I've been trying out the "extruded snake wrapped around base bead" thing (as I wrote about recently) and am planning to play around with it some more, soon.
That's connected to:
This entry on Le Blog de Perlchen that illustrates how to use scrap clay, a clay gun, and a pasta machine to make an interesting effect.
. . . and . . .
This entry on Parole de Patê, which combines the extruded-clay-wrapped beads with a faux ceramic effect, very prettily. (There's also a link at the bottom to my faux ceramic tutorial and a similar one that was featured on the Polyzine back in 2004. Just goes to show, even if you think you're writing something "new", chances are pretty good that it's been done before. (g))
. . . which is connected to . . .
Something I saw on the Polymer Clay Central message board, back a couple of weeks ago when I stopped by. Someone (I forget who it was... Ok, looked it up. On the forums, she goes by carlierae26, so I assume her name is Carlie Rae, or something similar...) had shared photos of some recent work. It was yet another variation of faux ceramics. She'd used a base of black clay, with opaque glaze, with some nice results. She wrote that she started with opaque liquid clay, but if you have translucent clay, you can always tint it with something opaque. I know oil paint will work, and I think that powdered pigments (mica or just ground up pastels) also yield opaque color.
I'm definitely going to have to give all of these a try! (Maybe I'll remember them, now that they've been blogged...)
On another subject-- Here's a link to a new-to-me polymer clay blog edited by Heather Powers: Polymer Clay @ CraftGossip.com.
Seriously, there are so many great polymer-related blogs out there, and more popping up all the time, that I can't keep up with them all! I'm already way behind on my blog-reading, as it is. But I can't resist, so I'll be adding this to my reading list, too... You guys really don't want me to have time to play with the clay, do you? ;o)
Ok, got to go medicate the dog. . . (No, really. Daisy needs her pills. She's epileptic, poor thing.)
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6 comments:
I'm kinda scared about this, but... you just blogged about the blogs and entries I read in the past couple of days. Which means that, either we have the same sources of information, or we are somehow connected and we look for the same tutorials in the same days :D
Thanks for the info :) I want to try both the faux ceramic effect and the extruded snake soon...
Thanks for my link on your blog!!
A bientôt Perlchen
that extruded bead project is wonderful! I love that idea and so organic. thanks for scouting it out.
make sure to visit me often at my craft gossip blog, I promise not to cut too much into your clay time!!!
Squirrel-- That *is* a bit weird. Maybe we have some sort of psychic clayer connection. ;o) Or maybe we do just look at the same blogs. (g)
Perlchen-- No problem! Always happy to share links to great things! :o)
Heather-- Glad you found the link useful! Yes, I'll be adding your new blog to my list-- better go do that now...
I'm assuming this post was made BEFORE Carly (er, Carlie?) Rae Jepsen became uber-popular...? Lol.... Idk when that was, though.... But my first not a lot of people put their ACTUAL NAME in their username...... :S
I'm not even sure if this blog is active anymore... sheesh. @_@~....
**** SORRY, I totally missed a few words in the comment I made..... What I MEANT was: " But my first thought was that it's probably not her name, because not a lot of people put their ACTUAL NAME in their username.... " ... etcetc lol Sorry, again. ****
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