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 | Mar 25, 2019 | General, Polymer clay, Tutorial |
This week, I’ll show you how to make some super cute polymer clay blueberries using the color recipe we created last week! If you missed that blog post, you can learn about how to mix up your own blueberry color in that post. I made so many blueberries for this...
by jsthreads | Mar 18, 2019 | Clay recipes, Polymer clay, Tutorial |
On my quest to create a series of dragons revolving around some adorable thrift shop bowls, my momma gave me some really fun ideas. While this series will be debuting at my summer art show (Moscow Artwalk), I recently finished the first bowl and thought it would be...
by jsthreads | Feb 25, 2019 | Tutorial |
I recently was invited to be a guest vendor for Handmade Haven, an auction/sale group of some wonderful makers on Facebook. When they told me their upcoming theme was Game of Thrones, I just knew I needed to get involved. The dragons from the series have...
by jsthreads | Feb 11, 2019 | Polymer clay, Tutorial |
I opened 2 custom slots at the end of December, and 1 of those customs was for a stone dragon with real crystal accents. If you have followed me long enough, you may remember my birthstone series from several years ago. I had planned to expand it and bought crystals...
