polymer

3 min read 2022-03-15 14:32:48

Inspiration: Polymer Clay “Frida” Inspired Earrings

I just wanted to share some of the “Frida” inspired earrings I’ve been making recently – which have been sooooo addictive by the way. I had

11 min read 2022-01-18 04:31:47

As an artist-cum-mad-scientist and avid recycling nerd, folks often come to me for answers to their frustration and confusion about plastics. If I

6 min read 2021-12-19 21:00:05

Wikimedia Commons: あまるThe Steyr AUG may be weird, but it is one of the most successful rifles of all time. In the long, strange history of

1 min read 2021-10-27 14:46:45

I’ve told this story briefly before but I was limited with how long it could be so I had to think very carefully about what parts of the story were

1 min read 2021-08-31 17:20:17

“Two far from home” is a brand created by the talented Taylor Dawn. The latter started working and making polymer jewelry and accessories in

1 min read 2021-08-23 14:43:32

Yay!! it’s finally time to sit with my Lucy Struncova texture stamps and play with some polymer clay processes. I’ve had these stamps for a

1 min read 2021-08-09 21:55:35

Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be

1 min read 2021-07-07 08:54:18

My recent free tutorial on creating polymer clay pods sparked some interesting conversations about pod shapes, names, uses and variations. There are

8 min read 2021-04-04 16:55:29

Flickr’s Dragonfly555 shows off impressions samples. Do you feel like you have to make a finished piece or be working on a particular design when

8 min read 2021-03-28 16:55:03

Christine Damm fits together leftovers from old veneers to create her “Distant Worlds” earring components. Just for fun, what kind of soup would

2 min read 2021-03-26 20:00:14

YouTube: Matt RittmanThe Glock 19 is a highly engineered tool. Love them or hate them, Glock pistols are here to stay. These semi-automatic sidearms

6 min read 2021-03-14 16:55:50

Would you call yourself a selfish person? I doubt very many of us would think that way about ourselves. Yet, as artists, we often find ourselves

5 min read 2021-02-11 15:19:26

I see lots of conversations in many of the polymer clay groups regarding earrings! What cutters are best? what should I use to drill holes? how do

5 min read 2021-02-07 17:55:31

Have you started to see hierarchy in creative work everywhere since reading last week’s post? Consciously recognizing the hierarchy in artwork not

5 min read 2021-01-24 17:55:59

Last weekend I talked about contrast, a concept closely related to variety, which is the subject for this week. Understanding the difference