My polymer clay jewelry has a new place on my website! With so many new The Magic Zoo designs appearing, I decided to make a place to show off the vintage clay designs. I still have dog, cat and various other polymer clay jewelry animals in stock. So many of my fans have collected my clay jewelry since the 1980s, and I wanted a page on my site to show some of these older designs off.
Have you followed my work as an animal jewelry artist for a number of years? These designs reflect much of my earlier work, just before I stopped making a lot of clay designs. What better way to show them off than by having a 50% off sale on many of the clay designs? So that’s what I’m doing.
I know a lot of artist make things in polymer clay-it is a wonderful material to work with. If I can inspire you to create some of your own gifts in clay, all the better! Of course most all my jewelry has something to do with the animal kingdom, but all sorts of ideas abound. Even Christmas ornaments can be crafted in clay.
Color is a wonderful thing. The polymer clay (fimo, scupey, primo and so on) have some luscious colors in stock. And the wonderful thing is that you can create your own colors. Just try mixing a few of them and see what you come up with. I seldom used the colors right out of the package.
Some like to make polymer clay charms. But I find that silver charms are longer lasting. Not that this material (the clay) doesn’t last a long time, because it really does. But when you are wearing something that gets knocked around a lot I would stay away from the fimo and go for either pewter, gold or silver charms.
Still, here are some tips to create great polymer clay designs:
• Set up a convection oven to use only for baking polymer clay
• Always bake your clay jewelry with a test piece to make sure it is done
• Have fun!
One of these days I promise to write an eBook or maybe a real book on how to make and sell polymer clay jewelry. There are so many tricks of the trade I picked up over all the years of working with polymer clay, that I imagine I do have a book in me. It’s always so much fun to share what you know with other people. And I find that most people are generally appreciative.
But of course if you would rather someone else create the art work you enjoy, that is great too! After all, artists have to have people to support them so they can actually do their art. All of us have a talent in life, and if you lean more toward sewing or making the best chocolate chip cookies in the world, then I think that’s great! And I’m here if you ever decide you need me to make your favorite pet or animal in a unique piece of polymer clay jewelry.
On the other hand, I would LOVE to hear about the polymer objects you have created yourself. You can even send me photographs of your work. Artists are some of the most appreciative people in the world, and generally we like to encourage others to make a living with their art, too. Personally, I think we could use a lot fewer politicians and a lot more artists on this planet. What do you think about that?
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