Polymeri Online 27.1.13 | Beautiful canes remains necklace, Free scrap cane tutorial, DIY bracelet tower display, Cats everywhere and Life Savers beads samples

Helene's Canes Remains Necklace

Hélène from Les Ethiopiques took the remains of her colorful canes, one of them called "vermicelli" and created this beautiful and impressive neck piece. Such a wonderful game of colors. Her blog is full of her polymer clay experiments and delights.
http://lesethiopiques.over-blog.com/article-onanisme-de-l-ego-112040125.html

Free Scrap Cane Tutorial

Jeanette Kandray published a free tutorial on her website - Free scrap cane. She is using translucent cane ends and scrap.
http://jmkandray.com/tutorials.htm

DIY Bracelet Tower

Another original & stylish DIY display or storage stand for your bracelets was published in Miracle Spyer's blog, She is using an empty room mist fragrance bottle. The previous display was posted in this post

http://onceuponherdream.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/the-decorista-chronicles-diy-bracelet.html

Polymer Cats

Cats as pins, cats as brooches, cats cake toppers and cats families are Francesca's passion. She creates in her free time and loves animals. She is also a digital art lover and creates custom graphic designs and digital cross stitch patterns.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/threelittlecatsshop/

I am still playing, preparing my free demo for CFCF, the LifeSavers beads. Here are some of the photos, the beads are not finished yet, the embroidery stitch is still missing but they look cool like this as well!

Life Savers Beads

Life Savers Beads

Life Savers Beads

Polymeri Online 23.6.12 | Hunger games polymer, Round PearlEx mirror, Pins curtain display, HUGE candy canes video and Reverse impression tutorial

Hunger Games Polymer
Clay Pendant

Ghie-Trinket Tales, a phillipins polymer clay artist and a chemist by profession presents a nice collection of polymer clay designs in her Flickr gallery - mirrors, pens, steampunk and jewelry, I loved her hunger game themed pendant! (don't tell anyone but I read all 3 books ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghienan/
http://trinkettalesbyghie.blogspot.co.il/2012/03/molding-hunger-games-inspired-pieces-in.html

Polymer Clay Round Mirror

After making my own new mirror, I found another beautiful stylish round mirror project (although from 2008) by The Artful Eye (couldn't find her/his name), The finished piece measures 14" in diameter and clay pieces were adhered with  glue. Most of the clay pieces have been painted with PearlEx powdered pigments.
http://www.artfuleye.com/2008/08/polymer-mosaic-mirror.html

Curtain Pins Display

Not sure it's polymer but take a look at m.misheva's wonderful fabric curtain used as a display for pins.
I think the pins shown here are made of polymer clay although she works with felt as well.
This decoration can be used both to your home curtains and as pins display in your studio.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56085107@N02/7079192491/

Reducing HUGE candy canes!

The next YouTube video was recently posted in the Israeli guild site by polymer artist Efi Warsh after returning from Amsterdam.
The video shows Papabubble Amsterdam creation of their HUGE candy canes. Did I say HUGE? These are gigantic canes! amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFfA6FxrDs0&feature=related

Another video posted in the Israeli site was Lisa Pavelka's YouTube tutorial for using her texture sheets to create reverse impressions. Thank you Liat Ripp for this reminder :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6dCXA0Zd4

Polymer Clay Reverse Impressions

You can also see a design made in this technique by Angela Hickey, she made this barrette by first making a reverse impression using a Lisa's rubber stamp. Next filled in the impression using Kato liquid clay tinted with mica powders.
Her Flickr gallery shows many of her recent creations using this technique -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymer_clay_creations/7396625058/

Have a great weekend!

Polymeri Online 26.2.2012 | Play-Doh take 2, Figures late at night, Mokume wonder & The great jewelry display

Once again, Yondat Dascalu and Idit fischer-Katz (Zoota) made a collaboration to think of new ideas to use play-doh and natural clay. Two years ago they figured out a way to create canes using Play-Doh and now came up with a new idea to use natural clay as a mold for polymer clay. Since natural clay curing temperature is much higher then polymer clay curing temperature you can use it as a "shape holder" to create many shapes of polymer. Give it a try!

When I was reading blog posts in the Israeli Etsy group I found an artist called Charles Chetrit. Since he was a child he was sculpturing figures from olive tree branches. 4 years ago he was injured at work and found himself at home for a long period of time. That was the perfect time to go back to his artistic roots when he found out about polymer clay. To create his large sculptures he is using a metal bases and bringing his figures to life. Today he is the manager of the filming department on an Israeli tv channel and find the late night hours the best time to create. Thank you Charles for sharing your story with me :)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtOfFaces

Samantha Braund is a multi talent artist working with polymer clay as well. Her polymer gallery in flickr is full of wonderful mokume sheets, beautiful beads and lovely colors. She is a UK based jewelry designer and her other interests include digital art, water colour painting & sculpting in various medias.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amadoradesigns/sets/72157622663496753/

Although not polymer, this jewelry display is to die for! How I wish I had one like this!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83464177/jewelry-display-by-blackforestcottage

I recently joined Cynthia Tinnaple StudioMojo's newsletter and it's wonderful! Seeing Cynthia's daily links are a great inspiration and getting her weekend emails are even greater! Check it out, she is offering a free sneak-peek in her website.

