Polymeri Online 23.7.14 | Master polymer sculpture, 3D paints stamping, Clay architects, Millefiori landscape cane tutorial, Colourful Zoo by Zuta and Thailand souvenirs

Polymer clay sculpturings

Nathan Flynn is a master in sculpturing. He uses his figures in stop-motion animations and works with super sculpey clay to creates super realistic, funny, perfect creations.
His Instagram profile mentions his partner Joshua Flynn and together they are responsibe for Sculpt Double designs.
Nathan is also a skilled animator which create motion pictures.
His process, figures and "Opening Night" video trailer is posted in his blog - http://nathan-flynn.blogspot.co.uk/ and Josh’s blog - http://joshua-flynn.blogspot.co.il/
It's amazing how animators work! take a look at all the million expressions, faces that can be assembled and taken apart to fit a theme!
http://sculpt-double.co.uk
Instagram - http://instagram.com/sculptdouble

3D paint with polymer clay

Looking for ideas to use your 3D paints?
Use them to create creative stamps!
Parole de Pate blog (Sabine Alienor) posted this tutorial long ago but it is never too old to try it!
The technique is very simple – draw or print your design, trace it with your paint, let dry completly and use with polymer clay!
http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2012/05/21/24302450.html 
http://sabinealienor.com

Miniature architecture by Oliver

Oliver is a polymer clay architect. He is also 16.
He takes buildings, ships, cars, trains and other architectural items/miniatures and duplicates them in clay, in small scale.
He mentions tin foil in addition to polymer clay as one of his materials, probably used as an armature. What a fun way to use polymer clay! Wish I knew it when I was 16.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ClayArchitecture 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/187005574/polymer-clay-house?ref=shop_home_active_10

Polymer clay millefiori landscape cane tutorial

Here is a fun and easy tutorial for making a landscape cane by Mo Clay.
She is so passionate about sharing her experiments in polymer clay and you will find lots of finds in her youtube channel. Mo was mentioned not too long ago in Polymeri Online with another of her video tutorials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xGgmhvhNc

Polymer clay owls by Zuta

Zuzana Talášková’s (Zuta art) flickr gallery is crowded with cats, owls, horses, elephants, fish and other millefiori jewellery.
Her colors are vibrant and her canes combinations are very geometric. Zuzana is from Czech Republic artist working with polymer clay since 2009. https://www.flickr.com/photos/45852763@N06/

Polymer clay elephants gifts

Speaking of elephants. I took Kni Kni’s idea, giving away souvenirs when traveling (she was in India) and both me and my children made really quick versions of it to give to our Thailand hosts. Kids cannot wait to spread the polymer word in Thailand too!
I cannot promise to post regularly while on the roads but you're welcome to follow me on Facebook for more traveling pictures. Take care till my return!

Polymeri Online 24.4.12 | Polymer knitted kitty, Millefiori owl & peony canes tutorials and Faux vinyl flower

Danielle Hof originally from Switzerland, now in the Netherlands shared with us the process of creating her millefiori owl cane.
She is working at a laboratory, both working in clinical diagnostics and doing research on blood tests and on her free time she enjoy making jewelry made of polymer clay.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimoli/5173799097/

Take a look at the next creation by Enchantress from Moscow, Russia. Isn't this amazing?
As a child she loved to sew and knit, it was the same as modeling,
only patches and threads. She secretly dragged from her mother's drawer needles, lace, crochet hooks, and all of those quietly moved to her room.
In her recent creation, she made this amazing kitty, it is 49 mm, not an ounce of textiles and paints, polymer clay only. No stamps, too, only 100 meters of different "plastic yarn" with a thickness of 0.1-0.2 mm.
http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/4218553.html

Here is a video peek to see the kitty closely -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XDjIJrlDQWw


Another short flickr tutorial is by Carole B "CeeEee" on her creation of a polymer clay peony millefiori cane. Millefiori is probably her favorite technique, lot's of millefiori creations in her photo stream. You can find the packing of the cane in one of the links and the final cane after reduction on the second link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64384664@N00/1696388627/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64384664@N00/584339963/in/photostream

A simple and easy new tutorial by Kael - this time it's a faux vinyl flower pendant. The flowers were inspired by a pair of black vinyl sandals that she purchased a couple of weeks ago. Kael was mentioned in PolymeriOnline blog before, with more of her tutorials. You can check them out here and here.
http://www.kaelmijoy.blogspot.com/2012/04/polymer-clay-tutorial-vinyl-flower.html?m=1

Polymeri Online 25.3.12 | Owls on TV, Smiley face cane, Pink bunny and Knotted jewelry

My last day of packing and getting ready to my trip started when I found out one of my kids passport will expire in 3 days. I have no idea how that happened but we spent ALL day running all over the country to fix it. I think I lost 10 years of my life from the stress, but now all is ready, thanks god.

