Polymeri Online 20.11.11 | Treasure box pendant, Christmas tiny magnets, Experimenting with translucent clays and an Elephant cane

Russian EvraZhka (Karina) posted a cool treasure box pendant tutorial along with diagrams and detailed info. You'll need to translate this page, I am using my chrome translator to translate the page from Russian to English.

http://evrazhka.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_24.html

Cathy DiGiovanni is making Christmas magnets & pins for over a month now, take a look at these cute magnets decorating her fridge!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathytx2001/6364919567/

Italian Francesca Di Cesare (MoKuCrea) experimented with translucent clays and shows her results in her flickr gallery. Her experiment is showing different clay types, in various curing temperatures over a sheet of book showing us it's translucency. Pardo, Kato, Cernit, Premo, Fimo - all the polymer "gang" is there.

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

among her tests she is also enjoying her time with polymer clay art

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mokucrea/4624546351/in/photostream

Take a look at this amazing elephant cane tutorial by kalinkapolinka. According to her it is not as good as she expected (I disagree!) and it's for those who already tried to make pictured cane and understand the basic techniques.

http://www.kalinkapolinka.ru/publ/master_klassy/master_klass_po_lepke_kejna_slona_iz_polimernoj_gliny/2-1-0-16

Think Outside Of Your Jewelry Box!

It's been quite a while I've been looking for a new design that would be both innovative, creative and challenging to create - Thinking outside of the box.

Mix media was something i was very interested in when i studied fashion design in high school.

The combination of materials and techniques seemed very appealing to me.

One day, I was sitting at my craft table and looking at fabric leftovers i had from sewing my daughter's 'Purim' costume (Purim is like Halloween); Suddenly a throught came to my mind! (Imagine a huge light bulb on top of my house) How about creating a mix media design: fabric, clay, zipper and chain?

From that moment on, I "heard" the ideas running in my head and started to make variations of purses, pouches, bags and boxes designs.

The combination between the soft materials (fabric & zipper) with the stiff polymer clay, were a perfect match.

The Hemisphere pouch, Prism square case, Pyramid box and the bracelet are only the beginning of an ocean of ideas.

The simplicity and practical uses of this design can show you how you can develop it further with any design, pattern, color or texture - There are infinite options!

If you want to learn more about my new innovative Brocade Collection in a step by step tutorial, with 8 videos & a complete Kit to create your own hemisphere purse and other 3D designs - Follow me!

You are a click away!

http://www.polypediaonline.com/133688/polypediaonline_brocade_hemisphere

Hemisphere Quiz - WINNER!

WOW! 110 comments! So many creative ideas from such creative people!

This guessing game was so much fun, with every comment I discovered a new way to use my "things" :)

These new "things" are the a part of a new and exciting tutorial launching this Friday - Here is another sneak pick to the final project ~The Brocade Hemisphere Tutorial~

THAT'S ONLY 1 project out of 4 included in the tutorial!

Can you tell what they are now?

Only 9 of you were very close to guessing what these small half "bowls" are planned to be -

guesses like "jewelry box", "pill box", "wedding ring case", "Box topper" were almost it, all of your wonderful ideas can be easily executed with the new tutorial, but no one mentioned a pouch or a purse - what they really are :) I know it was a tricky quiz but that's the best part of it - imagination!

BUT! I couldn't leave this fun game without a winner!

All 9 "finalists" in the order they commented - Anna (9), Fymux (49), Melitta (50), Phil (54), Cherie (69), Debbie McLelland (71), Webdzynz (85), Eclectic beader (91) & Judit (110) were entered into a random number picker and the winner is....

Cherie!

Congratulation! :)

The 8 "runner ups" will receive a 20% discount when purchasing the new Vol. 25 - Please email me and i will be happy to send you a discount coupon.

For all the others, you still have a chance to win -

Christine Dumont from "Voila" website is having another "launch party" - and 2 additional lucky winners can get a FREE copy of the tutorial! all the details in "Voila" site.

An official announcement with all the details, photos and other deli's will be posted here on Friday -

Stay tuned!

Polymeri Online 24/12/09

Desert Dream Studios - Artwork by Mary Jane Chadbourne makes beautiful mosaic work, she uses hand stamped and painted polymer clay tiles & uses these tiles in all sorts of work, including ArtBoxes, wall art and paperweights.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/desertdreamstudios
http://www.desertdreamstudios.com/

fperezajates / Fabi from spain is multi talend lady - polymer clay, beading, felt and more, some of her jewelry are placed on filigree parts and feature 3D flowers.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajates/
look at her cute tutorial for transforming a brush into a note keeper!http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajates/sets/72157622802641750/

Matthew Nix has 2 new online glass tile pendant tutorial, i enjoyed it very much. http://www.createapendant.com/glasstilependanttutorial.htm

Even though it's not polymer clay this video is amazing! watch this artist making layered stunning candles and makes magic in cutting them in beautiful shapes! it's "almost" millefiori!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do9A9usP9Sk&feature=related

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Polymeri Online 11.9.08

Lilly Briar is a Polymer Bead Artisan. she has been working with the medium for the past 7 years, teach workshops, do shows and write tutorials for Australian beading magazines. her current expedition is into the world of geometrism, exploring the simplicity of shape/s and creating new ones and incorporating mixed media to make them a little more interesting.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lillybriar/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5578015

SelenaAnne - wonderful sculptural art, i wish i could know more about this artist :)http://www.flickr.com/photos/selenaanne/

