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Cool Clay Techniques - Polymer Canes, Mokume Gane and More

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Experimenting with Mokume Gane Effects in Polymer Clay Video

February 6, 2015 by MagicByLeah 6 Comments

Experimenting with Mokume Gane Effects in Polymer Clay Video

My mokume gane addiction continues… I made a number of jewelry pieces with the mokume gane created in my last tutorial video. As I cut and shaped I noticed that I really liked some of the patterns that showed up. But their appearance seemed rather random. So in this video I set out to experiment with […]

Filed Under: Mokume Gane Tagged With: mokume gane, mokume gane jewelry, polymer clay jewelry, Valentine

Valentine Hearts Mokume Gane Jewelry Explosion

January 23, 2015 by MagicByLeah 2 Comments

Valentine Hearts Mokume Gane Jewelry Explosion

I found a new addiction! Mokume Gane There’s something magical about slicing into a funky looking block of clay to reveal magical pattern after magical pattern. Not familiar with this technique? See my Rainbow Mokume Gane Video I created several Valentine’s Day inspired pink/red mokume gane stacks for my Mokume Gane experiments video (coming soon). […]

Filed Under: Mokume Gane, Polymer Clay Jewelry Tagged With: hearts, mokume gane, mokume gane earrings, mokume gane pendant, Valentine's Day

Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Earrings and Pendant Video

January 8, 2015 by MagicByLeah 10 Comments

Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Earrings and Pendant Video

Ok I admit, I’m addicted to Mokume Gane. It all started with that Rainbow Pen and those beautiful colors popping out at every layer. So I took it a step further with this video as I show you step by step how I created two different style of mokume gane pendant and earrings jewelry sets. This […]

Filed Under: Mokume Gane, Polymer Clay Jewelry Tagged With: mokume gane, polymer clay earrings, polymer clay jewelry, polymer clay pendant, YouTube video, YouTube Videos

Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Rainbow Pen Tutorial Video

January 3, 2015 by MagicByLeah 14 Comments

Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Rainbow Pen Tutorial Video

Mokume Gane is one of those techniques that always scared me. I’m not 100% sure why. Perhaps it looks too… complex? Or perhaps the idea that it’s hit or miss. You make the mokume gane stack and you’re stuck with it, there’s no ‘fixing it’ like with a sculpture. And so I studied mokume gane […]

Filed Under: Mokume Gane Tagged With: clay pen, mokume gane, mokume gane pen, rainbow, YouTube video

Smiley Face Pen Base Gift Set Tutorial

December 30, 2014 by MagicByLeah 2 Comments

Smiley Face Pen Base Gift Set Tutorial

Creating your smiley face pen base is step 3 in the polymer clay smiley face pen gift set tutorial. The video below will show you how to create a very simple pen base using foil and polymer clay. The clay canes and subsequent pens used in this video were created in part 1 and part […]

Filed Under: Techniques in Sculpting Tagged With: pen base, smiley face cane, smiley face pen

Polymer Clay Smiley Face Cane Beginner Project

December 23, 2014 by MagicByLeah Leave a Comment

Polymer Clay Smiley Face Cane Beginner Project

The smiley face cane was one of the first canes I did after the simple jelly roll. I played around with many designs and settled on this one, taught in the video below. It’s simple, easy to do, and hard to mess up. Feel free to create this clay cane using any colors, and even add […]

Filed Under: Polymer Clay Canes Tagged With: clay cane, smiley face cane, YouTube video

How To Make a Simple Jelly Roll Cane in Polymer Clay

December 20, 2014 by MagicByLeah 3 Comments

How To Make a Simple Jelly Roll Cane in Polymer Clay

When it comes to millefiori, aka polymer clay canes, I think it’s best to start with a simple jelly roll cane. Since the design itself is fairly basic, you can focus on your technique with this cane, including blending colors, reducing and slicing. Here is my very first ‘action’ tutorial video showing you how to create […]

Filed Under: Polymer Clay Canes Tagged With: canes, jelly roll cane, jellyroll cane, YouTube Videos

Rainbow Cane Polymer Clay Sculpting Tools

June 25, 2014 by MagicByLeah 10 Comments

Rainbow Cane Polymer Clay Sculpting Tools

Creativity in polymer clay comes from being inspired by everything around you. So how can one be expected to sculpt a masterpiece with a set of boring tools in hand? I’ve heard many versions of this phrase ‘An artist will be more inspired to create art, when working with a piece of art in hand’. […]

Filed Under: Techniques in Sculpting, Tools, Tips, n Resources Tagged With: polymer clay, rainbow cane, rainbow clay, sculpting tools

Magical Blue Wood Pattern Fairy Door in Polymer Clay

June 22, 2014 by MagicByLeah 5 Comments

Magical Blue Wood Pattern Fairy Door in Polymer Clay

With my wood bookend base ready to go, it’s time to start sculpting the fairy door. When I picture ‘magical woods’ a pallete of sparkling midnight blues comes to mind. Just check out the background color on my website. So it seemed only fitting to create a magical blue wooden pattern for my fairy door, my […]

Filed Under: Journey through Fairies Gnomes & Trolls, Techniques in Sculpting Tagged With: bookend, clay bookend, fairy door, fairy door bookend

Reviving Polymer Clay Scraps

April 1, 2014 by MagicByLeah 7 Comments

Reviving Polymer Clay Scraps

Scrap Clay is an ever growing constant for every polymer clay user. Every project has a few unused ‘ends’. When you create a clay-covered pen, reduce a millefiori cane, create props or costumes for your sculptures… the list goes on. In the past I’d simply combine my scraps into an unattractive brownish lump. All the […]

Filed Under: Techniques in Sculpting Tagged With: conditioning, pasta machine, polymer clay, scrap clay

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