Author Archives: polymerclayworkshop

These blends aren’t aren’t as involved as most of the blends on my color blend pinboard. Just the mixed Premo color and white. These are all mixes of cadmium red and ultramarine blue. Red and blue are supposed to make … Continue reading →

Here are two more blend recipes for the pinboard! Yellow blend. Premo colors 3 parts raw sienna and 1part orange / yellow/white Here is the printable recipe pattern.yellow and rose Rose blend 1 part red and 1 part purple / … Continue reading →

This afternoon I’ve been experimenting with more color blends to add to my pin board of color recipes.  I’ve been trying to find good turquoise or aqua color blends. This one is 5 parts ultramarine and 1 part green/ the … Continue reading →

Polymer clay millefiori canework is a unique and amazing art form. There are a few special properties that make it unlike any other medium. The patterns stay in tact no matter how small you reduce them. You can make multiple … Continue reading →

Imagine the cards, envelopes and scrapbook pages you could make with polymer clay cane slices!  I baked this little frame and glued it onto an envelope with standard white craft glue.

I’m so excited! I’ve been wanting to find a way to make a blend that goes off in all directions for a long time now. I’ve been pinning all my color blend experiments to my Color Blend pinboard, but you … Continue reading →

I wanted a striped blend with light rainbow color. I didn’t want to mix every color with white first, so I decided to just place dots on a whitish background. I wanted more stripes so I added color and ran … Continue reading →

Adding texture to canework makes all the difference!  Here I’ve added fabric texture.  First I reduced the canes even smaller than I wanted them to be because I knew that the pattern would spread out as I flattened it more. … Continue reading →

There are lots of ways to make rainbow blend depending on what you need.  I wanted a rainbow blend that was somewhat consistent in value.  Using red, purple or ultramarine made the cools in the rainbow too dark for what … Continue reading →

I’ve always been inspired by Ron Lehocky ‘s hearts.  He makes and sells these hearts to contribute to the Kid’s Center for Pediatric Therapies in Louisville, KY. Here is a video about how he makes the hearts https://vimeo.com/110528917 , and here is … Continue reading →