2 Roses is artistic collaboration between jewelry designers Corliss Rose, and John Rose. The studio is driven by the principles of exploration and experimentation.
http://www.2roses.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2rosesjewelry/

Graphic Pendants is Teri, full-time business student with a passion for crafting. live in Canada, She's always been a creative soul and picked up first her needle and thread at 5 years old.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeweldivas/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6159923

Ignotz has some great sculpturings in her flickr site -http://www.flickr.com/photos/fraggle_d/sets/72157606376649539/

lasidi has some great geometric design, i just love her cute building canes, her boxes and frames. She is from spain.http://www.flickr.com/photos/lasidi/

Polymeri Online 13.4.08

Israela Angel, is an Israeli artist. she works with polymer clay, fabric prints and vagetables :)

She developed a unique way of working with polymer clay. All the art work that you see can be used as a box or decor. These are all part of series she made that talks about women, about the fact that "a woman in her nature a person that holds inside her and being held".

Her work was chosen together with other 65 artists (3 of them israeli) to be presented in a "International Experimental Engraving Biennial" in Romania.

Her artwork are pretty small, they are approximately 12 centimeters high and 6 centimeters wide, all of her shapes are organic and she uses organic vegetables to get her unique shape -radish , turnip and potatos are just several of them.

Her process is as followed -
1. She takes for example a potato and cover it with basic polymer clay.
2. print her photo on cotton fabric.
3. hold down the fabric to the covered potato with a polymer clay decoration gel.
4. cover the print with a clear and liquid polymer clay.
5. Decorate the covered potato
6. makes a hole in the clay so she can take to potato out after baking.

Here is a hebrew tutorial written by Israela -

http://www.art1.co.il/instructionsteps.aspx?wid=6b76cce3-dfc7-4770-a1ad-a37b0bad002a

Beautiful - isn't it?

Polymeri Online 20.12.07

Hector Vera from Australia, He is an Artist & an Educator.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hectorvera/

Amelka's Czech site brings us many items, one of them by Klára Kubešová (i think) is a flexible animal project, I think some of us had such a toy when we were young :)
http://www.kubesova.cz/tancici_kocicka
and more FIMO projects -
http://www.kubesova.cz/clanky/fimo

Peace Cane by Cane Spinner Designs
http://www.canespinnerdesigns.com/tutorials/peacecane/

Annie's Handmade Jewelry - lamp work & polymer clay
http://www.anniesjewelry.com/index.html

Some Shopping - Kraft Lady Art Moulds and texture sheets
http://www.kraftylady.com.au/index.html

Solet Luna Gallery - Catherine (Cate) Lansing - makes Women and Men in period-dress, Literary Characters, Witches, Ogres, Queens, Rogues and Animals-behaving-like-people. Characters created in 1:12 scale. Some of the links are broken, these links are still active.
http://soletluna.com/miniatures.htm
http://soletluna.com/miniatures/characters.htm

A Beginners Flower Tutorial and some sculptures by Hagit Gano
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hagitgano/PolymerClayFimo

If you need a quick and easy origami gift box tutorial - this one is for you:
http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/2007/11/quick-and-easy.html

Merry Christmas to all the celebrating!

Polymeri Online 10.5.07

Doreen Gay-Kassel is creating illustrations & polymorph creatures, her images have been used for books, magazines, toys, puzzles, greeting cards, Christmas ornaments & textiles. What a great work!
http://www.doreengay-kassel.com/profile.asp

Kevin Buntin world is a fantasy - Viking ships, warriors, mummies and Frankenstein monsters, He uses all kind of materials for his sculpturings - wood, acorn caps, and scraps of leather or various other fabrics. He also uses all kind of polymer clays.
http://www.kevinbuntin.com/

In Roberta's blog - "Just Me And My Creations "you can find a nice millefiori tutorial and all kind of other links & photos
http://robertam.blogspot.com/2006/06/making-canes.html http://robertam.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-latest-creations-7.html

Take a look at Kristine Taylor amazing jewlery gallery, stunning!

http://homepage.mac.com/designsbykristine/DBK/index.html

I did mention Bettina Welker in the past, but i found some interesting links to other galleries in her site -

http://www.polyclaykunst.de/galerie.html

Last one is Michelle Davis Petelinx from Jordan's Treasures with gorgoues mirrors, boxes, masks and many more

http://www.jordanstreasures.net/mirrors.htm

http://www.jordanstreasures.net/

Polymeri Online 27.8.06

Laurie Mika from California, While attending graduate school, Laurie worked in the Gallery at Bazaar Del Mundo in Old Town, San Diego. This work experience along with her education and extensive travels to places like India, Nepal, China, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Europe, Mexico and South America have all shaped the way her art looks today. There are definitely ethnic influences seen in her work.

great gallery!
http://www.mikaarts.com/

Polymeri Online 30.7.06

Connie`s Clay Creations - Connie worked with polymer clay for a while and after she had an accident she stopped. when she saw the virtual come-back, she was back designing.

Her gallery is full of wall pieces, photos, beads, jewlery, boxes, bugs, sculpturing and more!

http://users.adelphia.net/~cclaycreations/

Polymeri Online 11.5.06

ClayCave - Adria Filion

Adria tell us that all her life she was into art, she tried every material available and finally she met the polymer clay and started working as an artist, stopped looking for a "normal job".

she is using all kind of polymer clay and working with the material for 2 years now.

http://www.claycave.com/
http://www.claycave.com/tutorials.html
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/ClayCave/