Comments on: Skinner Blend – Modified Teardrop Method Faster and Just As Good

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Tutorial - Rock Tumbler

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Tutorial - Rock Tumbler — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:52:52 +0000

Thanks guys! :-)

By: Feature Friday - Teardrop method for polymer clay blends | Chica and Jo

Feature Friday - Teardrop method for polymer clay blends | Chica and Jo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:47:46 +0000

[...] has written several articles on the technique so far, so go check them out and read all about it. She also has a great [...]

By: Lisa Whitham

Lisa Whitham — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:01:24 +0000

All I have to say is: Thank You! Thank you for letting us all learn the Teardrop Method. Even those of us who can’t afford to be members!

I really enjoy your blog too.

Thanks again, Lisa Whitham

By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:56:31 +0000

There are so many ways to get a skinner blend your is a nice addition.

By: Cindy Lietz@Modified Rainbow Skinner Blend Tutorial

Cindy Lietz@Modified Rainbow Skinner Blend Tutorial — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:34:52 +0000

Hi Illaya,

I’ll discuss the alcohol inks in another color recipe post so that we can keep this page on topic with the Skinner Blend and Teardrop stuff. [BTW: If I get busy and forget please do re-post your question at one of the color recipe articles and I promise to get to it :]

In regards to Polymer Cafe… no need to rattle anyone’s cage. One of the cool things about blogs like this one, is that all of the content is published for everyone to see. And that includes the comments… both the supportive comments as well as the ones that may express opposing or alternative viewpoints.

I’m sure the editors at the Polymer Cafe Magazine are very busy and likely have not yet had a chance to see what others are saying about this teardrop color blending method. So a simple email letting them know about the articles here, is all I was suggesting :)

A few people now, have mentioned that Polymer Cafe may be interested in publishing something about my “Lietz Teardrop Method.” I would be thrilled and honored to talk with them further about this.

Thanks everyone for your kind support.

By: Illaya

Illaya — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:34:52 +0000

Good I am not loosing what little I have left of my mind. Now adding inks to a blend!! Do you wait a bit before you start blending to get the moisture out? I thought that a bit of mica powder was how you were doing it.

How would you like the email to be with Polymer Cafe. I would be glad to rattle their cage a bit. I just want to do it correctly. You can email off list if you prefer.

Entahs, Illaya

By: Cindy Lietz@Pearl Hydrangea Color Palette

Cindy Lietz@Pearl Hydrangea Color Palette — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:42:55 +0000

Hi Illaya,

The Blueberry color recipe will be posted next week. Glad to see you are anxious to get it :-) And yes the Hydrangea colors are going to be great as well. They are special because I added some alcohol inks into these ones. They turned out very shimmery!

Hmmm…. a naming contest. That’s something I never thought of! Thanks for the suggestion.

With regards to Polymer Cafe… if anyone would like to send an email to the editor there to let him/her know about my new teardrop method for doing color blends… that would be be very much appreciated.

By: Illaya

Illaya — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:32:52 +0000

During your fairly recent Mod extruder cane video, you used colors Petunia, blossom, pesto, blueberry. You stated that those colors were in the color recipe file. I found them all except for the Blueberry has it not posted yet. I can hardly wait for all the hydrangea colors to post. Yum yum yummy. I also love the teardrop blend. How simple and why haven't we all thought of it before. It really seems like it would have been a natural progression to it years ago. I hope that you have a contest for the naming. Please do submit it to the world thru polymer cafe. Love & Light, Illaya

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Flower Beads

Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Flower Beads — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:13:47 +0000

@Ken: Thank you so much, you are very flattering! It does feel a little funny naming something after your self. I’m sure when Judith figured out her technique, she didn’t call it the Skinner Blend. It was probably her peers that called it that and it stuck. We’ll see what happens here.

@Lynn: Thank you so so much for your kind words! I know things are tough right now but they will change. I’ve kept the membership fees at $3.32 per month if you purchase three months at a time, so hopefully you will be able to take advantage of that soon. Meanwhile there is lots of free stuff here for you to learn from and I can answer any questions you may ask.

@Jamie: Thank you! It means a lot coming from a veteran clayer like you!

@Caroline: Thank you and you are very welcome!

@Gayle: Thanks for your comment! Hearing positive feedback from an experienced clayer like you is very encouraging! You’re right, it is definitely way faster when there is more than two colors. Much faster than tracing out templates like we used to do!

By: Gayle Thompson

Gayle Thompson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:25:48 +0000

What a great technique! I think I would still use the Skinner Blend for 2 colors but when I want more than 2 colors, this is much easier! YES – Put your name on it! You should get credit for this new technique!