Comments on: Polymer Clay Instructions – Why Free Is Not Always Best

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Videos

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Videos — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:05:16 +0000

You try sculpey.com Beverly, they have some polymer clay projects and stuff there.

There is also tons of general polymer clay information here at this site that will be helpful for you in working with your bic lighter idea. Click the links at the side of the page for more information. And be sure to use the search feature at the top of each page.

Finally, you can also type in a keyword like "polymer clay bic lighters" into Google for additional resources.

By: Beverly Bullard

Beverly Bullard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:11:08 +0000

Hi, I am interest in learning how to work with polymer clay, but no in beads. Am interested in animals, people and objects. Any suggestions. Have a blessed week.

At his feet
Bev

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Basics Course

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Basics Course — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:05:16 +0000

Hi Maryw,

The best Advice I can give you is to go through my polymer clay basics course. It will definitely get you up to speed very quickly with all of the questions you have… and much, much more. The link by my name above will take you to the course information and order page.

Alternatively, there is lots of free information about the specific baking and polymer clay oven questions that you have brought up. You can do some research by typing keywords into the search box at the top left of this page.

By: Maryw

Maryw — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:11:43 +0000

I am looking forward to seeing more of your site and future videos. I am very new to polymer clay, I wanted to know if there will be a basic video. My most basic question is how long can a "project" be left uncovered or can it? I intend to make small projects and/or beads and don't want to bake until I have a decent quantity to put in the oven. Also can I use a toaster oven or does it have to be a reg. sized oven?

thanks for your help!
Maryw

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Perfectly Round Beads

Cindy Lietz@Making Perfectly Round Beads — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:46:20 +0000

I took the time this morning to respond to a question that was posted at a different article here at the blog. The comment relates to topic of this page so I am providing a back link to my response. You can click on the "Making Perfectly Round Beads" link by my name above if you want to see more. The comment/question started out like this... "...that was evil. Why would you post content online that is not free?" My response... " I hope you are joking about me being evil. But you may not be. So if you would like to know some of my reasons why I think Free is not always best..." [Follow the link by my name above to read the rest of my response].

By: Cindy Lietz@Tools for Polymer Clay

Cindy Lietz@Tools for Polymer Clay — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:14:55 +0000

The video coming up this week in my video newsletter shows you how to condition the harder clays like Fimo using a food processor, so make sure you watch that. This video will be going out later this week to everyone on the Guest List.

As far as your other question Cynister, it is possible to make a dummy core to conserve clay. I'll put that on my list of things to address in future posts, so stay tuned!

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By: Cynister

Cynister — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:05:27 +0000

Looking forward to hearing more here too. I've got some real specific questions like: Is it me or is FIMO translucent impossible to condition?! It seems like it never gets pliable. Also, I want to make a large ball (tennis ball sized), but I don't want to use that much clay. What can I use to dummy out the inside & not add much weight to it?

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Molds

Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Molds — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:06:49 +0000

Hiya back Garnie! I'm excited too!! The first Online Video Course, Polymer Clay Bead Making for Beginners, will be launching in the next couple of weeks! If you are not already, be sure to get on the Polymer Clay Tutor Guest List to receive notification of the launch... not to mention some cool free videos too.

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By: Garnie

Garnie — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:45:07 +0000

Hiya, Cindy…sorry to be so late in posting here! Really, really looking forward to your "upcoming Membership Club"…will be waiting for the big announcement! :) :)

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Canes

Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Canes — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:28:46 +0000

Sue, Hearing the excitement in your voice as a new person to polymer clay, is one of the reasons I became The Polymer Clay Tutor!

I agree with you that Barb McGuire's work is absolutely beautiful. For an artist like her to reach the level of expertise that she has, does take time and effort. However, with proper instruction, beginners can have great success making polymer clay beads too.

As your tutor I can teach you how to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to get great at making polymer clay beads. I can do that by helping you avoid some of the pitfalls all beginners run into.

I'm glad to see that you are excited about making polymer clay canes! Caning is one of the most rewarding (and addictive) techniques you can learn. With a few simple steps you build the image in large form and then reduce it to a much tinier size. This is how the pictures become very intricate and detailed. It is super fun and I can't wait to show you how to do it!

So guys... Kathy and Sue stepped up to let me know what they want to see in my launch video releases. How about the rest of you? What would you like to see?

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