Comments on: Learning About Polymer Clay Color Mixing – Maggie Maggio Style http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/ "Make What You Love... Love What You Make!" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-57112 Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:35:07 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-57112 Yes Natalie, that trick I showed using the Gold would work with any color. You would have to experiment with amounts to get the look you are wanting though, because each color has different strengths and mixing properties. Congrats on your sales! That is excellent news. The switch to 20g is a great choice if you are using beads in the body with large enough holes. And you're right about it being stronger than the 24g. Glad to see you are having fun with the tutorials. Thanks for your comment! Yes Natalie, that trick I showed using the Gold would work with any color. You would have to experiment with amounts to get the look you are wanting though, because each color has different strengths and mixing properties.

Congrats on your sales! That is excellent news. The switch to 20g is a great choice if you are using beads in the body with large enough holes. And you’re right about it being stronger than the 24g.

Glad to see you are having fun with the tutorials. Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Natalie H http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-56299 Natalie H Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:39:42 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-56299 Hi Cindy In the section of your <a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/crse/01-more.html">beginners course</a> about mixing colors, to blend properly... can you mix any color with all the others that you show... you did it by adding gold... would it work with silver, white etc and are there any colors that you should definitely NOT mix On a another note... I sold two more <a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/snowman-beads-christmas-polymer-clay-tutorial/14477/">snowmen ornaments</a> and 2 <a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/beaded-spider-ornament-tradition-polymer-clay-tutorial/14510/">Christmas spiders</a>. The spiders came out great. The only thing I changed was that I used 20 gauge wire for the body... it made it a little stronger. My neighbor who bought them, just loves them. I gave her three different spider stories that I found on the web... she greatly appreciated that special little touch. She wants me to make dinosaur ornaments and other animals for next Christmas. Things to work on during the year. Thanks for all these great ideas. I did buy the <a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/poinsettia-charms-for-christmas-polymer-clay-tutorial/14807/">Wiltons stuff</a> with 50% coupons. Brought my grand daughters with me. Thanks again. Got to get back to the videos. Natalie Hi Cindy

In the section of your beginners course about mixing colors, to blend properly… can you mix any color with all the others that you show… you did it by adding gold… would it work with silver, white etc and are there any colors that you should definitely NOT mix

On a another note… I sold two more snowmen ornaments and 2 Christmas spiders. The spiders came out great. The only thing I changed was that I used 20 gauge wire for the body… it made it a little stronger. My neighbor who bought them, just loves them. I gave her three different spider stories that I found on the web… she greatly appreciated that special little touch. She wants me to make dinosaur ornaments and other animals for next Christmas. Things to work on during the year. Thanks for all these great ideas.

I did buy the Wiltons stuff with 50% coupons. Brought my grand daughters with me. Thanks again. Got to get back to the videos.

Natalie

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22675 Jocelyn Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:06:11 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22675 Wow, this video is intensive and tough to concentrate on all the way through, even though it contains excellent information. Maybe Cindy, you could break it up into smaller segments, and in each video segment include both the finished certain number of tablets, and then a project that utilizes them? Maggie is an amazing artist. Love those torn beads. Wow, this video is intensive and tough to concentrate on all the way through, even though it contains excellent information.

Maybe Cindy, you could break it up into smaller segments, and in each video segment include both the finished certain number of tablets, and then a project that utilizes them?

Maggie is an amazing artist. Love those torn beads.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Torn Clay Watercolor Technique http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22472 Cindy Lietz@Torn Clay Watercolor Technique Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:02:03 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22472 If you do give it a go Rachel, please do come back here and share with the group how things went and what you learned in the process. I'm sure there are many readers that would love to hear more from you. GENERAL INTEREST NOTE: I've recently been communicating with Maggie Maggio and discovered something interesting. It turns out that way back in 1998, it was Maggie who first came up with the idea for making torn clay watercolor beads... a technique that now over a decade later, is still going strong and being used by polymer clay artists all around the world. Click the link by my name above for more info. If you do give it a go Rachel, please do come back here and share with the group how things went and what you learned in the process. I’m sure there are many readers that would love to hear more from you.

GENERAL INTEREST NOTE: I’ve recently been communicating with Maggie Maggio and discovered something interesting. It turns out that way back in 1998, it was Maggie who first came up with the idea for making torn clay watercolor beads… a technique that now over a decade later, is still going strong and being used by polymer clay artists all around the world. Click the link by my name above for more info.

