Polymeri Online 4.10.15 | Bringing animation to life, Sweet cutlery, Singing fish to scare your nightmares, Clay cabochons & Geometric jewellery

After a short-long break I am back with new posts and inspiration.
I truly hope to keep up the weekly posts and share my finds with you.

As you probably know Instagram is a treasure to many artists including polymer clay.

Ana Rubio is one of my Instagram finds. a spanish artist from Madrid, a graphic designer.
The idea of being able to give life to her illustrations led to animation and the world of 3D design, creating prototypes in clay.

She creates mini series & framed pictures with known animation characters that are a fun reminder to our childhood.

https://instagram.com/anarubioart/

http://www.anarubioart.com
https://www.facebook.com/anarubioart/

Russian Valerie Maslova (Bantik) has the cutest cutlery sets. Each one not only looks tasty but also makes you want her entire collection of miniature food in your utensil drawer. Cakes, cupcakes, waffles, donuts, macaroons and even animals and minions. Outstanding perfection!
http://valeriamaslova.ru
https://instagram.com/va_maslova/

Les Ptit Mobiles (Estelle Marchal) is making mobiles that scare nightmares away. They all have big eyes glowing in the dark. In one of my journeys I found her singing fish. She says their voice is terrible but that's what scares the nightmares away! They are so cute and full of expression you can almost hear their thoughts :)

https://www.facebook.com/Lesptitsmobiles-184085553248/

http://lesptitsmobiles.com/2015/07/09/let-me-introduce-you-the-singing-fishes/
https://instagram.com/lesptitsmobiles/

Sara Spoltore (Sarubbest) is a polymer clay artist which took polymer cabochon making into a profession. She uses polymer clay as a frame wrapping around any cabochon she desires - it can be glass, natural stones, rhinestones - everything can be surrounded with metallic looking clay to mimic a metal bezel.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/sararmoniasara
https://instagram.com/sarubbest/

Jayne Flanagen is also in Instagram. She is a jewellery artist based in Sydney Australia, working in multiple mediums, combining materials and techniques.

Her geometric designs are very appealing and will suit any dress code you wear. Very elegant and clean, lot's of black and white shades.

https://instagram.com/nellsdottir/

http://nellsdottir.weebly.com
https://www.pinterest.com/nellsdottir/

Let's meet again next week!

Polymeri Online 16.12.14 | Playing with polymer dolls, Owl with 1000 wings, Triangular swirl beads, Tree of animals and Last minute polymer clay Christmas projects ideas

Jana's polymer dolls

Jana Lehmann has another happy collection of clay creations.
After playing with pens, mice and beetles it's time to play with dolls! 

Her smily figurines will be a wonderful addition to every jacket or scarf!
Do you know if she has a shop?
I was lucky to have a set of her jewellery when I was teaching in Germany a couple of years ago...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/feeliz/with/15259963059/

The owl with 1000 wings necklace

Polish artist VaniLlamaArt (Dorota Ka) posted a beautiful necklace made of endless wings surrounding an owl.
The owl is made ​​of white and gold Fimo along with golden pigment and was her submission to the gold and white challenge.

http://vanillama.blogspot.co.il/2014/12/barn-owl-necklace.html

She sells some of her beads on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/VaniLlamaArt

Free video tutorial -
Triangle swirl beads

BijouxMonaBujoux (Migena Hilaj from Italy) posted an easy triangle swirl beads video tutorial in her youtube channel.
She takes the regular method of swirling the beads created with plastic/glass top and then force the bead into a triangular shape which gives an interesting twist.

You can find her in Etsy, Pinterest and Flickr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4NT_eh0xe4&feature=youtu.be

Free tutorial!
Gold leaf beads

Studio Artesania (Andrijana Katavic) posted a colourful beads tutorial combining gold leaf/foil with coloured clay to create a fresh necklace to go with every outfit.
Now that it's getting colder, adding this colourful necklace to a dark apparel would be a perfect match.

http://studioartesania.blogspot.co.il/2014/12/tutorial-cheerful-fimo-necklace.html

Tree of animals

Anekaterina (Andrejevskaja Ekaterina) is designing a tree of animals this Christmas.
She created colourful polymer animals out of round Christmas decorations giving each of them a character and a rounded belly :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/111482217@N03/

Last minute polymer clay
Christmas projects ideas

Last, here is a reminder of PolyPediaOnline YouTube channel Christmas projects to spark some ideas for creating gifts for yourself of loved ones!
Tree decorations, Snowman pens, Mistletos project and more!
http://polymerionline.blogspot.co.il/2013/12/christmas-polymer-clay-projects-how-to.html


Have a great creative day!

Polymeri Online 28.7.11 | Mosaic with 6 kids, Carving beads, Carnivorous beads and Egypt god decoration

Sandy loved polymer clay ever since her daughter introduced it to her quite a while ago, she is creating one of a kind pieces, faces, masks and wall decorations (photo: Solar God of Ancient Egypt), in addition to cute small figurines.

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

Kael Mijoy, a mother to 6 kids ages 2-14 and a cat, is running a home computer repair business with her husband, homeschooling the older kids, play with the younger kids, and pretty much ignore the cat, BUT she has some time to clay!She has generously shared her cool mosaic technique with us, I think she has more than 24 hours a day! :)

http://kaelmijoy.blogspot.com/2010/10/cured-on-raw-mosaic-tutorial.html

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

Elena Aleshina is a lawyer from Moscow, Russia, her wonderful looking polymer clay beads look like carved using a lathe but I'm not certain that is her technique. very interesting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavostia/page4/

Denise Scheiben is from Switzerland, working with polymer clay since 2007, when I first saw her red necklace some how I was thinking about Carnivorous plants! The red halves of the beads seemed like they are planning to take a bite! :) I loved the colors and combination of beads & wire!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nislia/4423827047/in/photostream

Check out her mesh jewelry too, as you know I love mesh with polymer clay :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nislia/4423827045/in/photostream

Polymeri Online 9.6.11 - Animal Kingdom!

