Comments on: Endless List of Cool Polymer Clay Tutorials + Bead Videos to Film

By: Missy Chester

Missy Chester — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:36:30 +0000

Hi Cindy, I wanted to say that I enjoy your videos. My kids will enjoy learning from them as well. I wish we would have found these earlier. We did a lot of research, made mistakes and bought several books. Your web site, the course and the weekly videos have been so helpful I wish we would have found you first. It’s great having all the information we need in one spot instead of surfing and hunting for help in many other places. Thanks.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:50:34 +0000

@ Silverleaf

Love that idea. So long as the forum allowed the use of keywords, or has a search facility that is connected to the main site, it sure sounds like it would be a fun place to hang!

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:40:13 +0000

I’m in favour of a forum – as Laurel says it’ll be a great opportunity for people to ask questions that are “off topic” rather than hijacking Cindy’s posts.

If someone asks about something Cindy’s already covered, we could just point them at the post and ask that relevant comments are made there.

A forum also has the advantage of allowing us to discuss our projects and even post pictures of them so we can get feedback from everyone else. And we could even have a section for experiments (Cindy could maybe post a summary of the results in the blog, if we found something useful).

Also we could have a section where we could talk about non-clay stuff – whatever we want!

And last but not least, Cindy could assign moderator status on a few people so they can help maybe with technical problems, answer questions, point people in the direction of relevant threads or blog posts and so on. This should give her more time to concentrate on the creative side of things rather than “housekeeping”.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:17:28 +0000

I am open to a forum but I think that the comments sections do pretty much the same thing. Plus, it might start threads on topics that Cindy has already covered. We can just go to them and get the skinny and any updates. On the other hand: (I am a Libra so there is always another hand) It gives people the freedom to bring up any clay related topic or question they might have that hasn’t already been covered or they need help on right away. It would be easier for Cindy to monitor and chime in when she wants and not feel the need to spoon feed us all and some might not feel as intimidated and find it easier to comment.

So as usual, I am sitting on the fence and will fall over whichever way the wind blows. :)

By: Cindy Lietz@Studio by Sculpey Antiquing Medium

Cindy Lietz@Studio by Sculpey Antiquing Medium — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:03:33 +0000

@Sarahwww: I agree! It is fun to see the growth of the community here. We are all learning from each other and I feel like we are becoming great friends with a common interest.

@Silverleaf: You are so right! Ditto what I said above.

@Ken: Thanks so much, it feels great to know you’ve got my back! Love all the great ideas you come up with. What an asset to have you here!

@aims: I do have a twin (he looks a lot my my husband Doug.) Wish we both had twins though, so many cool things we could be doing, if we had more time! (btw get that sewing done… there’s claying to do.! :-))

@Polyanya: Hadn’t put too much thought into a Forum** just yet but we could open the topic up for discussion…

**So is a Forum something that you guys would like to see developed here? What are your feelings about Forums? Like or Dislike and why? Maybe we should talk about this.

By: Polyanya

Polyanya — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:54:08 +0000

Cindy have you considered having a forum, this could free up more of your time and make all of us users feel more connected to eachother?

By: aims

aims — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:58:57 +0000

I am constantly amazed at how much you put into this blog and into your polymer clay life Cindy.

Blogging takes a ton of work and trying to do videos on top of that?! Do you have a twin or something?

I have to tell you that I come here daily – yet I haven’t finished that sewing project (who knew it was going to be sew (on purpose) big?) Because of it my clay sits waiting patiently – unused – the oven never even turned on – my laptop patiently waiting to take me step by step through my tutorial once again. I am chomping at the bit here to get at this – so coming here to read what I can do makes me sew faster!

Thanks for everything you do Cindy. You are an inspiration.

By: Ken H.

Ken H. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:24:50 +0000

BTW, haven’t had much time as of late to try hot tea (tannic acid) and copper findings.

By: Ken H.

Ken H. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:23:00 +0000

Cindy, you know we’ve got your back on this. I’m always searching articles and things, so have no fear, if I have information that someone else might be able to use, I’m there. (what good is keeping it to yourself)

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:45:56 +0000

Yay, it’s great that we’re all sharing information! We’ll all end up fantastic clayers in no time at all. Thanks guys. xxx