Comments on: Faux Jade Polymer Clay Technique for Making Jewelry and Beads

By: Cindy Lietz@Faux Jade Video Tutorial

Cindy Lietz@Faux Jade Video Tutorial — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:59:10 +0000

@Hobokenmary: You are in luck. The faux jade tutorial is already filmed and posted at the library (Vol-023-2).

By: Hobokenmary

Hobokenmary — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:19 +0000

YES YES YES…please give us a tutorial on creating faux jade.

By: Cindy Lietz@Faux Jade Polymer Clay Jewelry Beads

Cindy Lietz@Faux Jade Polymer Clay Jewelry Beads — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:33:06 +0000

NEW PHOTOS JUST ADDED: Hello to Everyone, Some new Spotlight project pictures that relate to the topic of this page (Faux Jade Polymer Clay Jewelry Beads), have just been added in another post. They were submitted by Ken-H. The link by my name will take you to where you can see them, along with a bit of a write up. Hopefully they will inspire you to achieve great things with your own polymer clay projects. BTW: Thanks to everyone above, who took the time to comment in this thread. Your feedback, support and engaging conversations are always such a wonderful part of my day. Although I don't get a chance to address everyone individually, please know that I do read everything. ~Cindy

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:27:47 +0000

@Helen Sperring (honeyclay): Hello Helen (or do you prefer Honey?), I’m so glad you like my little frangi in her eye-stopping colour -no shrinking violet she!- and aren’t we -you in W.PalmBeach FL, me in Nelson Bay NSW- lucky to be able to grow these fantastic trees? And they’re so forgiving: just break off a big thick bit, let it dry out for a few days and pop it in the ground. Such outrageous fertility! They bring back childhood memories for me too – it seems everyone had a frangipani tree and a banana plant in the backyard. I’d love to try to make a pc frangipani flower, petal by petal, beginning with the cream and yellow and then attempting the variegated rubra ones. But a cane? Hmm. I’d like to, but need to practise (in the US you spell it practice) more and acquire skill. That’s one of my clay dreams, anyhow. Lovely to talk to you. Cheers, Mary

By: Helen Sperring (honeyclay)

Helen Sperring (honeyclay) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:42:00 +0000

I vote yes for all four tutes. Everything you teach is just GREAT. Mary, I love your frangipani gravatar. The color is beautiful. I would have even walked to save that frangi. I have seven of them, but none as beautiful as that one. They’re kind of addicting, too. So easy to cut and root. Did you ever try to make a frangi cane? I’ve seen them on line but I never tried. The only thing I don’t like about them is picking up the leaves when they fall off!!! I even love the way they look when they’re bare. Happy Claying Everyone!!!! Honey from sunny West Palm beach, Fla.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:36:33 +0000

@Sue F: Hi Sue. It’s obvious you’re a very experienced pc artist: would you mind if I ask if you know of any polyshops in Sydney -somewhere I could browse? I’ve found only two online suppliers in Australia (one in Sydney, the other in Melbourne) but Cindy’s members talk of so many places where they can see before they buy and they’re obviously household words known to all. There must be heaps of them in Canada and the US: here in Oz, not so much. And there are no classes I’ve found except one in Melbourne (bit far to go!) and one in Marrickville for mucho$$$. I’m in Nelson Bay but get to Sydney now and again. Thank goodness for Cindy’s tutorials. Thanks, Sue.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:42:35 +0000

Cindy – I’m so glad you pointed out that jade comes in different colors. I have a pair of earrings that I purchased when I was in Hong Kong and there are 5 different colors – and all are jade! Most people think jade is only green – oh, how they are missing out on the beauty of the rest of God’s jade pallet.

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:07:29 +0000

Yes from me too, I’ve made faux jade a few times from different “recipes” and it would be cool to add another variation to my arsenal.

The last time I made jade, I took my fave bits from several techniques, and this is what I came up with: Premo Frost coloured with alcohol inks (I tend towards the more yellowish greens but jade can be lots of different colours) with dried herbs mixed in, some rolled into tube beads and textured with a rubber stamp and some small round beads. I cut fine cracks into both sets of beads with a blade. After baking I antiqued them with acrylic paint in a tan colour, then sanded and buffed in the rock tumbler and applied 2 coats of Future. They might not look 100% like jade, but they do look very natural and I’m very pleased with them.

By: Sue F

Sue F — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:24:27 +0000

Hi Mary, I’m in Sydney, actually. :)

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:52:02 +0000

@Mary: Finally, I see your Gravatar! I can’t believe it took me so long; my computer’s a mess. I apologize, Mary. I sure hope you weren’t checking and rechecking on your end. (Only to find out that the – how’d you put it? – “Sadly Ignorant” person was ME!) Please, forgive me? :(

I have to say, your frangi is even more gorgeous than the pictures I saw yesterday, when searching to identify the flower of which you all spoke. The color’s amazing – it’s no wonder you carried it with you on that trek. I’m glad she survived the move; it’s obvious she’s loved!

Have a lovely day, and keep in mind it’s never good for one’s health to hold a grudge, especially when the other party’s action was a complete accident. I’m looking out for you here, ya know? ;-)