Polymer beads tutorial

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Scraps from canes can be from any part or stage when constructing a cane; it can be from the petals stage or the cane ends after reduci...

A big part of what got me going with polymer clay was the potential for very, very cool beads. At the time, I hadn’t really found clay online and had a book from the library and one from the …

Your eyes may have to wander around these Ford/Forlano beads for a while. What kind of mokume gane monkey business is going on here? How is that grid happening? Why are the colors working so well? No answers, just questions worth asking. Dave a [...]

What is it about rolled beads that fascinates us? Is it because we made them as kids that we want to try them again? These grown-up polymer versions are from Page McNall. She adds graduated color, texture, and embedded trinkets with a wash of c [...]

If you haven't noticed, I've been taking a break. Sometimes, I just have to turn off the computer and play. Yes, I know......it sounds miserable, but I assure you, You'll get so much more work done!! Remember the bowls I made, and how I got a little carried away...well....this time I have been making beads! Lots and lots of beads. I used up almost all of the translucent clay.....and then switched over to using up the ends of some old canes. Soon, I will post pictures of the beads I've…

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…

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 …

Today's article is about amazing polymer clay beads. I will present you a collage of beautiful creations of an artist that after several years of working