Today's post is all about animals!

Polymer Clay by Deb & Co. features Deb, a polymer clay artist of 32 years and her cat, Felix. Deb shares her tips, tricks and secrets in her step by step tutorials. Here is one of her videos tutorials creating a polymer clay kitten -

http://blip.tv/Polymer-Clay-By-Deb/polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-kitten-or-cat-5252897

Sofie grew up next door to her family's veterinary clinic.

Animals, both domestic and wild, have always been intrinsic to her world. She is a full-time artist who moonlights as an illustrator and a poupettiste (poupette maker).

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

Kirsten and Cortney, identical twin sisters have always enjoyed creating art together. From crayon rubbings as small children to works of art as adults, they have always given each other inspiration. They create paper clay & polymer clay folk art sculptures.

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

Tina creates cute whimsical animal figurines, jewelry and beads - look at this sweet cat!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68142178/sitting-happy-cat

And here is the last animal on the block - this time a real one!

Our new poodle puppy!

After many years I couldn't decide about this issue, I eventually "surrendered" to my sweet kids appeals, this is the new member of the Mishly family! "Buffy" (how original! - kids chose it :)

She passed with honor the "polymer bite" test and didn't eat a piece of clay from the studio floor!

Have a woof-derful weekend!

Polymeri Online 16.4.11

A great sunny good morning everyone! :)

Before moving to our wonderful polymer clay weekly links I wanted to share with you a beautiful purse made by one of my "Brocade Collection" Students - Tanja Stumpp, she took this fun and clever product and gave it her own interpretation and her own design - I loved it!

Thank you Tanja for sharing your photos!

Miranda Farrand (photo of elephant) is an avid crafter and stay-at-home mother. She loves to share her clay creations and also works in quilting, primitive stitchery and photography.

http://mirandascritters.blogspot.com

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

Check out these cute pacman and tetris retro barrettes by Gimmeswords in deviantart- so cool!

http://gimmeswords.deviantart.com/art/Retro-Gaming-accessories-142617570

Design Sponge posted a tutorial for making a terrariums for plants and little polymer clay mushrooms and gnomes. Use a small glass vessel, soil, decorating rocks, sand and crystals, plants of course and small polymer clay figures - great for a gift!

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/around-the-world-with-bash-please-california.html

Ludie Amos is a retired school secretary, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. She is also a prize-winning doll maker, quilt-maker, tapestry artist, painter and sculptor. Her dolls appear to be so real that you expect them to rise from their chairs and walk. She says that they communicate to her their names and what they want to wear while she’s working on them.

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2011/03/23/american-treasure-the-artwork-of-ludie-amos/

http://customshousemuseum.org/uncategorized/ludi-amos-dolls

Polymeri Online 8.4.11

Marmelinhas / Ana Kuhnen gallery is full of yummies and cuties! miniature food, figurines, animals clay toys - all made with colorful clay and put a big smile on my face!

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

http://www.marmelinhas.com.br/

Don't miss her YouTube channel for more inspiration and instructions how-to's, it's in Portuguese but it's worth it!

http://www.youtube.com/user/marmelinhasoficial

Rebekah Payne is a self taught artist. works mainly with polymer clay creating handcrafted

pendant necklaces, beaded bracelets, earrings with sculpted dragons, romantic winged hearts, skeleton keys, rustic trees, horses...and much more.

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

Blog - http://www.treewingsstudio.com/

Winter is slowly leaving my country but it's always great to see a scarf decoration made of polymer clay, I love scarves, especially fabric ones.

Ilenia Moreni from Italy made a polymer clay scarf "buckle" to wrap her scarf in it, made with coiled polymer clay and a bit of antiquing if i can guess correctly.

http://leggendesegrete.blogspot.com/2011/02/scarf-buckles.html

more in her facebook page

Mommaschickens was born because of Helen's 4yr olds love of her cuddly toy chicken - Mommas chickens are hand-made figurine chickens made with Fimo, each chicken takes around two hours to complete and, because they are hand-made, each is unique

and slightly different.

Read about their story in their "about" section, it's pretty cool!

http://www.mommaschickens.com/index.asp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59318343@N05/

have a great weekend! :)

Polymeri Online 5.2.11

Isabelle d'Hauterive is from Québec Canada, when she was twelve, a neighbor ceramist introduced her to the art of modeling clay. Creating, giving life has enchanted her, thus giving rise to her passion for sculpture. Years has passed and she paralleled her work as a ceramist with obtaining a degree in teaching. For years she left the arts behind, until the discovery of polymer clay, and her creativity has since been reanimated along with her passion.

http://www.isabelledhauterive.com/anglais/figurines.html

ClayCenter / Berit Hines has worked many years in ceramics. She has moved from Holland to the US in 1999, and retired from Ceramics, after having sold her studio and most of her work in order to be able to immigrate. After just doing some water coloring she couldn't stay away from clay forever, and now indulging herself in the art of polymer clay and window paints.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21863654@N07/

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

ArtWen / Ainhoa is originally from Barcelona but now living in Avellino, Italy, her smiling figures, lovely eggplants and cute carrots are so sweet!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ainhoacr/5311464411/in/contacts/

Tampinha from Portugal started her polymer clay work in 2007 as a joke according to her flickr profile (and google translate) and since then it has taken shape, she is considering herself a perfectionist and her polymer clay art looks not less than perfect with her tiny designs and delicious miniatures :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tampinha/5264420614/