Having been off my feet recovering from surgery for quite some time last year and now again  I have probably had more hours than most people to trawl round the internet. There is an amazing amount of information and inspiration for polymer clay artists out there. I am sure you all have your favourite blogs and sources of information (feel free to post a link in the comments to any of your favourites as I may have missed some).I wanted to share...

I have made a new topic (see link on right) to show my work from Polymer Clay Color Inspirations by Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio. I am just starting out with the exercises  but will update it as I go along. I was inspired to do this after visitng Jeanette Kandray’s Clay, Color, Creativity blog .http://jmkandray.com/Blog/ . I really enjoyed reading about her experiences with the exercises so here are mine.

In the past I have stored my Fimo Soft in 2 ice cream tubs. One tub with new packets and the other with my open packets. Once I opened a packet I wrapped any left  back in the wrapper  and popped it back in the tub. Any odd scraps went in a ‘scrap bag’ in the open packets box. I realised that over time sometimes my clay had a few crumbs of a different colour on them which isn’t ideal. The bits were just thrown in the box and...

I have found and used lots of free polymer clay cane tutorials on the internet, thank you to all those clever people out there who share their knowledge.For a while I have come across tutorials that you have to buy and I have always wondered if it would be worth it. Well one day I decided I would splash out and give them a go. I have been delighted with the canes I have made and I hope I can now take what I have learned from these talented...

I have finally written up my polymer clay brand comparison trials. You can find them on my blog here For me, for making canes I am now sold on Kato. The clay is very firm which helps to keep good definitions in the cane (once you have made it workable). Here is one of the canes I have made from Kato clay. This is a pendant with a crystal added to the centre A smaller slice made into a simple bead This cane was made using a tutorial I bought...

I have recently been very inspired by the work of Zuleykha who has 2 blogs one in Russian http://zustitch.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway.html and one in English http://zuclay.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-birthday-giveaway.html. They both have lots of pictures on. I recently bought her curling petal cane tutorial and am looking forward to trying it. I will post some pictures when I have done itUpdate 27/2/2010- here is the cane Curling Petal Cane made...