Germany’s Cornelia Brockstedt shows us another extrusion trick with these string earrings. Thin spaghetti-size strands of polymer have been gathered at the top and bottom and formed into a pod ...
Bette Jo Hendershott offers a free and straightforward tutorial for creating tidy extruded canes. Borders have a variety of uses and can easily be combined into more complex patterns. They’re h...
Laura Timmins’new polymer Ocean Yoko necklace sends us back to the beach with its wavy bicone beads, spiraled shells and starfish strung on cord that she hand twists from embroidery thread. It&...
One of the satisfactions of attending a workshop for polymer artists is watching how others work. The black marks that Loretta Lam sketched across these beads gave me a clue as to where she was heade...
“Stacker beads,” Amy Wallace admits, “are something I could make until the sun blows up.” This Cincinnati artist has been working on spirals since 1995 and offers a how-to tut...
Colorado’s Maria Clark shows us how a limited toolbox can force you to dig deep into your creative resources and try something new. Maria had some time on her hands because she was traveling. S...
Watch the water glide over Leila Bidler’s polymer creation as you consider the possibilities for your own garden. In Leila’s home in Italy the 4″ x 11″ fountain recirculates w...
Hollow beads are all the rage this year. At last week’s conference my tablemate Libby Mills applied her own distinct style by carving and doodling on the hollow forms with Prismacolor pencils f...
Utah’s Cody Craynor has been on a mission. “I’ve basically been on a quest to create the perfect chevron bead. Why settle for sloppy beads?” he asks. PCD last looked at his fa...
Jacqueline Cherie has retrieved her studio from storage and unpacked all the molds she researched and collected. You’ve probably run across images in books like these that feature her polymer p...
Mari O’Dell offered us sunshine and smiles (and a break from too much seriousness) with her selection of caned and sculpted polymer buttons. In addition to selling them for sewing onto clothing...
These bangles from Loretta Lam were heaped in a beautiful pile on a table. Loretta’s another artist who’s so busy that she doesn’t often update her web photos and this is our chance...
Ann Dillon pulled out a selection of her latest brooches, simple and elegant design solutions in polymer. Slices of extruded cane patterns cut at different heights stand next to each other on top of ...
A great class can help build your skills and sharpen your design eye. I’m traveling to join a wonderful group this week (we’re just getting set up today). If travel isn’t in the car...
This Champagne Pendant by the UK’s Nadege Honey looks appropriately festive for a Friday. The mokume gane bubbles rise to the top to celebrate the weekend. Nadege is a French silversmith living...
Thank goodness that Croatia’s Nikolina Ortzan revealed her painterly polymer methods in a free tutorial that she uploaded this week. Her process is hard to guess but easy once you see it done. ...
The “painterly” adjective is an easy one to attach to some works. But lately, “painterly” polymer has been pushed to a whole new level as in these Rustica Erosion beads. Aliso...
Steven Ford solicits your opinion on the findings on this new Shells necklace. Silver or blackened silver for the chain and clasp? Silver or gold-leafed centers for the shells? Version 1 or 2? Steve ...
France’s Celine Charuau (GrisBleu) starts our week with her another of her sinuous, alien polymer and silver constructions. This one is called Fleur plume rouillée which translates to Rusted fe...
How about this reverse mokume gane from Bulgaria’s Maria Ivanova for a Friday brain teaser? Maybe you’d call it a combination of mokume gane and backfilling. Maria calls it painting with ...
Rosica Mohamed from Sofia, Bulgaria brings us a branch of spring buds realistically sculpted from polymer. I’m guessing that this was part of her May Day attire. Can’t you just picture a ...
There are no wimpy colors or shy designs in Barbara Bechtel’s bowl of beads. (It was a grab bag and it’s gone.) While she specializes in beads inspired by tribal fetishes and netsukes, Ba...
In some of her recent work Canada’s Helen Breil facets and twists polymer and gives it a metallic or glass-like surface treatment. This particular pendant, part of her Creative Bails series can...
All your resistance to carving polymer will vanish once you thumb through Page McNall’s latest examples of her work and pictures of her tools. Page shows how she often makes silicone molds of h...
Calgary’s Susan White has been a jewellery maker for 15 years, transitioning from lampwork and metals to polymer and metals. Her etched copper links are accented with gilders paste. The squares...
Claire Wallis‘ polymer nail veneers provide a clever solution to those who aren’t adept at nail decor. She bakes thin shaped slices on curved foil forms and glues the baked slices onto pr...
Oregon’s Roseanna Smith describes herself as “long-time painter; new to polymer clay” and she doesn’t reveal much more about herself on her Flickr site. We’ll have to wa...
A leisurely spring web walk led me to Arden Bardol’s site. She’s a Niche Award winner with a spring/summer collection that will start your juices flowing. Pour your coffee before you dive...
These platypus beads from Lena Fadeeva in Belarus take their shape from the small Australian animal with a distinctive bill. Such an intriguing shape! Inspiration for new bead shapes can come from un...
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