Faux Wood Veneer Video | Polymer Clay Tutorial

Video #243: “I’m really excited about this months projects. Love anything Celtic.” ~DixieAnn-S

In the furniture making industry, high quality veneers are commonly used to cover the surfaces of finely crafted artisan pieces. Same goes for polymer clay.

Last week, I demonstrated how to make a layered faux wood cane (Vol-045-2 video), and also showed several examples of how faux wood grain can be used in your polymer clay projects.

Cindy, I just wanted to tell you how cool this faux wood looks on your son’s knife! ~Phaedrakat

Tomorrow, in the Friday Feb 17th tutorial at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library, I will demonstrate how to use your faux wood grain cane to add a beautiful veneer to the Celtic Love Knot we made in the Vol-045-1 lesson.

This 4 part February series will wrap up next as follows:

Vol-045-1 – Feb 03: How to make a Celtic Heart Love Knot Pendant
Vol-045-2 – Feb 10: How to make a faux wood cane
Vol-045-3 – Feb 17: Applying cane veneers to baked piece
Vol-045-4 – Feb 24: Making a faux wood Celtic knot necklace

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Supplies & Tools: Video-045-3 Faux Wood Veneer:

• Faux Wood Cane from Vol-045-2 Lesson
• Baked Polymer Heart From Vol-045-1 Lesson, for Covering with Veneer
• Clay Blade
• Sculpey Bake & Bond
• Cornstarch
• Blending Tools such as Sculpey Style and Detail Tools for Smoothing Clay
• Acrylic Clay
• Pasta Machine
• Scissors or Exacto Knife

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The full version of the Vol-045-3 Faux Wood Veneer video will be posted in the Polymer Clay Members Library on Friday February 17, 2012.

Here’s a sneak peak…

The full version of the “Faux Wood Veneer” preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the Polymer Clay Library in the Vol-045 Back Issue Package.

Customer Feedback About Membership Value:

Hi Cindy, I am new to polymer clay and designing or creating different types of medium of jewelry, and I must say I am truly loving the ability and all the possibilities of working with polymer clay. Your beginner course videos have truly helped me understand that even I can create with the gift of the way you describe and direct me on creating wonderful pieces. In the beginner lessons you introduced me to different ways to accomplish what I am wanting to create. Such as mixing, creating, shaping, firing, sanding, buffing, gluing, tumbling, and a finished product.

I also look forward to every Friday video. I have learned to create beautiful, not a lot of effort beads that fit in my time frame of doing what I love to do. Since joining I have purchased almost all the back issues, created a color mixing spreadsheet, and still have not been able to do all the projects but it is on my too do list.

I might watch one of your videos several times just to make sure I can absorb what you are saying and I so love the fact that I can replay the videos as much as I want. I truly like the fact that we can purchase the back issues because I get to learn what I would have missed had I not been able to purchase them.

So many beautiful beads and techniques I have learned to do. The possibilities are endless. I really love using the future and the E6000 adhesive. You have different ways to accomplish the same result that I can chose which way I like to do things. I can now make rings of different sizes and can make faux stones at a fraction of the cost and I can also be proud of because I am the true creator and not just an assembler. I can determine how I want my stone shaped and if I want to be able to string it or place it in a bezel. And yes all of this is from watching your beginner course which of course made me more curious and expanded my knowledge and now I am “on the roll”.

Before taking this course I knew nothing of polymer clay except that I can mix and make beads, who knew there was a whole world of possibilities out there. Thank you Cindy and keep doing what you do best. Explaining by your mistakes so I don’t have to make any! Give us the different ways to sand, buff, finish because without those tutes I wouldn’t know which way was best for me. Regards.

~Janet-S

The following topics are included in this week’s Polymer Clay Tutor Library, Faux Wood Veneer video tutorial:

• See examples of Faux Wood Projects including a Celtic Love Spoon, a Covered Utility Knife and some Celtic Knot Heart Pendants.
• Find out how simple it is to create gorgeous and realistic faux wood veneers you can add to any polymer clay project.
• Learn the secrets for adding faux wood veneers to pre-baked polymer clay beads, jewelry, and other projects like the Celtic Knot Heart Pendant.
• Plus, with some creativity and ingenuity, there are many ways to come up with other unique designs of your own.

The full version of the “Faux Wood Veneer” preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the Polymer Clay Library in the Vol-045 Back Issue Package.