{"id":17940,"date":"2013-10-31T03:05:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17940"},"modified":"2013-11-28T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T21:56:29","slug":"laser-cut-wood-ornaments-polymer-clay-tutes-vol-066","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/laser-cut-wood-ornaments-polymer-clay-tutes-vol-066\/17940\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser Cut Wood Ornaments | Polymer Clay Tutes Vol-066"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer<\/a>6 Videos #445 to #450:<\/span> Polymer clay covered wooden Christmas decorations & home decor items.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By now you are probably starting to understand that polymer clay is an extremely versatile art medium, that can be used in many different ways. It can be made to look like pretty much any material… and can also be applied to surfaces that won’t melt at the relatively low temperatures used for baking polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n

One material that combines nicely with polymer clay… is wood. When you learn how to do this properly, there are so many possibilities to discover and play around with.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the advancements in technologies, wood product shapes can now be precision cut using computer controlled laser machines. This means, you can now purchase highly detailed and intricate wood frames, ornaments and decor items at a very low price.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now anyone with a design idea and a laser cutting machine can crank out thousands of these cool wood pieces. Which results in lots of cool pieces of wood we can add our polymer clay ‘signature’ to.<\/span><\/p>\n

So… naturally I had to show you how to do this Polymer Clay and Laser Cut Wood Ornament Tutorial… with several different surface techniques to get you started. If you go into any Michael’s or Hobby Lobby store, you will see that there are 100’s of different wooden shapes that you can put your own spin on. Soon your head will be spinning with new and creative ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posted just below is a Sneak Peak and overview of my Polymer & Wood Ornaments Tutorial. The rest of the 6 part video series will be posted tomorrow (Friday, November 1st, 2013) in Vol-066 at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

BTW, if this Polymer & Laser Cut Wood Ornaments<\/a> tutorial looks exciting to you, please do click that YouTube Like button. Many of you have been giving the Thumbs Up to the weekly YouTube videos, which is great… Thank You!<\/em><\/strong> However, these monthly intro<\/em> clips need some love<\/em> as well. When they don’t get as many likes<\/em>, it makes it look like they are not appreciated as much… which surely can’t be true with all the nice comments you all leave :)<\/span><\/p>\n