Friday, April 22, 2011
How to apply future polish on your clay art pieces
I have used different kinds of glazing liquid on my clay pieces, each of them gave me different results. When I first used the future polish (in our country it is called "Pledge wipe and shine" floor polish) I didn't like the way it turned out. That's because I was applying it the wrong way. At first, I used cotton buds and soft bristle paint brush, dipped into the liquid and applied it on my art pieces. It gave me that shine but with the mark of strokes from applying the liquid with cotton buds and soft brush. So what better way to apply it? Well, I thought of pouring some of the liquid into a bowl and immerse my clay art pieces. I used dry tip cotton bud and dabbed excess liquid lightly without rubbing it off and dried it with a hair dryer at the lowest setting by moving the hair dryer to and fro against the clay. It turned out wonderful. Here are some samples of my experiment.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Frame pendant
I use my flower stamp into the black clay, dab some of my old eyeshadow and some copper metallic leaf. I cut it in three parts and make it look like a wall picture frame.
Forgotten things may turn into a piece of art
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| White doted flower with coconut shell beads necklace |
I have these coconut shell beads sitting in my bead box for a very long time. One day, as I went through my things, I saw these wonderful beads. I sat in my chair for quite sometime holding my bead box and thinking of how can I use these for my clay jewelry? So I looked inside my polymer clay art pieces organizer and saw this green flower pendant I made which was also sitting for quite awhile in my organizer, and I just thought, since they are both sitting around why not combine them. So I did. So glad that I do not have the habit of throwing things away. Things that we may thought have no use at the moment may actually be useful someday and may make a wonderful piece of art.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Pink Cat Design: Tutorial
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
About translucent clay
Hi! I recently joined a forum about polymer clay. I was overwhelmed at how many great clay artists that are responsive and willing to help to anyone. I recently post a reply on translucent clay. I suggested on immersing it in ice water, (by the way, ice water here in our country means ice that are still in water form but cold enough) to make it more translucent. I learned this concept of immersing in ice cold water in some article I have read, and too bad I didn't save the article. I tried it anyway and I was happy with the result. Anyway, someone replied to my post and she gave me a wonderful insight to think about. She said that immersing a hot clay in ice water may crack your pieces. She also said that there is no difference. I just want to say you might want to make a little experiment on that or consider the advice I receive from the forum.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Summer is definitely here!
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| What a wonderful time to relax on a beach, showing your sexy skinny body in a swimsuit. What do you do to accentuate your get up? Why not accessorize yourself? Here are some simple yet striking necklaces to compliment your bod. |
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