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Making miniatures and making dolls are ongoing projects here. Aunt Acid is a polymer clay headed  puppet with a cloth body. She wears polymer clay accessories too, of course, and hand dyed clothing along with vintage bits and pieces.

The step-by-step tutorial on how she was made is found on her very own website. In the process of putting together The Aunt Acid Show we are building mosaic sets and props, dyeing curtains and costumes, and making all sorts of stuff and nonsense come together in new ways. 

Images of Bryan's recent mosaic tiled piece The Little Blue Glass Guitar are used in creating part of a set. He's working on tiling several new instruments and tables too. Take a look at his latest table using ceramics and two part epoxy resin here. 

I'm now offering instruction at Nomad Designs in Boulder Colorado. Click here for class listings.

I will also be teaching an intensive workshop at the Tougaloo College Summer Art Colony in Jackson Mississippi  from July  12-18. It is a week long polymer clay and mixed media session where we will make masks, icons or totems, spirit dolls and more. (CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT WE DID)

We're also selling supplies for you to use in your projects. Spirit Doll Kits with selections of hand dyed ribbons, textiles and polymer clay faces are now available in our store over at http://sarajane.etsy.com and we have mosaic tiles, beads and other items available for purchase.  Etsy.com is an online artisans' venue where handmade and vintage items are featured. The picture at right shows some of the the face cabochon styles that you can now purchase and use in your doll and wearable art projects. Click here to see more about the polymer clay faces.  

And do stop by to see the wonderful items available from many artists and collectors at Etsy.com ! Here's a link to my store.

Making your own faces is a lot of fun, as any kid knows! Make face cabochons for decorating boxes, wall hangings, wearable art--and dolls! You can costume and style a face in lots of different ways. 

To put together this red hot Red Hat wall hanging, you start with sculpting the face, and then dress it up.This four page tutorial starts you out with step by step instructions on sculpting a face using scrap polymer clay.  

The next part makes replication a breeze with easy to use silicone RTV mold materials. Make faces, make texture sheets--and use them to dress up the faces as shown in the fourth segment of this fun filled project. 


Ready for a brand new project? There's all sorts of inspiration to be found in Create A Polymer Clay Impression and Adapting Quilt Patterns To Polymer Clay. Redecorate your room or your wardrobe. or take your projects to a newl level and sell with The Business Of Professional Art.

Adapting Quilt Patterns To Polymer Clay            $34.00 Skinner/Helm        
The Business Of Professional Art                         $12.00
Helm     
Create A Polymer Clay Impression                      $23.00
Helm                                                                                    

The Bead Bugle is an online magazine for bead enthusiasts, and I'm very pleased to be writing for them on a regular basis.

Click here to see the first part of a recent project for them using blue and white Premo polymer clays to create shower curtain decorations. Part Two is found here. Be sure to check out the Bead Bugle online magazine; published with a new edition every two weeks and chock full of fabulous bead information and projects of all sorts--seed beads, precious metal clays--and of course polymer clay!

Make a dozen of these lentil beads and practice your beadmaking and wire wrapping techniques--and use up some of your collected beads!

Polyform Products manufactures Premo clay, and has many fun polymer clay projects at their web site.

I'm honored to be one of their contributing artists.

These currently featured articles include how to get decorative with my Faux Cinnebar Project. Perfect for an oriental note to your home decor! Use the same techniques for beads and more.

Another project I've done using Premo is Star Students--a great project for teachers and group leaders as well as for families. These make fabulous ornaments and gifts for family members to cherish for years to come.

Try making the Miniature May Flowers Mask with Premo and rubber stamps. It's sweet and dainty--perfect for use as a pin or as a decorative ornament.

You can see more miniature masks by clicking here. There are many pictures of masks from the Internet Mask Swaps in 2002 and 2003. Swaps are a great way to build collections and to participate in group art!

View the miniature masks made by Columbine Elementary School Students in the Artist In Residence Project "Best Faces Forward". This Installation of over 200 masks was created by all the students (K-5) and staff with the assistance of the resident art teachers and Bryan and and Sarajane Helm. 


Some groups also have Challenges on occasion, and participating members share pictures of their work done in response to the given challenge.

  • Click here to see a recent Rec.Crafts.Beads challenge.

  • Click here to see what some polymer clay swappers did with Ready Stamps and polymer clay.

  • Click here to see the logo pins for the NPCG made with Ready Stamps and polymer clay and the local Colorado Guilds.

  • Click here to see some examples of polymer clay used with rubberstamps, inks, and embossing powders.

  • Click here to learn about miniatures and scale conversion.

  • Click here to see how molds are made.

  • Click here for a how-to on stringing that combines polymer clay beads with glass, metal and other treasures to create pendants that really dazzle!


Valentine's Day Hearts

polymer clay hearts

Holiday Bears and Stars

polymer clay bears and stars

Use polymer clay to make Holiday Ornaments using cookie cutters! It is so much fun to decorate holiday cookies--its even better when you make them out of polymer clay, and can enjoy them for years to come!

This featured project can be done with other shapes as well as the bears and stars that are shown. It is also a good idea to have a separate batch of cutters to use for clays, and to keep the food and clay tools separate.

Although polymer clays ARE certified non-toxic, being careful is always a good thing when dealing with art supplies of any sort. You don't want anyone to get baked clay in their next bite of cookie!


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