Amazon.com: Polymer Clay Mosaics: Sue Heaser: Books
These are beautiful mosaics - from classical style to modern - square tesserae to teeny little micro-mosaics, this book has a very nice mix of different techniques. There are even instructions for making simple milliefiori canes. Starts with basic polymer stuff, then basic info on assembling and finishing a mosaic, then on to specific patterns. I love the section on pietre dure the best - they remind me of the very beautiful examples I saw in Italy. One pattern (grapes & leaves) mimics the style and colors of the mosaics found in the ancient palaces in Rome - and the gold-leafed tesserae on the sconce project is right out of a Byzantine basilica. More modern-looking projects include a Celtic dragon barrette on a beautiful background and a "fossil" tile frame. You can easily take any of these projects and substitute your own patterns and colors and even changing the size of the tesserae, making the design more or less complicated to suit your level of patience and available time. Some of the work is going to be painstaking and time-consuming, but for myself, I find that kind of work is very soothing sometimes. The book is well-illustrated with lots of pictures to show the steps and the instructions are well written and easy to follow. Another excellent reference from a very prolific polymer clay author.
Category: Polymer Clay Mosaic
Polymer Clay Productions, Inc. » Polymer Clay Podcast # 9 - working with molds, and a talk with Lisa Clarke of Polka Dot Creations
Polymer Clay Productions, Inc. Polymer Clay Productions Podcasts and videocasts that teach about learning and creating with polymer clays such as Fimo, Premo, and Sculpey. Polymer Clay Podcast # 9 - working with molds, and a talk with Lisa Clarke of Polka Dot Creations Posted by Kira on 04 Oct 2007 at 11:37 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized Click here to listen- Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download This week we want to encourage you to work with molds. Molds are fun, you can take them of almost anything. You can use polymer clay to make a mold, or silicone rubber, or SuperElasticlay (a sculpey product). I mix superelasticlay with premo, about half and half, to get a flexible mold, and Ilysa prefers a hard mold so she just uses clay. You must bake your polymer clay molds before using them! Be sure to return next week for our video demo. We invite you to listen to our discussion with Lisa Clarke. She operates a Polymer Clay (mostly) bookstore, a blog, and her own radio podcast at her site, www.polkadotcreations.com .
Category: Polymer Clay Mold
Crafts : Other : Polymer Clay Wish Book : Home & Garden Television
If you've got wishes, write them down in this fun and fabulous wish book from the creative mind of Maureen Carlson. Made of polymer clay, of course! Materials: Maureen Carlson's Designer Push Molds (mold of your choice - Victorian, Tribal, Sun, Moon) Fimo Soft Polymer Clay - Black (#9), Gold (#11) or colors of your choice brown acrylic paint cultural patterns texture plates 24" length of 22-gauge brown wire (Artistic Wire) Pearl Ex Pigments - Spring Green, True Blue and Aztec Gold white cardstock or book cloth white paper Crafters Pick The Ultimate Glue double-ended clay shaper tools - TPCR #6 and AFC #6 needle tool knitting needles knife paper towels round nose pliers wire cutters scissors pasta machine or roller oven baking sheet or ceramic tile Steps: 1. Condition polymer clay.
Category: Polymer Clay Book
