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Mosaic Crafts for Polymer Clay Artists – Mixed Media Projects

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, July 4th, 2008 in Feature Guests, Techniques | Comments (11)

Mixed Media Projects Book By Laurie Mika

Book recommendations on how to make polymer clay mosaics:

When I was teaching night school craft classes, one of my most popular course offerings was titled, "How to Make a Mosaic Using Ceramic Read More→

Gold Leaf Polymer Clay versus Gold Foil – What’s the Difference

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in Promotions, Supplies, Techniques | Comments (10)

Metal Leaf vs Metal Foil Introduction

Vid #68: Although the names sound similar, Gold Metal Leaf and Gold Metal Foils are very different from each other:

The ‘leaf’ product is actually made with real metal, whereas the ‘foil’ is plastic based. Confused? Well there’s no Read More→

How to Bake Sculpey, Premo and Fimo Polymer Clay in a Toaster Oven

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 in Finishing, Tools | Comments (76)

Baking Sculpey Using a Parchment Paper Tent

The only time to use a full size kitchen oven for baking polymer clay, would be if you make enormous dinosaur beads :-)

There are so many reasons why a toaster oven is the preferred polymer clay tool for baking Read More→

How To Make Large Polymer Clay Beads without Using a Lot of Clay

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, June 21st, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Techniques | Comments (32)

Large Polymer Clay Bead with Tin Foil Center

Want to know how to make big beads that are light and use less clay?

One of the popular trends this year is really large chunky beads and pendants. When you are making oversized beads out of polymer clay, you run into a couple Read More→

Baking Flat Polymer Clay Sheets – Avoiding Common Problems

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 in Bead Projects, Finishing | Comments (52)

Polymer Clay Gingerbread Cookies

Photo shows baked polymer clay gingerbread cookies with unwanted texture caused by uneven heat:

The other day a reader submitted this question: "Hey Cindy – Attached is a photo showing the texture of the baked Read More→

How to Make a Bead Baking Rack with Folded Card Stock

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 in Finishing, Tools | Comments (5)

Bead Baking Rack Made From Card Stock

Need to bake some polymer clay beads but don’t have a professional bead rack yet?

You can make a handy dandy rack for baking beads by accordion folding a piece of heavy card stock paper. And if you don’t have any card stock kicking around Read More→

7 Tips To Avoid Leaving Finger Prints on Polymer Clay Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 in Finishing, Handling, Techniques | Comments (33)

Polymer Clay Beads - Fingerprints

The enemy of all polymer clay bead makers… the dreaded fingerprint:

Finger prints on your finished beads really look unprofessional. Although you can always sand them out after baking, the fewer prints Read More→

Conditioning Polymer Clay without Trapping Air Bubbles

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 in Handling, Techniques, Tools | Comments (8)

Conditioning Polymer Clay

Air bubbles will show as lumps on your beads.. So be careful not to trap them in your clay:

Nothing is more frustrating to a bead maker than putting perfectly nice beads in the oven, only to take them out all covered in bumps and Read More→

Creative Techniques for Polymer Clay Inclusions

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 in Techniques, Tools | Comments (27)

Polymer Clay Inclusions

Vid #49: Shavings From Crayola Crayons Can be Mixed Into Polymer Clay For A Very Cool Effect:

The basic definition of a polymer clay inclusion is actually pretty self explanatory. Simply put, you just Read More→

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