Polymer beads tutorial

How to Make Polymer Clay Beads: I love to make rather large polymer clay beads but the bigger the bead, the heavier the weight, which is no good for jewelry. I decided using a wood "filler" bead might help cut down the weight. Turns out it did and it also cut down my expenses b/c …

This video covers lots of info- how to use Patina and Gilding polish paints with polymer clay, using stencils to create designs, how to trim the cuff, what clays to use to make it flexible enough to take on and off your wrist, and how to bake your clay to make it strong.

This is a step by step polymer clay mokume gane tutorial. Following this instructions you'll learn to create beautiful pasterns with blended colors.

In this tutorial, I will show the process I use to make a foil core bead. This is a great method if you want to make large beads since it uses less clay, it is more economical, and the final bead i…

I read about and tested several things to make removable cores for hollow beads. I wanted something that didn’t have to dry in a mold, like sugar and water, because I needed many of them. I…

This tutorial holds a new idea for making hollow polymer clay beads. It will teach you how to make hollow beads in various shapes and sizes: round beads, lentil beads, bi-cone beads, round tube beads, triangular tube beads and square tube beads. The principle of this new technique is also scalable which allows you to make your beads small or big. In this tutorial too, I make the beads hollow using nothing but polymer clay. I don't use sugar, salt, paper balls, cotton balls, soaking in water…

Making precision anything with craft materials is sometimes a challenging experience so I always like tips and tricks on how to get great, clean results with fairly basic tools. The pearl and etch …

Hi all, I’m still experimenting with Polymer Clay, especially the technique know as Mokume Gane. I’m really enjoying this process. I’ve made lots of mistakes along the way and Tom…

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