{"id":7182,"date":"2009-12-14T03:24:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T11:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2009-12-14T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T02:34:35","slug":"making-polymer-clay-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/making-polymer-clay-beads\/7182\/","title":{"rendered":"What Excites You Most About Polymer Clay or Making Polyclay Beads?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Santa <\/span>“With my clay, I can make vases, jewelry, little food and little people and… oh my gosh… the list goes on forever.” ~KlayKisses<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A week or so ago at the Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild<\/a> Christmas party, someone asked me (I think it was Deb Groom)<\/em>, what I liked to do most with polymer clay. It was an excellent question that challenged me to come up with a thoughtful answer.<\/span><\/p>\n

For me, the most exciting thing about polymer clay is the challenge of figuring out how to teach techniques in a way that makes them easy to do for the average clayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes it’s new ideas that I’ve come up with myself. And sometimes it’s improving on old ideas that have been around forever<\/em>. But no matter the technique or the shape or the project, it has to be doable<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even complicated techniques are just a series of simple steps added together, and for me that is where the challenge lies. Making the complicated, simple!<\/span><\/p>\n

Cindy, you are a saint! I don’t know what it is about your teaching methods, but watching you just makes things click in my head! Don’t think I’ll get much sleep this weekend but I sure will have a lot of canes!! <\/span>~Carrie-W<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh Cindy, I am so excited to know how to make this petal!! I have asked others, how they made their petals and all I ever heard is that it was too complicated to tell me. Well now I know. Thank you sooooooooooo much!!!<\/span> ~Stephanie-B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I feel as if I have been given a gift in discovering this site. I have been working with polymer clay for some time and was constantly trolling the web for information that would enhance my learning. Granted, there are some I found useful but finding yours resulted in a shift in how I do so many things. For me, though, in addition to the amazing techniques you teach us, it’s how you teach that has made the difference. I love that I can actually sit in front of the computer and rewind the video as many times as I need to until I learn a particular step. And I love that I can watch how you hold your hands to form a particular shape. Bottom line — I have never found a resource like this.<\/span> ~Elizabeth-S<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cindy, as a newbie I can’t get enough of your videos. I already went through your 39 basic polymer course videos and they were great. I’ve seen a lot of other videos on the web but yours are so easy to follow. You Rock!!!!<\/span> ~Catherine-R<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hi Cindy – I think your course is excellent! I have learnt so much in such a short time. Your videos are very easy to follow –\u00a0 you explain everything in an easy to understand way. I look forward to Fridays as I’ve never done before! Thank you Cindy. Kind regards, <\/span>~Pam-B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other thing that excites me about making polymer clay beads, is the possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know I have a list of potential tutorial topics that is so long, I could teach a new video every week for the next ten years and not run out? And that doesn’t even take into account the ideas that get added almost every day to my growing list. That’s very exciting to me!<\/span><\/p>\n

Like so many others, I too have “dipped my toes” in other craft mediums but I always go back to my faithful clay. I guess for me, I feel like once you know how to wood burn, for example, you can burn all kinds of things on wood. Same with glass etching, you can etch all kinds of glass. With my clay, I can make vases, jewelry, little food and little people and… oh my gosh… the list goes on forever. The possibilities are endless. Not to mention all the help out there. But no one need to look any further than our bestest friend in the whole wide world… Cindy. You are the best teacher and friend a clayer could ever ask for. You make everyday a “Clay Day”. And, I know what it is like to lay in bed at night and dream about clay. Just the other night, I woke up all excited because I had a dream my husband bought me the “dream machine”. With motor! Does anyone know what I am talking about? You have to check this thing out! Well… after my husband saw how excited and happy I was and then how crushed to find it was only a dream, he actually wanted me to pull it up on the website so he could see how much it was. Like I said….It was indeed a dream. But you never know! ~KlayKisses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well KlayKisses… Christmas is almost here. I’m crossing my fingers and toes that there will be a Dream Machine waiting for you under the tree this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what is it about polymer clay that excites you guys the most? Or what do you enjoy making the most with polymer clay? I would love to hear your thoughts on this!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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