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Friday, May 25, 2012

Placing a polymer clay bas-relief in a frame

I wanted a deep frame for a polymer clay picture, so I bought this "adjustable depth project frame" from a local craft store.  I was worried about baking the clay on a frame with a finish, because I didn't know how it would react in the oven.  Still, I went ahead and spread the clay out on the glass, and pressed it against the sides of the frame.  As usually happens, it took a few weeks for me to get back to the project.  Ugh!  The clay has corroded the sides of the frame and a tar-like substance had seeped onto the clay!  I was able to take the glass and the picture out from the back.  I baked it without the frame, bought a new frame, and slid the picture into the new frame without a problem.

At some point in the baking process the glass and clay cracked!  I was still able use it an hide the cracks.  Maybe next time I will let it warm up and cool off with the oven.


I use Pan Pastel chalks, brushes, and pan pastel sponge applicators to "paint" parts of the picture.  This was especially helpful for the little fire flies.

The concept art for this piece came from Chris Newberg's blog.  I get to use it 'cause I'm his sister!






Thursday, May 17, 2012

How to make polymer clay jawbreakers candy or marble beads

I made these by "mistake" out of left-over, mixed-up clay.  I thought, "wow, those look just like the jawbreakers we used to buy at the candy store!"

Also check out the candy on these adorable gingerbread houses!


I rolled the white and colorful clay together into a long snake and folded it end to end.I repeated this precess until the cane looked like this.










How to make a Polymer clay Hedgehog

For the pdf version, as well as all my other favorite projects, take a look at my Kid's Clay e-book.






Also check out the tutorial for this hobbit door!


Thursday, May 10, 2012

Miniature lace doilies out of polymer clay

View the tutorial here.





These would go perfectly with little tea sets from this tutorial


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Make your own board game into a box!

Game board boxes available here.


My polymer clay students have been designing their own board games!  I'm so proud of their creativity!  I was looking for rigid set up boxes for the game boards and I couldn't find anything anywhere.  At first, I found an old puzzle box and covered it with paper.  This works great.  However, all of a sudden I though of a BETTER idea.  Why not just make the game board the box?  Unfortunately, I couldn't make one of these for each student, but I hope it's an inspiration to you.