Polymeri Online 29.7.12 | Polymer IPOD case, Mokume on glass, Poinsettia and flowers, Before and after paintings

Polymer clay ipod case

Eten-Iren, mentioned several months ago made this colorful ipod case on a base plastic case - isn't this cool? I wonder if she made the roses, cured and then adhered them to the base case or placed it in the oven? I'll have to try curing some plastic cases and see if they are heat resistant :)
http://www.etsy.com/listing/104768347/ipod-touch-4-case-free-shipping-ipod-4

Mokume gane on glass

Mokume on a glass - Larissa Joonas from Estonia is using a glass as a surface for "shaving" off the mokume gane pieces. That is one option for creating this special effect.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eutrapelia/7396278886/
She has several pictutorials in her flickr gallery -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eutrapelia/sets/72157620458176437/

Polymer clay flower sculpturing

Liudmyla Heggland is a bead and polymer clay artist, creating flowers seems to be a natural talent of hers, here is a yellow poinsettia brooch and another flowery neck-piece, this necklace won 2nd place on 2010 Fire Mountain Gems contest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mila-heggland/5251998374/

Polymer clay jewelry with paints - Before and after

Adding acrylic/oil paints to a texture can upgrade any design. Take a look at ToutEnCouleur before and after photos: a dots texture with paints addition.

Here is the "before" - http://www.flickr.com/photos/toutencouleur/4236945660/in/set-72157622994730063/
and "after" -http://www.flickr.com/photos/toutencouleur/4236168315/in/set-72157622994730063/
She is working with polymer, resin, paper and carton, I also liked her tourbillons beads, they remind me of flying skirts...

Everyone is talking about the heat all around, I am officially waiting for the winter, I think the clay will also appreciate it, have a great cool day!

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Alessandro Marco from Italy is a long time cyber-friend, He was one of the first customers in my Etsy shop back in 2007.

He always thought that polymer clay is a magical material and his passion hasn't stopped since.

These days he is working on a Lamp collection made of polymer clay and glass. According to his process, he uses lamps with glass base , He attaches glass tiles to the base, wait a day, clean it all with some oily materials, and then place neon "fimo" or liquid "fimo" between the different pieces of colored glasses.

After that, the lamp will be sent for oven curing in not more than 100/120 Celsius for 20 minutes, when it is cooled it is cleaned up. Marco always gives a name to all his creations before going on sale! :)

Take a look at this Picasa gallery to see more photos -

http://picasaweb.google.com/ambarabaciciccoco/LAMPDalMarzo2002#

And one sweet desert -

BlingAndPink's etsy store makes me wanna open the fridge looking for something sweet! :) Her macarons & whip cream looks so real!

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

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Elise's blog (france) has a great collection of her own polymer clay creations and even wedding invitations and polymer clay hair decorations she made as a bride - wonderful! she tells about herself that she loves every art form - painting, pottery, beads, collage paper towels, candles and recently polymer clay!

http://elisebouffare.creations.over-blog.com/article-36680674.html

Macaroon tutorial on youtube by CheilyStuffz, with a simple trick of using a tooth pick she makes this cute desert out of clay - check her other tutorials, some of them are real cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx_MJk67ufo&feature=player_embedded

Candy like beads tutorial from "madmoizelle" site -

http://www.madmoizelle.com/berlingots-fimo-4538

I found a nice demonstration of glass window art using liquid polymer clay and polymer clay - Designed and presented by Shirley Rufener - although the camera is a bit far, i am sure you can get the general idea -

http://shirleyrufener.com/july10.html

http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/99488419.html

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Desert Dream Studios - Artwork by Mary Jane Chadbourne makes beautiful mosaic work, she uses hand stamped and painted polymer clay tiles & uses these tiles in all sorts of work, including ArtBoxes, wall art and paperweights.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/desertdreamstudios
http://www.desertdreamstudios.com/

fperezajates / Fabi from spain is multi talend lady - polymer clay, beading, felt and more, some of her jewelry are placed on filigree parts and feature 3D flowers.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajates/
look at her cute tutorial for transforming a brush into a note keeper!http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajates/sets/72157622802641750/

