40 Texture Ideas for Polymer Clay Projects and Sculpey Bead Making

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Today I found this neat photo that my husband (Doug) took of some wonderfully textured bark. It got me to thinking about all the wonderful textures that can be added to polymer clay. This article picks up from another one I just posted a few days ago: How To Think Creatively About Polymer Clay Bead Surfaces
Here are 40 texture ideas that randomly popped into my head. A peak into how my brain works… Scary!!
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I know many of you are very creative. So let's see what other unique texture ideas you can add to this list. Come on I dare you to come up with ones I never thought of!

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Tags: bark, bead surfaces, polymer clay textures
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Comments on 40 Texture Ideas for Polymer Clay Projects and Sculpey Bead Making
6:22 pm
Here are ten more! vintage jewelry, barn wood, dried peas, paper clips, patterned ceramic tile, plastic dinosaurs, coiled string, pine cones, carved eraser, rattan place mat.
6:28 am
Card making rubber stamps, wax seal stamps, dried lentils, starry pasta shapes, playdoh moulds, ridged plastic bottle lids, baby's toes, relief beads, kitchen foil etc…
1:06 pm
Scrunched aluminium foil, coarse sandpaper, buttons (especially metallic ones with filigree or other textures), doilies, lace, metallic mesh, washers.
11:53 am
@Elsa: Great ideas! Smiled when I got to the baby toes… how sweet!
@Genevieve: Great additions! The filigree stuff is all the rage now!
12:59 am
Vases,glassware, door knobs & drawer pulls. DE
9:11 am
Those are great additions Darinda! Thank you!
9:09 pm
crystal cut glasses,light switch covers with filigree,small chains,leather punch tools,lace doilies,fabrics,bark,rocks,zippers,screens,adding machine roll {aft. paper is all gone},game pieces,novelity clocks with designes,medicine bottle caps{arnd the edges}silverware handles,filigree earrings,look @ everything in your path, the textures that lurk everywhere arnd you, pocketbooks what makes up the outside components for closures,etc. I have alot of things I have collected from everywhere. I am called a packrat. I think I can use somethings with my polymer clay so I hardly throw anything away. I reuse alot.
4:04 pm
Awesome additions Lynn! Yeah I can relate to the packrat thing. Not too many creative types that aren't collectors of some sort. Thanks for adding to the texture ideas list!