by jsthreads | Aug 5, 2019 | General, Polymer clay, Tips and tricks |
Originally posted on DeviantArt for Artisan Craft Week for projecteducate. *** Hey there! I’m Jessica of JSThreads, and I make whimsical polymer clay dragons. I’ve been sculpting for five years this month, so I feel pretty confident in the ability...
by jsthreads | May 13, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tips and tricks |
A few weeks ago, I asked you guys over on Instagram to find out what you’d like to see on my blog. @alpha_bianca suggested I talk about keeping polymer clay clean, and I thought that was a great idea! Today, I’m going to show you 5 methods I’ve...
by jsthreads | May 6, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tips and tricks, Tutorial |
This tutorial is kind of a build off of my hibiscus flower tutorial from last year. I found myself making another hibiscus-themed piece, and I wanted to try a different way of achieving the gradient look I went for originally by mixing a clay gradient. Clay gradients...
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 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...
by jsthreads | Feb 4, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tips and tricks |
Over the past 8 months or so, when a project seemed fitting, I experimented with adding powder pigments to my glaze. While I had heard this was a way to add pigments to baked clay, I had never tried it myself. There are only 3 sculptures I can think of that I’ve...
