Comments on: Polymer Clay Tutorial | Getting Creative with Mokume Gane Techniques

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Technique

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Technique — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:09:20 +0000

Thank you Rosita for sharing your tip on how to be be careful about not loosing any of your valuable gold leaf. Great advice!

By: Rosita Cortés

Rosita Cortés — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:04:01 +0000

Hi Cindy:

Since I just bought the vol that have mokume gane, there I saw, how you put over the clay, the metal leaf. I’ve worked painting saints with real gold leaf, between the painting. That leaf is really expensive, so you can’t waste, not even small peaces. The way I put the gold leaf is. I leave the leaf with both paper up and down. Then I put the edge of the gold leaf, just over the edge or the place I´m going to put it. Then slowly live the gold leaf slide between the papers In this way I don´t loose leaf.

Rosita from Chile

By: Anna Sabina

Anna Sabina — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:18:48 +0000

Beverly,
I found this information on the International Polymer Clay Guild Site. Not if it is outdated but I encourage you to call numbers listed, there may be a group closer to Nashville. If all else fails Google Nashville Tennessee Polymer Clay, never know what show up. I found Chris who lives about 20 miles from me on Cindy’s Site.

Clarksville Polymer Clay Guild c/o Hilda Walker Tel: 931-249-4654
3411 Durrett Drive Clarksville F ing

Kentucky Tennessee Polymer Clay Guild
Tel: 270/524-5560

Smoky Mountain Polymer Clay Guild
c/o Marilyn Davenport Tel: 865-453-4081
Seymour Fax:
USA

By: Cindy Lietz@Bead Making Projects

Cindy Lietz@Bead Making Projects — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:17:03 +0000

Hi Beverly,

Glad you are enjoying the site. I don’t know of any guilds in Nashville to recommend, but I know there are definitely readers here from TN. The best way to connect with them is to become active in the comments sections following the daily articles I publish.

By participating in the conversations and then signing your posts with something like… “Beverly from Nashville – Looking to meet up with other local clayers in my area”… you will eventually find some friends. This is what has worked for several others.

You can click on the “Bead Making Projects” link by my name above to read one story about how Anna Sabina found a local friend In Iowa.

In regards to finding good prices on clay, again be sure to remain active here at the blog. Whenever there is a sale somewhere, someone almost always posts the information for everyone’s benefit.

By: Beverly Bullard

Beverly Bullard — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:55:05 +0000

Hi, I am fairly new to polymer clay and have really enjoyed your site. I have started making Christmas Ornaments and it had been a difficult road, but am getting better.

Do you know where I can find a guild near Nashville TN. I would love to take classes and meet with other friends who love clay like I do.

Also, I have been trying to find someone who wholesales Sculpey and FIMO without any luck do you know of anyone? Michael’s has overprices what I can afford. I even tried to find someone overseas. Thank you for all the great ideas. Have a blessed week.

At his feet Beverly Bullard

By: Cindy Lietz@Baking Flat Polymer Clay Sheets

Cindy Lietz@Baking Flat Polymer Clay Sheets — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:36:46 +0000

That is a great way of doing it too Vanessa! Thanks for the tip!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:05:49 +0000

I covered a few round Christmas balls as well this fall. I cured them in a bed of batting (like you would use in a quilt or pillw) a little of the batting sticks to the clay but it’s easy to pull off or sand off. This prevents them from rolling around as well.

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Baking Instructions

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Baking Instructions — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:11:43 +0000

Thanks for the tips on baking glass ornaments Anna!!

Another cool idea to add is to bake them in your kitchen oven hanging from hooks under the top shelf. That way nothing touches them at all. You can also put an empty cookie sheet on that top shelf to deflect the heat from hitting the ornament directly and possibly scorching!

By: Anna Sabina

Anna Sabina — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:28:23 +0000

To bake the ball I put a votive candle holder on a cookie sheet and then rested the ball on the votive holder. I didn’t want a flat side from a cookie sheet. You could also bake it in a bed of corn starch. Glad you liked it.

By: Cindy Erickson

Cindy Erickson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:25:23 +0000

Anna,

Your Christmas ornament is so pretty!!! Wow!!! What a great idea! I would have been afraid that the bulb would have shattered in the oven since the glass on those bulbs is usually so thin. I’m glad you were a brave enough soul and tried it first so that now we all know that it can be done!!! Sorry to hear that the bulb broke your first time around while you were covering it. Your idea of covering it with translucent clay before adding the design the second time around was very clever.

Anna, thanks so much for sharing this idea with us, and for sending the picture to Cindy.

CINDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ANNA’S PICTURE WITH US!!!

:) Cindy E.