Polymer Play Days – Nottingham – June 2010 – WOW!
WOW! What a totally fabulous weekend. I was very excited about going but the event surpassed all my hopes and expectations. I met some fabulous new people (who know what polymer clay is – hurrah! ;), I attended 6 brilliant classes and learned so much. I made some stuff I am really proud off. It was amazing to be able to spend all day doing nothing but playing with clay in good company. A huge thank you to Helen and all the others involved for making this event happen!Here is my first batch of photos – plenty more to follow but I...
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I have been looking for some pens to cover with polymer clay and couldn’t find the Bic stics that I know from people in the states are oven friendly. I tried out a few brands – without clay (having already learnt the hard way!) and they all deformed even at 115oC. I asked for help on the PCC forum and Tonja was able to suggest using some papermate pens – PaperMate Flexgrip Elite and PaperMate Flexigrip Ultra in capped rather than retractable models. I couldn’t find either of those with caps either – only...
read moreVery excited!
I am not sure how I have failed to mention this on my blog before but I am off to Polymer Play Days in Nottingham next week! Being a mother of 2 small children it is a real treat to be able to escape and have 3 days of pure polymer clay! I am looking forward to learning some new techniques, meeting some people I have met online in person and spending time with other people who actually know what polymer clay is! ( I am trying to educate the people around me ;)I have been making beads for the bead swap which is part of this event along with 6...
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White flower green backgroundOriginally uploaded by surfingcat clayMy latest flower cane. I wanted something to cover some yellow aluminium crochet hooks and thought about making a sunflower cane. Somehow I ended up making white daisy type of flower with a green background in Fimo Soft (I usually use Kato these days as it gives much neater results in cane work for me). Strange how you end up doing something completely different at times.It’s quite a jolly little cane, if not perfect and I am using it to cover my crochet hooks.
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I am currently taking part in a patterned sheet swap held on PCC forum. This is a 2 part swap. The first was to make some patterned sheets and the second is to cover an object/objects with the patterned sheets you receive.I didn’t take a picture of my sheets but they were something like this. You can see them and all the other sheets sent in for the swap here on Barbara the host’s flickr set (thanks Barbara for hosting and sharing these pictures ;)Here are the sheets I received. I have until Saturday to do something with them so I...
read moreFirst attempt at a butterfly cane
I used to think that a butterfly cane was too fiddly and likely to distort on reduction but now I have improved my cane building and reducing skill somewhat I decided it was time to tackle it. I had a good browse through flickr at butterfly canes for guidanceCane ready for packingReady for reductionFinished butterfly canesI am pretty chuffed with how it turned out. The colour on the wings is actually a three way skinner blend from white through a custom blue/turquoise mix to violet (Kato clay). I started off thinking I would make one wing...
read moreZebra cane and bracelet
I had a go at the zebra cane from Cindy Leitz video newsletter because I didn’t have much time but wanted to make a cane for the PCC forum June Cane Challenge (a good excuse to do lots of cane making). I didn’t think I liked animal prints really but thought this zebra one would be a variation on black and white stripes. I made this cane and decided that I loved it!I then made myself some beads. I sanded and buffed them today – without the Dremel cause the battery charger is not working 🙁 I then spent about an hour trying...
read moreMore Mokume Gane
I have been playing about with mokume gane again (along with making some beads and a zebra cane – I’ll post about those tomorrow). This time scrap Mokume Gane from the tutorial I bought from Tonja’s Treasures. I will have another go at a bangle sometime soon, I just have to sort out a bracelet form to make it the right size!Scrap Mokume gane pendants
read moreImproved Mokume Gane
Today I have been playing with Mokume Gane (I meant to make a ghost flower cane but…). I am much happier with my results. I cut and restacked a lot more times (thanks Arlene for the tip!)I’ll make some things with it later – off to pick up the kids from school now
read moreNew texture sheet and Mokume Gane
I often admire other peoples Mokume Gane pieces but am always dissatisfied with my own. I’ve played about with the mokume gane technique a few times and tried various different colours and methods.Finally I got round to buying some texture sheets and decided to have another go.Starting stack before rollingThe swirl texture sheet and the clay stack after passing through the pasta machineThe end sheet after slicingNot quite sure what I will do with it (she’ll probably cover a spoon handle you are probably thinking if you have read...
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