Working with polymer clay can be fun and rewarding. It comes in a variety of colors and is used in projects from sculpture to jewelry and accessories. Here are some polymer clay project ideas to get inspiration!
Polymer Clay Bracelets
Here I’ve tried to recreate faux ebony and ivory with a flavor of Hawai`i in the etching and sculpting of these polymer clay bracelets.
Polymer Clay Lei
Here I’ve tried to recreate faux ebony and ivory with a flavor of Hawai`i in the etching and sculpting of these polymer clay bracelets.
Each of the main, white flowers were made from a sheet of clay that was rolled through a pasta machine dedicated to my clay, and then a flower shaped cutter was used to punch each bud out. Then each one was then formed into what you see and baked. It took approximately 15-16 hours to make all of the components and then another 15-16 hours to string them all up.
And, the finished lei.
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Polymer Clay Minions Cake Topper
Why not have a custom piece of artwork as a wedding cake topper? This minion bride and groom are sculpted from polymer clay. They could be ornaments, too!
A dear friend of mine got married recently and we both share a love of the “minions”, so I created this topper for her wedding cake.
Polymer Clay Color Runs
Fanciful or predictable? The outcome of color mixing delights whether serendipitous or planned. Serendipity is fun, but if you want to duplicate a color you’ve mixed previously, you have to know exactly how you did it the first time and be able to repeat it. Spend some time creating Polymer Clay Color Runs for an at-the-ready reference.
I anchored these strands of polymer clay beads at each end with a color straight from the package. Then I made set proportional mixes for the incremental color steps. Find a color to duplicate on any strand. To make that color, look at both ends of the strand. Those are the two package colors that will create the new color. Where the bead lies along the strand tells you what proportions to mix. The center bead contains equal portions of each package color. Then magical gradations happen along the rest of the continuum.
During this experiment, some of the results surprised me. I grabbed the sense of wonder each time I made a new mix and thought, “Wow! So that’s where that color comes from!”
I wrote the from-the-package colors on the end beads with an ultra-fine permanent marker. (Not much room to write on small beads!) If I need a particular color, I can mix it right up!
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