Polymer Clay Color Inspirations


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Renowned for their courses and workshops on color, the authors offer instruction and inspiration that focuses on polymer clay as a learning tool that crafters can use to explore their own color instincts and preferences. Each chapter investigates a color principle supported by a jewelry project.




Creating with Polymer Clay


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Includes how-to information.




Clay Lab for Kids


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Kids will love learning to work with clay! These 52 projects use air drying, easy to clean up clay, making them perfect for home or the classroom!




Art Makers: Polymer Clay for Beginners


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Start making beautiful crafts from polymer clay! Art Makers: Polymer Clay for Beginners is your guide to this fun, easy kiln-free craft. Polymer Clay for Beginners introduces artists, art hobbyists, and polymer clay enthusiasts to this versatile, accessible medium. Because polymer clay does not require the use of a kiln and needs only baking in the oven, it is an easy, approachable art form for even the most inexperienced artist to learn. Professional artist and experienced author Emily Chen demonstrates how to make adorable animal figurines, flowers, cookies, cakes, beads, and more through easy, step-by-step projects. Each project features colorful, styled photographs demonstrating how finished pieces can be used, displayed, and gifted. A comprehensive tools and materials section and detailed information on techniques, baking, and glazing guide artists in their quest to become polymer clay pros. A modern approach to sculpture art, polymer clay is the perfect choice for beginners and crafting enthusiasts.




Totally Cool Polymer Clay Projects


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Describes sixteen kinds of projects which can be done with polymer clay.




Polymer Clay Surface Design Recipes


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"This book will teach you how to create a wonderful array of unique surface designs, each made by combining day with other media such as inks, paints, and powders, and other tools such as stamps, brushes, stencils, brayers, and wire. Starting with a comprehensive overview onworking with day, the book then offers more than 100 surface recipes and variations with complete details about how the effect was achieved."-- Back cover.




Polymer Clay Projects


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Creative projects using polymer clay in jewelry, home décor, and more. Includes basic techniques for working with polymer clay and instructions for making 18 different styles of canes. • Step-by-step instructions for 30 appealing projects such as jewelry, picture frames, coasters, keychains, buttons, and more • Explains basic tools and techniques for working with polymer clay, including conditioning clay, marbling, mixing colors, making clay roses, and creating a "skinner blend" • Instructions for making 18 different geometric and floral canes




400 Polymer Clay Designs


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With everything from jewelry and vessels to art dolls and sculptures displayed in superb color photos, the versatility and beauty of the medium is exquisitely evident. Mosaics, millefiori, canework, and molded, stamped, and embossed pieces: there's a little bit of everthing to please the eye.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crafts With Kids


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Hundreds of budget-friendly projects include edible homemade goodies, holiday decorations, toys, musical instruments, and gifts made from wood, metal, glass, leather, clay, and found objects.




Polymer Clay 2.0


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Have you ever looked at polymer clay and wished that you knew how to use it? Have you ever desired to make your own beads and other items with clay, but didn’t know how? Well, now, the wonderful and fun world of polymer clay is at your fingertips. This guide will teach you all you need to know to become a polymer clay prodigy and add this great craft to your repertoire. In this page turning read, you will learn all about how to create crafts, jewelry, beads, and trinkets from polymer clay. You will learn everything you need to know about buying, preparing, molding, coloring, decorating, curing, and storing this wonderful and non-toxic material. While regular clay is fussy, requires a kiln, and poses special challenges to many people, polymer clay is fun and easy for anyone. Any age group can enjoy using this clay to create numerous crafts. This is no limit to what you can do with it, either. Getting started with this craft is not hard or cost prohibitive, making it easily available for everyone who is interested. So start doing crafts with your family, creating great sale items, or making gifts from the heart using polymer clay today! About the Expert Robyn McComb lives in Southern New Mexico. She is a full-time freelance writer and a jewelrymaker. She busies herself with crafts, polymer clay, and handmade beaded jewelry. Since the age of twelve when a good friend and mentor named Dawnella taught her the secrets of macramé and beading, she has been addicted to making jewelry as a fun hobby. This hobby also makes her some money when she attends downtown craft fairs in her home town. When she isn’t busy writing and making jewelry, she spends time with her two rescue dogs and baby kitten. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.