Matthew Nix has 2 new online glass tile pendant tutorial, i enjoyed it very much. http://www.createapendant.com/glasstilependanttutorial.htm

Even though it's not polymer clay this video is amazing! watch this artist making layered stunning candles and makes magic in cutting them in beautiful shapes! it's "almost" millefiori!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do9A9usP9Sk&feature=related

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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silverpepper23 is probably a russion artist (acording to her photo titles), her jewelry are elaborated and rich with beads, color and inspiration, some of them match shoes or fabric (photo)http://www.flickr.com/photos/36999389@N05/

Margit Böhmer from Germany, made this jewelry setcompletely from Polymer Clay, combined with glass beads. It is a "joint venture" between her and Tami Shvat, from Israel. Tami has made the face cane, according to her she doesn't have the patience and talent for cane work. The idea to make the necklace is inspired by Michael and Ruth Ann Grove
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rregenbogenland/4144504616/

Hannuka is almost here, i found new dreidels by sharon amir, aren't they cute?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharon_amir/4143491909/

Raquel Martin from Spain, at first i thought it was a Barrette with a name, but than i saw it's a name sign!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raquelmartinsarrate/4144492458/

PolymerPeg is making wavy polymer clay necklaces, just by looking at them makes me want to go and watch the sea.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerpeg/sets/72157611179883778/

Polymeri Online 31.7.06

Mib & Sasha - Arte Design - It seems like to people but it's 1 nice lady from brazil, people call her MIB (initials of her full name). she graduated in architecture, with a doctor degree in hotel architecture. she knew about polymer clay back in 2004, and her designes are combined with other materials such as glass, ceramics and more.

http://www.mibsasha.com/index.asp?lang=en

Polymeri Online 29.5.06

Emma Ralph started beading since she was a student in college in England. She works with polymer clay. regular clay and glass beads. She focuses on making unique beads and working full time in her studio, her creations are influenced by great artists like Gustav Klimt.

Emma wrote several articles and published 2 PC books with lot's of enjoyable projects.

http://www.ejrbeads.co.uk/

Polymeri Online 7.5.06

Ronna Sarvas Weltman

She uses sterling and fine silver, high quality semi-precious stones, precious metal clay, polymer clay, glass beads, bone, leather and found objects to craft one-of-a-kind artisan jewelry.

something interesting she said in her "about" page -

A friend once asked me … … if it's difficult to give up the pieces I've made. In fact, it's quite the opposite. What is most meaningful to me about making jewelry is sharing it with others, seeing them enjoying wearing it, hearing about the reaction they get when they give it as a gift. Nothing gives me more pleasure than knowing others are enjoying my jewelry.

http://www.ronnaround.com/index.htm

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Some History about the Millefiori?

From Wikipedia - Millefiori is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware.The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words "mille" (thousand) and "fiori" (flowers). A. Pellatt (in his book "Curiosities of Glass Making") was the first to use the term "millefiori", which did not appear in the Oxford Dictionary until 1849. The beads were called mosaic beads before that time. While the use of this technique long precedes the term millefiori, it is now frequently associated with Venetian glassware.More recently, the millefiori technique has been applied to polymer clays and other materials. Because polymer clay is quite pliable and does not need to be heated and reheated in order to fuse it, it is much easier to produce millefiori patterns than with glass.

Here are some glass-millefiori inspiration sites -

Murano Glass Millefiori Pendants

http://www.soulfulliving.com/tools/millefiori_pendants.htm

http://www.jennibick.com/paperweight-millefiori.html

Millefiori Ring -

http://www.xinamarie.com/pages/mosaic-tiles.asp?cat=MILLEFIORI

http://www.ijgroupe.com/products.php?cat=85&pg=3

http://www.venetianbeads.com/Millefiori.htm

and save last for last - a colorfull Polymer Clay site from Brown Dog Designs - Pierrette Ashcroft -
http://www.pierretteashcroft.com/