Comments on: International Polymer Clay Artists Coming Together to Make Beads

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:23:47 +0000

@Sharon Reynolds: Sounds like you had fun in that course. Doing both silver & polymer clay will give you some wonderful jewelry! If you want a really good way to learn how to work with clay, Cindy has a beginner’s, or Polymer Clay Basics Course. It’s perfect for getting started in the medium. It has 39 videos that cover all the good stuff you need to know. The videos are very good quality, easy to understand, and so helpful. You can also sign up for the newsletter, which gets you 3 free videos (to get an idea of the quality) and color recipes each week. The links to both are at the top of the page. Best of luck on your new journey — let us know if you need help with anything! ~Kat

By: Sharon Reynolds

Sharon Reynolds — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:48:15 +0000

Funny you should ask but I havent even started yet. I undertook a silver jewelery making course for 6 weeks and loved it. Then I saw the polyclay beads so now I am hoping to mix the two forms. But I must first experiment with the polyclay. Thanks again for your comments. @Phaedrakat:

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:01:07 +0000

@Sharon Reynolds: You're very welcome! It's funny that you mentioned the She Beads shop. Cindy did an article on marketing with information and an inspirational YouTube video about Chicago-based She Beads. It's called, "Pricing and Selling Handmade Jewelry," and the video is about half-way down the article. I didn't realize She Beads was international! They've really done well -- go ladies! Their beads are really beautiful; I can see why they inspired you. How long have you been claying? ~Kat

By: Sharon Reynolds

Sharon Reynolds — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:04:22 +0000

Thank you Kat. Most appreciated. @Phaedrakat:

By: Sharon Reynolds

Sharon Reynolds — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:03:38 +0000

Thank you very much for the info. I will check out Over the Rainbow plus the overseas suppliers. I dont know if you are aware but there is a wonderful lady in Mt Tamborine, Queensland (Nikki Chenoweth) who has a shop where she sells the most beautiful polyclay beads. She has a website : shebeads.com.au – she is the once who actually inspired me. Thanks again .@Sue F:

By: Sue F

Sue F — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:10:50 +0000

@Phaedrakat: No worries! :D

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:55:34 +0000

@Sue F: Oh, boy, I did it again! Sorry…

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:54:20 +0000

@Sharon Reynolds: There are several members from Australia here at the blog. One of them, Sue F., recently left a comment with a list of where she likes to buy her Kato Clay: I hope this helps! ~Kat

By: Sue F

Sue F — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:03:26 +0000

@Sharon Reynolds: Not in Perth, but Over the Rainbow is based in Melbourne and they have Kato Polyclay in large blocks, small blocks, and multi-packs (as well as most of the other polymer clay brands, a whole bunch of related products and tools, and a decent range of beads, findings and craft supplies as well). Their service is excellent, and they are where I buy Kato Polyclay from when using a local/Australian supplier.

Over the Rainbow’s web site is:
polymerclay.com.au

The direct link to their polymer clay area is:
polymerclay.com.au/polymer-clay-craft-polymer-clay-c-21_446.html

Most of the time, however, I buy Kato Polyclay from overseas. Australia isn’t a very large market so the prices aren’t all that competitive, and I often want other goodies that are hard to get locally. I mentioned some of the other suppliers I buy from in another message I left on the blog:
KatoClay Australia

Good luck with your supplier hunt! :)

By: Sharon Reynolds

Sharon Reynolds — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:57:39 +0000

I’ve just bought a book by Donna Kato and was wondering if you no a supplier of Kato Polyclay here in Perth or an Australian based supplier, Im on the internet and keep getting put on to USA based suppliers.
Thanks for your time.
Sharon Reynolds