos while walking down the stairs that I.... fell. 

Lesson to be learned, don't look at photo albums when you go down your stairs.
Lucky me, I didn't break anything but now I am walking like a duck.

Polymeri Online Valentine 2012 | Hearts ALL Hearts

Valentine is a day away, just in time for 4 additional polymer hearts!

Susan Crocenzi (Sucra) created this elaborated heart wall hanging with ceramic, glass, smalti & millefiore. Susan is a Mixed-media artist teaching techniques for Mosaicists - Tempered Glass and Polymer Clay.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sucra88/6761170411/in/photostream

http://scmosaics.com/home.html

Polymer Penguin is Julee. She discovered polymer clay 6 years ago, At first she worked on the projects in the garage, but quickly outgrew it. Now, she is converted her old quilting room over to polymer clay.

Check out her wonderful heart earring set - antiqued with liquid polymer clay colored with black ink.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerpenguin/6859737885/

http://thepolymerpenguin.blogspot.com/

Adriana Allen has a touching personal story in her etsy profile. Every item she creates is a victory over her unforgiving disease: arthritis. She has it for 30 years but never gave up. Every piece she creates proves her that the disease cannot stop her from doing what she loves.

As I was checking out her cuff in Etsy, it was sold! I hope all hearts will!
This link is to an additional cuff of hers - green colored.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91712423/10-discount-the-key-to-my-heart-polymer

http://www.adrianaallen.com

Check out this heart charm, looks like metal - right?
RubyShoesSam (Sandra DeYoung) did a great job with this one, sculpted into a heart, textured and highlighted to give it an aged silver metal look.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87136690/silver-and-turquoise-heart-polymer-clay

Sandra was mentioned before in PolymeriOnline on 2008 so it's time to take a new look at her art.

Have a great LOVEly holiday! I'm off to eat a chocolate heart :)

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Elise's blog (france) has a great collection of her own polymer clay creations and even wedding invitations and polymer clay hair decorations she made as a bride - wonderful! she tells about herself that she loves every art form - painting, pottery, beads, collage paper towels, candles and recently polymer clay!

http://elisebouffare.creations.over-blog.com/article-36680674.html

Macaroon tutorial on youtube by CheilyStuffz, with a simple trick of using a tooth pick she makes this cute desert out of clay - check her other tutorials, some of them are real cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx_MJk67ufo&feature=player_embedded

Candy like beads tutorial from "madmoizelle" site -

http://www.madmoizelle.com/berlingots-fimo-4538

I found a nice demonstration of glass window art using liquid polymer clay and polymer clay - Designed and presented by Shirley Rufener - although the camera is a bit far, i am sure you can get the general idea -

http://shirleyrufener.com/july10.html

http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/99488419.html

PolyPediaOnline - Wave your magic wand and paint on clay! NEW tutorial!

I don't know why many polymer clay artists are intimidated by liquid polymer clay :)

This white, gooey, sticky material is some how too scary to deal with? I keep stock of all liquid polymer clays brands but i use them seldom. why? i don't know! i am more attracted to those vivid clay blocks with their intensive colors :)

BUT! we are missing a world of options over here!

In my new tutorial I am demonstrating how to transfer a drawing or a sketch using color pencils or oil pastels into clay - it can be an artistic sketch, the name of a friend, a

photocopy, your own drawing - anything!

We can paint on clay and use it as our canvas!

My tutorial demonstrates 3 eye catching designs -

a sophisticated symmetric square bracelet (the technique of course can be applied to other designs) OR a barrette using the same technique;

a necklace with chic "pastels-silver leaf" style beads;

a quick "canvas" ring with your own drawing - don't worry, you don't have to be a piccasso for it ;).

Each project has it's own tricks and tips for drawing, building (beads), layering, cutting, attaching and many more.

SO... get your hands a bit sticky :) the best way to understand a new or un-familiar material is to try it out! don't think twice and jump in, you may be surprised where it takes you :)

Want to see what you are about to learn?

Click here for more details AND about my 39th Birthday special!

:)

Polymeri Online 22.5.08

Cherry Boop / Karen Sleseris from Uruguay makes adorable food jewelry!http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherryboop/
http://www.cherryboop.com/

Laurel plays with polymer clay and beads and digital art. She has been collecting techniques for the last few years, including working with polymer clay, Photoshop Elements, beads, shrink plastic.
http://www.laurelsteven.etsy.com/
http://www.laurelsteven.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laureleee/

Cute Fimo figurines!
http://farfabetty.farfelue.free.fr/
http://farfabetty.farfelue.free.fr/figurinesfimo.html

Liquid polymer clay test (post dated 12 février 2008) - See how translucent is the liquid clay after baking - (if the link is temporarily not working try again later)http://crearti.canalblog.com/#cooliris

Magnets with cute faces
http://divacreation.canalblog.com/

All Breed Dog Art - Ginny Baker is sculpturing ALL kinds of dogs in polymer clay, She is creating pins, frames, etc. of a variety of dog breeds.
http://members.aol.com/ftofclay/index.html

Polymeri Online 26.11.06

although most of us know these nice sisters, Ann and Karen Mitchell work with PC since 1991 for 14 years now, and are regular guests at Carol Duval show, magazines and published a book named "Liquid Polymer Clay: Fabulous New Techniques for Making Jewelry and Home Accents"in their site you can find beading projects as well as a polymer clay gallery combined with Crystal beads, glass, pearls and more.
photo: Mosaic Vest
http://www.ankaradesigns.com/

Polymeri Online 25.7.06

2 Sites, few photos but worth a peek -

Lauren Van Hemert - creations with millefiori, transfer and sculpturing

http://www.onlylauren.com/new.html

Cynthia Toops and Dan Adams - Photo Gallery
http://www.mobilia-gallery.com/artist_detail.php?art_id=32#pics

http://home.earthlink.net/~cdbeads/

Polymeri Online 30.4.06

Some intersting Sites -

Leslie Blackford from MoodyWoods created very special sculpturing in polymer clay
http://www.scrtc.com/~turtles4/

and Katerina Musetti which creates bags, jewlery and others combined with polymer clay, transfers and painting. colorful!
http://www.katerinamusettidesigns.com/

Polymeri Online 9.4.06

Eliza created extra-ordinary tools and instruments using mika powders, stamping, pearl liquid sculpey and other techniques, her album contains photos of Hannuka and star of David items, very nice.

http://www.picturetrail.com/ol-crazy-eliza

Polymeri Online 8.4.06

JULIA SOBER is working mainly with liquid sculpey and water color doing transfers. she is drawing, coloring and transfer it to Polymer clay. the result is stunning!
http://www.juliasober.com/polymergallery.html