The ultimate beginner’s guide to crafting with polymer clay, featuring fun and easy-to-follow skill-building projects. Polymer clay is a very unique craft product. Once you become familiar with it, endless creative possibilities emerge. More than a basic how-to guide, Polymer Clay 101 presents a comprehensive, hands-on course in this delightfully versatile medium. Authors Angela Mabray and Kim Otterbein cover all the basics, from currently available types of clay to essential supplies and tools. With hundreds of detailed photos, they demonstrate a variety of techniques through a series of projects designed to help you learn as you create.

"Beginner's guide to crafting with polymer clay, teaching all the basic techniques through easy projects. Includes DVD-ROM"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an introduction to polymer clay and step by step instructions for creating 20 different characters.

Are you in search of innovative projects that you can try out to sharpen your artistic skills? Do you have a passion for handcrafts and are curious about how to make your own jewelry, doll, and basic sculpture from clay? If so, then your search is over! This book, Polymer Clay Book for Beginners, presents art in the most beautiful and enlightening form, opening your eyes to the splendor in art with its focus lens on polymer clay. Why polymer clay? Polymer clay is a long time admirable art, and though it is just gaining popularity and massive international recognition, it allows you to show a very high level of creativity. It can be described in just two words; creativity and fun. It is best for children who like to play with their hands while working out their imagination. Polymer clay will give you great hours of crafting joy as you work your hands through the mixture. Polymer clay is also inexpensive and very easy to find. You are certain to find some in your local craft store. This is a very flexible art that gives room for innovations and sharp creativity. With polymer clay, any idea is worth birthing forth and is a potential art edifice, just with your hands, and lumps of clay. And yes, you don’t need to be a master to get it right, your mess of an innovation or idea could be celebrated as the world’s number one most outstanding masterpiece. As Sir Ralph Waldo Emerson rightly said many years ago, “every artist was first an amateur.” In other words, if any artist can build sculptures, as an amateur you can do much more, that is if you start working towards it, now. Well, all you really need to get started is your imagination and enthusiasm. With your imagination, you can travel into the ancient time and create the most beautiful art piece of all time and with enthusiasm, you can make it happen. In this beginner book, you will; · Be more acquainted with what polymer clay entails, its historical timelines and how it works. · Get to know the different application areas of polymer clay. · Be familiar with the terms associated with polymer clay. · Be exposesd to the tips, tricks and techniques used in polymer clay art that will set you on your way to becoming an expert in the art. · Be enlightened on the tools and materials needed to get you started. · Educated on the safety measures to adhere to when working with polymer clay. · Get started with making beautiful polymer clay crafts with the aid of the 20 polymer clay project ideas discussed in this book with step-by-step instructions and graphical illustrations to guide you along the process. …And a whole lot more! What more are you waiting for? Hone your creative abilities, and build your crafting skills with this beginner's guide to polymer clay. To begin your journey, simply grab a copy of this book RIGHT NOW

Polymer clay has grown and grown and grown in popularity since the publication of Donna Kato’s best-selling The Art of Polymer Clay in 1997. And there have been so many technical advances, too. Now poly-diva Donna Kato presents an all-new look at one of crafters’ all-time favorite mediums. Donna Kato’s Polymer Clay Innovations begins with the essentials of polymer clay, including its working properties, plus tools, curing, safety recommendations, and color blending (with full information on the now-indispensable Skinner Blend). Photo-packed chapters focus on exciting projects—beads, bracelets, pins, pendants, and boxes--and showcase new techniques, including image transfers, surface treatments such as stencils, stamps, paints, and inks, sculpting, inclusions, special effects, and finishing. Finished pieces by some of the biggest names in polymer clay, including Kathleen Dustin, Pier Voulkos, and Nan Roche, plus Donna Kato herself, offer ideas and inspiration.

Discover the perfect book to stimulate your children's or students' creativity - a beginner's guide to modeling clay and learn how to make your own figures step by step! Whether you're a teacher or parent or just looking for a fun and engaging rainy day art project, this book is sure to be a hit with kids and beginners alike. Designed specifically for ages 8 and up, this book is perfect for both independent reading age and younger children as a close-knit and fun family activity. With easy-to-follow directions and full-color illustrations, this book walks you through the crafting process for three great modeling clay projects. And the best part? You can use any clay you like! Whether it's Fimo polymer clay, Sculpey clay, Badger modeling clay, Cernit polymer clay, Crayola kids' clay, or any other air-dry or oven-bake clay, this book has you covered. At House of Ezra Productions, we believe that creativity should be accessible to everyone, regardless of age or skill level. That's why our open-ended activities are designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. And with a growing list of books sharing modeling projects, including all kinds of fantasy characters, we're committed to inspiring creativity in all its forms. So what are you waiting for? Click on "Look Inside" to see if this book is a perfect fit for you and your children. And without the need for expensive tools or detailed information about techniques, firing or glazing, you can get started right away using just your hands and everyday objects lying around the house.

Make gorgeous polymer clay jewelry with instruction and inspiration from polymer clay designers Ilysa Ginsburg and Kira Slye. The unique and artistic techniques in Polymer Clay Art Jewelry provide new, versatile ways for creating fantastic necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more! • 16 beautiful, eye-catching jewelry projects. • 4 creative themes that appeal to a range of styles. • Polymer clay techniques that use unusual tools and tricks. • Fun and inspiring for both beginner and intermediate levels.