{"id":13287,"date":"2011-05-26T03:16:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T10:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=13287"},"modified":"2013-08-15T07:18:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T14:18:01","slug":"adding-clay-to-wire-leaf-charms-polymer-clay-tutorial-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/adding-clay-to-wire-leaf-charms-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13287\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Clay to Wire Leaf Charms | Polymer Clay Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/adding-clay-to-wire-leaf-charms-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13287\/#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Adding Clay to Your Wire Leaf Charms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2011-05\/26-add-clay-leaf-charms-90205-036-4.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Vid #205:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;I get totally lost when I&#8217;m claying, time has no meaning.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #808080;\">~Polyanya<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Last week I taught you how to create your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mixed-media-wire-leaf-charms-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13222\/\">wire leaf charms<\/a> that can be used as components for your polymer clay jewelry projects. And as promised, this week I will demonstrate how to add polymer clay to your leaf charms, in a bunch of different ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It&#8217;s so cool that polymer clay is versatile enough that we can use it to create so many different things. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Silverleaf<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Maybe I should just quit my daytime job so I could have enough time to try out all the techniques I have on my ever-growing list! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Susan-B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So irregardless of whether you decide to quite you day job or not, coming up tomorrow (Friday May 27th, 2011) in the Vol-036-4 video at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a>, I&#8217;ll be demonstrating how to make super easy and creative polymer clay and wire leaf charms for all your artistic jewelry projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>************************************************************************<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Please Note:<\/strong><\/span> A general prerequisite for all of my weekly tutorials is that you have a good understanding of the polymer clay basics, including: conditioning clay, using a pasta machine, clay blade and other simple tools, making Skinner Blends or Teardrop Blends, baking clay, as well as sanding and finishing. If you need help in these areas, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/crse\/01-more.html\">Polymer Clay Beginners Course<\/a> will get you up to speed quickly. There is also plenty of free information on this blog. Use the search box at the top of the page to find articles on specific topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Supplies &amp; Tools: Video-036-4 Adding Clay to Leaf Charms:<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mixed-media-wire-leaf-charms-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13222\/\">Wire Leaf Charms<\/a>. I taught you how to make these in last week&#8217;s tutorial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rubbing alcohol. Used for cleaning wire charms. Especially important if you plan to finish with a UV resin coating.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Leaf Canes. I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-veined-leaf-cane\/3103\/\">Veined Leaf Cane<\/a> we learned in Vol-012-3. But you can use any leaf cane of your choice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/liquid-sculpey-vs-studio-by-sculpey-bake-and-bond-test-results\/4680\/\">Sculpey Bake and Bond<\/a>. You could use Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) instead, but the Bake and Bond does work a bit better for this technique.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sculpey Work and Bake Clay Mat. Optional but very handy, especially when using liquid clays and alcohol inks. I love this product and talk more about it in the video.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Alcohol Inks and Q-Tips (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ceramic tile for baking on. Preferably with crisp square edges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Clay Blade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/make-beads-sanding-kit\/70\/\">Sanding Kit<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-sanding-micromesh-abrasives-video\/10711\/\">Micro-Mesh<\/a> Pads (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Piece of paper with printed text on it (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Acrylic paints (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Scissors (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymerized-cloth-mixed-media-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/12389\/\">Polymerized Cloth<\/a> (optional).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the Vid-036-4 <em>Adding Clay to Leaf Charms <\/em>video, will be posted in the Polymer Clay Members Library on Friday May 27, 2011. But if you would like to see a <a href=\"#video\">sneak peek intro clip<\/a> right now, scroll down the page a bit to the video player below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">***********************************<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click Video Play Button\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/preview-clip-headline-2.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"58\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_-xY4ieVsE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Add Clay to Leaf Charms&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now avail for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-036\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Vol-036 Back Issue Pckg.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Customer Feedback About Membership Value:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you&#8217;re new here, please give it a try. The quality of the videos is fantastic, and Cindy&#8217;s method of teaching is just wonderful. She always has something new and fun to share with us. Membership is about 80 cents a video ($9.95 each 3 months.) It&#8217;s the best deal out there! <strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Phaedrakat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Just watched another tute and I have to THANK Cindy and Doug for another great idea passed on to all of us at very little cost. More and more of that sweet Lietz giving and asking very little in return. You two are the best!!!! Many Uuuuuggggs. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Peggy-B<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Somehow or another I have never come across your website before Cindy. Until last night! I finally decided to subscribe today. I just watched my very first video, the feather cane, incredible! And you make it look so easy! I have been hand sculpting little clay animals and such for years. But lately I have found myself drawn to the beautiful clay beads that I see. I desperately want to broaden my knowledge of polymer clay art. I know the basics, and I know how to put balls of clay together to make animals and flowers, but I want to know the techniques to make the fancy looking stuff too. None of the books I have looked at really give great instructions or a wide variety of projects. Thank you so much for offering such wonderful tutorials, such a wide variety of project ideas, and at such a great price. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Anita-M<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The following topics are included in this week&#8217;s Polymer Clay Tutor Library, <strong><em>Add Clay to Your Wire Leaf Charms <\/em><\/strong>video tutorial:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See several examples of leaf charms created using polymer clay and wire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Discussion of the tools and techniques needed to create this simple and stunning polymer clay technique.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Learn cool tricks for getting the polymer clay to stay embedded in the wire leaf forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Plus, with some creativity and ingenuity, there are many ways to come up with other unique designs of your own.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Add Clay to Leaf Charms&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now avail for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-036\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Vol-036 Back Issue Pckg.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>************************************************************************<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vid #205: &#8220;I get totally lost when I&#8217;m claying, time has no meaning.&#8221; ~Polyanya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2664],"tags":[668,2715,1059,2688],"class_list":["post-13287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polymer-clay-tutorials","tag-charms","tag-leaves-leaf-theme-projects-jewelry-beads","tag-member-vids","tag-natural-flowers-flora-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}