Do you enjoy beads, buttons, wearable
art, dolls, sculpture, and home decor in many styles?
Are you a collector with a creative flair? Whether you are a beginner
at clay-working or advanced in your skills, or even unfamiliar with the
stuff at all-- there's an amazing array of polymer clay to be found in
this book.
144 pages are lavishly illustrated with over 250 photographs, shot in
great detail by Bob Grieser.
Read the Krause press release here!
Sarajane Helm packs this volume full of information, techniques, examples,
and polymer clay artwork that ranges from the simple to the sublime.
There's a surprising variety in the work of Sarajane and her of husband
Bryan, who forms the larger mosaic sculptures.
"That's not polymer clay!" is something often said about
these pieces. But it IS--because polymer clay can be used in many ways,
shown here in sections including:
Vintage Floral...Victorian Roses...Antique Ivory...Sea
Treasures Oriental...Art Deco...Country Quilt...Purple Patch...Techno-Tribal
Create A Polymer Clay Impression
shows you step-by-step and up close how to do some amazing things
with clay including canework, stamping, transfers, beadmaking and stringing.
Add decorator touches to your wardrobe and throughout your home as well.
The third section explores nine different stylistic modes, giving you lots
of choices! Included is an extensive listing of researched sources of many
kinds.
What are people saying about this
book?
"It is absolutely beautiful, a great guide and a great read ----not
always a combination found in the same book! Such a wide array of styles,
tips and looks!"
Jan Walcott ---Polyform Products
Director of Sales, Marketing, Communications
"Enjoy exploring this wonderful material with Sarajane's
book. It is the latest of a growing number of exciting books that are teaching
and spreading the word about polymer clay and the polymer clay movement
that is taking the country by storm. May your own personal Muses be unleashed
by your experiences with this magical stuff."
Nan Roche ---Author, The New Clay
"I've already found a number of tidbits of info that I am going
up to work on this afternoon. Thanks for writing the book and sharing your
knowledge. This book is pithy - there are ample photographs for illustration,
but the text is loaded with information."
Jan Norwood--artist
"A big well done on your book - I received it today and have been
having a great time with it! Even my mother who is not a huge fan of polymer
clay was hooked - she wants to try your ideas out with her ceramic clays
- so there we go, praise indeed!"
Emma Ralph--artist
"This book has a good chance of making it to the top five books
a beginner needs to own, as well as the top five books an experienced
Polymer Clay artist needs for reference."
Leigh Ross--Editor, Polymer Clay Central
"If you like stamping or transferring images onto your clay, add
this well-written book to your library! If you have not employed stamping
in your polymer clay artwork, this book will whet your interest and give
you a variety of jumping-off spots. It is also a "good-read"
for those that are not much interested in stamping, for you will find information
on fundamentals, canes, and projects, that will help you rethink and perhaps
modify your current work."
Lee Radtke--reviewer, Rocky Mountain Polymer Clay Guild
