by jsthreads | Apr 29, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tips and tricks, Tutorial |
I imagine artists who use chalk pastels on paper do quite a bit of blending to get the colors they want, and I wanted to see if it would work for coloring clay. When I was working on my Dragon-inspired sculpture a few weeks ago, I was finding that I needed a deeper...
by jsthreads | Apr 22, 2019 | Craft kits, General |
It’s been a little while since I’ve gone through a craft kit, and today I’m excited to bring you a new one. It’s both new-to-me and fairly new on the market itself (I believe the first one was December 2018). I came across this...
by jsthreads | Apr 15, 2019 | General, Polymer clay, Pure Art Collab |
I spent the last few weeks working on a super secret personal project, one of which I will share on my social media soon! Because of it, I wasn’t able to fully participate in the most recent round of Pure Art Collab, but I *did* manage to create something...
by jsthreads | Apr 8, 2019 | General, Polymer clay |
One of the #marchmeetthemaker prompts from last month inspired me to share a more in depth look at my sculpting process. While there may be some variations from sculpt to sculpt, for the most part, this is process I go through for each creation. Please note: I have...
by jsthreads | Apr 1, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tips and tricks, Tutorial |
This week, I wanted to take it back to basics. I quite often get questions about whether or not I use an armature in my sculptures, and the answer is yes! My very first sculptures did not contain armature, and you can see the horrible effect it had on the neck of my...
