Creative Polymer Clay
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-1-4463-0841-7 (ISBN)
Discover a world of creative and colourful jewellery making from the comfort of your own home.
In this comprehensive guide to modern polymer clay techniques, artist and designer Heidi Helyard reveals the simple techniques that can be used to create one-off, contemporary jewellery pieces with minimal tools and equipment.
Polymer clay is possibly one of the most accessible yet versatile art materials currently available. As readily accessible and easy to use as paint, you can make everything (and anything) with it, from sculptures and figurines, to artworks, decorations, homewares, and wearable jewellery. It's lightweight, flexible and strong.
No special tools or equipment is required to cure it, it is relatively cheap, and you only need to start with the primary colours, plus black and white, to mix any colour you like.
Polymer clay, which has been around for nearly 80 years, is currently finding itself popular amongst contemporary jewellery makers as the bright colours and sheer versatility of the material allows makers to create bold and graphic modern designs.
The beauty of polymer clay is that it presents so many opportunities to explore colour combinations, patterns and texture. In this book you will learn 10 easy yet exciting techniques including slab and cane making, marbling and colour mixing, inlay techniques, printing onto clay, surface embellishments and more to create 20 unique jewellery pieces.
The projects in this book vary in complexity, but are accessible to both novice and advanced makers alike. If you are a beginner, the extensive step-by-step photos and instructions will help you develop your polymer clay skills and complete the projects with confidence. As you build your skills and learn the techniques via the book, you will realise that you can combine techniques to create all-new results.
The skills you learn in this book will open up a limitless world of further experimentation for you to discover.
Just make, bake and wear!
Heidi Helyard is a leader in the popular contemporary polymer clay jewellery movement. She's a lifelong artist, a graphic designer, and innovator, based near Sydney, NSW Australia. She has a large audience of faithful followers on Instagram, and a wealth of subscribers to her Studio Scraps newsletter, which explores the making process of her popular wearable art pieces. This is her first book.
INTRODUCTION 4
THE BASICS 6
Clay Basics 8
Jewellery Basics 18
Design Basics 22
TECHNIQUES AND PROJECTS 26
Using Cutters 28
Colour Block Earrings 30
Slab Making 34
Monochrome Jewellery Set 38
Pattern Clash Mini Collection 42
Stitched Trinket Dish 48
Torn Clay Trinket Dishes 52
Cane Making 56
Star Cane Cluster Collection 60
3D Cane Slab Earrings 64
Translucent Opals Jewellery Set 68
Surface Embellishments 72
Textured Metals Multi-Component Earrings 74
Stamped Chalk Pastel Earrings 78
Stitched Rainbow Wall Hanging 82
Metallic Outlines Pendant 86
Mica Shift 90
3D Droplet Pendant 92
Mokume Gane 96
Twisted Tube Bead Pendant 100
Clay Paint 106
Mermaid Scales Jewellery Set 108
Clay Inlay 112
Black Inlay Earrings and Pendant 114
Silkscreen Printing 118
Multi-Print Pendant 120
Utilising Scrap Clay 124
Drilling Shavings Earrings 126
Marble and Granite Arch Earrings 130
Cane Scraps Two Ways 134
TEMPLATES 138
SUPPLIERS 140
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 141
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 142
INDEX 143
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Creative ; 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 552 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Verlagsort | Newton Abbot |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 495 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4463-0841-3 / 1446308413 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4463-0841-7 / 9781446308417 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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