Clay away!

Polymeri Online 20.1.11

Geek millefiori for cool people! That's Bear Duck description of his stuff, "Bearduck" is actually what they call their pet Newfoundland, who looks like a bear and acts like a duck :) Those millefiori canes are super fun!

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

SilverLeafShiny is handmade mixed media jewellery by Anna Roberts, combining polymer clay with foil, shimmer powder, metal leaf and any other shiny things she can get my hands on. :)

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

In Fizzyclaret Etsy store you will find handmade miniature items as well as other unusual pieces of art.

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

I loved her silver tinted rose pendant!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/61304612/silver-tinted-rose-ball-pendant-on-chain

My Fimo Kitchen is Gordana Radovanovic from Serbia, and indeed she has some cool polymer cookin'! check out the strainer she is using for displaying her beads, I think it's a briliant idea for drying them after varnish too! cool!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46880285@N07/

http://myfimokitchen.blogspot.com/2010/07/ikebana.html

Have a great weekend everyone!

Polymeri Online 20.6.10

Sorry for the delay posting, i was a bit sick with a flu, feeling much better today!

I found Mellisa Hanmer beaded necklace with a polymer clay pendant and underlying thread inlay. she consider creating her form of meditation (i couldn't agree more) and after working in seed beads she started with polymer clay too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37873936@N05/

You can see more of her work in her Etsy store

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

Italian artist Miriam is inspired by all form of creating - knitting, crocheting, sewing, decoupage and many more. She mostly make cake toppers according to her flickr but you can find other cuties as well - especially this heart!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirietta77/4699514298/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirietta77/

Looking for creative ideas for your next jewelry display?

This one by wegart from Czech Republic, is made from a box wrapped in cross stitch fabric, red rope, wooden pegs and grill scewers. Additional sign "hand made" is cross-stitched and framed. great to hang your earings and necklaces!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wegart/3596188162/in/set-72157605825457061/

and you can find some polymer clay art in her Etsy too -

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

and last - Here is a simple tutorial for making a quick cookie cutter from a can, just bend the sides and you can have a flower, i don't know how easy it is to remove the clay from the "cutter" but it may be useful to you

http://www.instructables.com/id/Quick-And-Simple-FlowerClover-Cookie-Cutter-From-/

or another tutorial from a Soda can

http://www.instructables.com/id/Dog-Biscuit-cookie-Cutter-from-soda-can/

Polymeri Online 9.8.09

Cat's home lady is designing cute smiling cats which made me smile too, her humoristic sculpture's of cats (and some dogs) makes the animal kingdom sweeter, she is from Izmir, Turkey.
http://www.catshomestore.wordpress.com/
http://www.catshomestore.blogspot.com/
http://www.catshome.etsy.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catshome/

This tutorial demonstrates how to use a ball marble to bake a cabochon using black acrylic color too - great result.
http://paroledepate.canalblog.com/archives/2009/03/30/13112197.html

SPecimen7 monsters are hand sculpted, The current collection of specimens is curated by Shing Yin Khor, a Los Angeles area artist and designer. each specimen has it's own story :)http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6989534

Need some jewelry displays? - Timothy Adam Designs's Modern unique metal jewelry, art, furniture clocks jewelry displays and much more. Every item is handmade and designed by Timothy Adam.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5074716

Polymeri Online 10.4.08 - jewelry displays ideas

Here in Israel we are about to celebrate "Passover" in a week. Passover is a long holiday (a week) and lot's of gifts and presents are given to friends and family. It's a good opportunity for some tips on photos and jewelry displays for this holiday and for the next ones -

Here is a link to photo tips -
http://photojojo.com/content/tips/product-photo-tips-for-ebay-etsy-instructables/

Some jewelry display ideas -

Handmade Earring Display Racks
http://bethmillner.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/handmade-earring-display-racks-easy-to-make/

Grid Display
http://flickr.com/photos/shopclementine/1149723813/

Bracelet and Necklace Display
http://flickr.com/photos/smutopia/2344316554/

DIY Jewelry Display
http://paralyzedfreedom.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/diy-jewelry-display/

The pendant tree
http://www.jewelry-display-ideas.com/the-pendant-tree.html
http://www.jewelry-display-ideas.com/

Flicker groups of photos and ideads for fairs and crafts displays -http://flickr.com/groups/craft_fairs/
http://flickr.com/groups/craftfairgoods/

As for me, I took some photo frames and turned them into an earing display, with a little help from the photo-frame store they turned great.
http://flickr.com/photos/irismishly/1071930644/in/set-72157594438906976/

Happy Passover and thank you Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy (PCAGOE) girls for some of the links :)