]]> By: rachel warren http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22456 rachel warren Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:45:25 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-22456 Oh to have the time to do all that mixing - it would be an invaluable investment though:) you'd get so used to mixing clay and you'd learn what mixes and what doesn't - I might just give it a go... thank you Cindy Oh to have the time to do all that mixing – it would be an invaluable investment though:) you’d get so used to mixing clay and you’d learn what mixes and what doesn’t – I might just give it a go… thank you Cindy

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Tips for mixing Custom Polymer Clay Colors http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1729 Cindy Lietz@Tips for mixing Custom Polymer Clay Colors Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:22:09 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1729 <p>I very much agree with you Carol! Maggie Maggio takes polymer clay color mixing to the professional level! </p> <p><em>Cindy Lietz's last blog post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/clay-cane-leaf-beads-for-making-handmade-jewelry-from-polymer-clay/153/" rel="nofollow">Polymer Clay Leaf Beads for Making Handmade Jewelry</a></em></p> I very much agree with you Carol! Maggie Maggio takes polymer clay color mixing to the professional level!

Cindy Lietz’s last blog post..Polymer Clay Leaf Beads for Making Handmade Jewelry

]]> By: Carol Cooper http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1659 Carol Cooper Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:47:04 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1659 Maggie's video is an excellent tool for those of use who are growing from "playing" with clay, to turning it into a more serious and mature artform. I have long had difficulty with blending colours and now I have a logical approach to providing my own solution. Thanks for showing us Maggie's video. Maggie’s video is an excellent tool for those of use who are growing from “playing” with clay, to turning it into a more serious and mature artform. I have long had difficulty with blending colours and now I have a logical approach to providing my own solution. Thanks for showing us Maggie’s video.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Sculpey III Color Recipes http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1259 Cindy Lietz@Sculpey III Color Recipes Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:16:33 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1259 <p>Hi Jose. Thanks for dropping by and spending some time at my site. What did you like most about Maggie Maggio's polymer clay color mixing video? Was there something in particular that helped you to learn a new color technique? Was there something that got you thinking about starting a new polymer clay project... or maybe even something non-polymer clay related? Tell me, tell me. I'd love to know :-)</p> <p><em>Cindy's last blog post is about..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/how-to-scent-polymer-clay-poop-jewelry/133/" rel="nofollow">How to Scent Polymer Clay</a></em></p> Hi Jose. Thanks for dropping by and spending some time at my site. What did you like most about Maggie Maggio’s polymer clay color mixing video? Was there something in particular that helped you to learn a new color technique? Was there something that got you thinking about starting a new polymer clay project… or maybe even something non-polymer clay related? Tell me, tell me. I’d love to know :-)

Cindy’s last blog post is about..How to Scent Polymer Clay

]]> By: Jose http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1254 Jose Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:58:09 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1254 Very interesting video.. thank you Very interesting video.. thank you

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Bead Making for Beginners Course http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1230 Cindy Lietz@Bead Making for Beginners Course Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:42 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio/131/#comment-1230 <p>Maggie Maggio has a couple more videos in this series that I will post for you when I get the time, so keep your eyes peeled! </p> <p>@Andy: Although I didn't quite answer your question on how to pick the right brown, blue and off white, the more exposure you get to color mixing the more it will become instinct for you. So when you do find a dress from this season that has the perfect brown, blue and off white that you are looking for, you can take that fabric and copy the colors exactly. That way you'll know it's a 2008 version of the colors and not the 70's version! </p> <p><em>Cindy's last blog post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mixing-polymer-clay-colors-summer-sunflower-theme/132/" rel="nofollow">More About Mixing Polymer Clay Colors with a Sunflower Theme</a></em></p> Maggie Maggio has a couple more videos in this series that I will post for you when I get the time, so keep your eyes peeled!

@Andy: Although I didn’t quite answer your question on how to pick the right brown, blue and off white, the more exposure you get to color mixing the more it will become instinct for you. So when you do find a dress from this season that has the perfect brown, blue and off white that you are looking for, you can take that fabric and copy the colors exactly. That way you’ll know it’s a 2008 version of the colors and not the 70′s version!

Cindy’s last blog post..More About Mixing Polymer Clay Colors with a Sunflower Theme

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