Last PolymeriOnline post before I go -

Henry and Albert are 2 brother owls. They like video games, computer and watches T.V all day long. Esther/Mocha is a polymer clay artist who loves animals and creates them with lot's of love and details.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MochasFriends

http://www.facebook.com/mochasfriends

French artist - GADOUILLE made a face cane and is sharing with us some of the steps on the way to become a final cane. She says it is not what she expected and I say - why? :)

http://gadouille.canalblog.com/archives/2012/02/08/23475146.html

I know Valentine was 1.5 months ago, but here is a cute bunny tutorial made with Fimo air basic. The tutorial is made by Kellie from "Makeitwithme" blog

http://makeitwithme-kell.blogspot.com/2012/02/here-is-fun-character-card-tutorial-for.html

Some of DisenyArte (Olga) recent jewelry are made of polymer clay beads and a kind of macrame knotting. The final result is impressive, colorful and unique.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/disenyarte/6773142059/in/photostream

See you on another continent! :)

Polymeri Online 16.6.11

My dear Israeli friend Liat Ripp has the most wonderful fish tank I ever saw - and it's all polymer! Her whimsical colorful design of fish pins/magnets/anything you can think of, has it's own unique style and brings a smile :) Her tutorial is offered for a special reduced price for the next few days!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liatripp/sets/721576268

06083833/

http://www.etsy.com/listing/66481048/fish-magnet-pdf-tutorial-in-english

Shirali from India is an artist, a trained fashion designer and ceramist. She has worked with many different mediums in past like mixed media, terracotta, paper, fabric, resin, but she is relatively new to polymer clay, and plan on developing new products! Her USB designs are so cute!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s_smallidea/sets/72157626641795485/

Kate Tracton is a jewelry designer with an eye for tiny details. Currently she is enjoying beadweaving and polymer clay, though not at the same time according to her :)

Her art is available in her online Etsy store. Kate also has a blog where she discusses her artistic process and sometimes features other artists.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/katetracton/

Here is one of her posts - drawing the process of a design - http://shiborigirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/fancy-schmancy.html

SteamTimeJewelry's Shop by Anne Berry has some cool stylish and edgy necklaces and rings handmade from vintage watch parts and polymer clay. All of the glamor of an alternate reality filled with gears and metal, filigree and finery.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SteamTimeJewelry

Interested in her special parts for your own designs? You can find her steampunk supplies store too!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/steamtimesupplies

Have a great weekend :)

Polymeri Online 9.6.11 - Animal Kingdom!

Today's post is all about animals!

Polymer Clay by Deb & Co. features Deb, a polymer clay artist of 32 years and her cat, Felix. Deb shares her tips, tricks and secrets in her step by step tutorials. Here is one of her videos tutorials creating a polymer clay kitten -

http://blip.tv/Polymer-Clay-By-Deb/polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-kitten-or-cat-5252897

Sofie grew up next door to her family's veterinary clinic.

Animals, both domestic and wild, have always been intrinsic to her world. She is a full-time artist who moonlights as an illustrator and a poupettiste (poupette maker).

http://www.etsy.com/shop/bonjourpoupette?ref=seller_info

Kirsten and Cortney, identical twin sisters have always enjoyed creating art together. From crayon rubbings as small children to works of art as adults, they have always given each other inspiration. They create paper clay & polymer clay folk art sculptures.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/indigotwin?ref=seller_info

Tina creates cute whimsical animal figurines, jewelry and beads - look at this sweet cat!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68142178/sitting-happy-cat

And here is the last animal on the block - this time a real one!

Our new poodle puppy!

After many years I couldn't decide about this issue, I eventually "surrendered" to my sweet kids appeals, this is the new member of the Mishly family! "Buffy" (how original! - kids chose it :)

She passed with honor the "polymer bite" test and didn't eat a piece of clay from the studio floor!

Have a woof-derful weekend!

Polymeri Online 13.8.10

Just got back from IKEA with lovely white shelves to put in my studio, i find it so hard to stay organaized! do you feel the same? every time i put things back in place they somehow, for some reason, go back to a mess! so i figured that i need more storage places and those shelves will look perfect on my walls, promise to post a photo after i'm done!

Links for the Friday the 13th! what a date :)

Lilian Huang's cute little owls reminded me i wanted to make some for a long time, she is from Taipei Taiwan and started to learn PC from April 2010.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13308709@N04/4872088340/in/contacts/

papagodesign / Sabine Spiesser from Australia is working on both polymer clay and digital collage, her work is delicate, accurate, and her colors & finish so beautiful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/papagodesign/

Dear lone from Norway has posted a tutorial on making her sea urchins using a mold, take a look at her colorful work and her cute mice :)

http://flowermouse.blogspot.com/2010/05/create-touch-of-sea.html

Janja Prokic's photostream in flickr is full of animals and wonderful sculpturings, she is a jewellery designer moving from Prague to St Malo all the time, At the moment she's studying painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Prague Czech Republic, her clay jewelry are so full of details and facinating to explore.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/janjaprokic/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/janjaprk

Polymeri Online 17.9.09

Looshies! the looshies are cute, smiling, happy, monster like polymer clay creations. Their creator is Orr Zahavi from Israel, He have been working with polymer clays for over 20 years and decided it's time to try and sell it as well. The name Looshies. derives from his beloved dog's name "Loosh" (a beautiful female weimaraner)
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7985390

Rubber Stamp Tutorial by Regina from Creative Kismet blog - give it a try! she has some cool ideas in her blog!
http://blog.creativekismet.com/2007/02/22/rubber-stamp-tutorial/ http://blog.creativekismet.com/2009/09/12/my-new-stamps/http://blog.creativekismet.com/2008/04/29/carved-rubber-stamps-storage-and-care/

jellybeanjunction's Shop is full of Dachshunds! so cute!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5822300
and her blog - http://jellybean-junction.blogspot.com/
more from her dollhouse miniaturesis here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=8012307

Owl Tutorial by j0rie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j0rie/3211406774/in/set-72157612705109033/
and blog - http://2crafty2care.blogspot.com/