Monday, July 25, 2011

POLYMER CLAY TUTORIAL IS NOW FOR SALE

I did a tutorial on crackling polymer clay using alcohol inks for the premier issue of the new magazine From Polymer to Art.  That first issue has been sold old and the publisher has given me permission to sell the tutorial.

I created a slightly expanded version of the magazine article.  The tutorial has more examples of additional, more complicated, jewelry items that I created using the tutorial's crackle sheet.  The tutorial is for sale my Etsy shop:  http://www.jangeisen.etsy.com/.  I always try and have one tutorial listed for sale.  If there aren't any for sale please contact me, or just check again later. 
 




NEW POLYMER CLAY TUTORIAL FOR SALE

I have just finished another polymer clay tutorial.  It was a lot of fun, but more involved than I expected - too many variations, not enough time.  The tutorial shows how to create what some people refer to as a Jacob's Ladder cane.  It contains step by step instructions for two variations of the Basic Jacob's Ladder, plus three of my own.  I have also included a list of 15 other ways to vary the Jacob's Ladder pattern with three of them with photographs.  There is also a section on ways to use the ladder, plus photos with explanations of 13 pieces of jewelry I created with the cane. 

The tutorial is for sale in my Etsy shop:  http://www.jangeisen.etsy.com/

Monday, February 7, 2011

Another example of an artist's jewelry using my tutorial from the magazine From Polymer To Art

Another artist sent me a photograph of jewelry she created using my tutorial from the magazine From Polymer to Art.  Her name is Cindy and she lives in the Netherlands.  It is so much fun seeing what other artists are doing with the technique.


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

OTHER ARTIST'S USE OF MY TUTORIAL TECHNIQUE

I love seeing what other people do using my techniques.  It is amazing how much variation there can be when an artist puts his/her personal touch into a technique.  These jewelry pieces were created by Madreselva61 who lives in Spain.  You can see her jewelry on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/46799817@N07/

I rarely make beads anymore.  I am going to have to try making some using my alcohol technique.  I really like how these turned out.



My alcohol technique looks really nice on irregular shaped disk beads too.
TUTORIAL

I wrote a for the preview issue of a new polymer clay magazine, From Polymer To Art, that is being published in the Netherlands.  The issue came out in November 2010.  My tutorial showed how I created this pendant and earrings using alcohol inks

I love making more complicated, abstract, wearable art jewelry pieces.  So for the article the following pieces were also included in the article with a short explanation of how they were created




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Sunday, November 14, 2010

NEW POLYMER CLAY MAGAZINE

There is a new polymer clay magazine that has just been published.  The premier issues became available November 8th.  It is called From Polymer to Art.  It will be published four times per year.  Each issue will have a color theme.  The premier issue's theme is Red.   It is published in the Netherlands and is written in english.  I don't know if it is available anywhere in the United States yet, but can be purchased online at http://www.frompolymertoart.com/.

I have a tutorial in it on using stencils and alcohol ink to get colored patterns on the clay.  I haven't received my copy yet and am excited to see it.