Making Polymer Clay Babies

If you love babies, art, and dolls then you will love ooak babies. These dolls are hand sculpted from polymer clay and made to look as realistic as possible. When you buy one you are not just buying a doll but more a work of art, something unique made with love and care. There are many types of ooak babies, from tiny sculpts that you can hold in the palm of your hand.. to lifesized dolls sculpted in the image of a real baby, these are known as portrait dolls.   Each baby starts out as a lump of siver foil and a block ... Read Full Story

I won second place in 106th Polymer Clay Central Challenge , celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the new Polymer Clay Central website and forum! Thanks to everyone who voted for me!! Click for the contest page. And a few pics of the winning tin and of the model for it... MIDAS - he-of-the-many-names-and-many-talents! (Midas, Mido, Fluffy) Me and Midas Side view of the tin. Front/ top view Midas, sliding down "The Bowl" Copyright © 2008 by Constance Pelkey. This bloggy feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this content in a news reader or on a website related to ... Read Full Story

Product Description The Amaco Polymer Clay & Craft oven is designed specifically for baking polymer clays and other projects. It has a maximum temperature of 300 degrees, and a 30 minute timer that prevents over baking. First of all, this oven is NOT a toy !! It's a perfect addition for your Craft projects, Clay project and more... No worries about having your projects overcooked. The only complain i have it's hard to set the right temperature as there is no detail mark around the thermostat. You will need to buy one to place inside to be sure you set the right temperature. I ... Read Full Story

Thought I'd share why regardless of how long you've been using an oven for curing your polymer clay you should always use an oven thermometer. I didn't today and apparently the temperature in my oven was either running too high or fluctuated higher. This is what happened. I'm rather sad about it actually, because she was quite cute and I wanted to use this sculpt to experiment with using thin washes of colors such as blue and green over flesh tone clay. A little later I'll mask of the eyes which are glass beads and give it a nice coat of spray primer to ... Read Full Story

I just finished creating a Squidoo lens that gives an overview of different techniques for curing polymer clay. Give it a look, you might pick up a few tips. Techniques for Curing Polymer Clay I also wrote up a little lens on using the rss feeds eCrater generates for stores. Using eCrater RSS Feeds Read Full Story