I'm interested in working with polymer and I was told that I shouldn't use my regular kitchen oven. I'm not sure what the dangers or fuss and muss might be, but she told me that I should get a separate oven in which to bake the polymer. I assume that the person who told me this (if indeed it is a...

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How is the search for inexpensive ways of transferring images onto clay (raw or otherwise) with INK JET printers *without* hassle or expensive transfer papers coming? I'd like to try to develop a way, but I don't have the patience to reinvent the wheel. KellyK

Hi! I'm a bead jewelry artisit and just started dappling in PC. I love it! Does anyone know the best way to avoid fingerprints or indents? Thanks! -- www.SunfluersJewelryDesigns.com

Hello all, This is my first post to this group and I am looking for a little help. I am new to polymer clay but have done 3 dimensional arts in wood carving, clay sculpting and computer graphics for a while. Anyway, I own a company that does home restorations and themes in which we build a lot of...

Does anyone have a link to a site that shows how to make posable people with polyclay for heads and hands etc.for dollhouses? They need to be easy to make types, so it doesnt scare off the lady who might make some. Thank you. Diana

Hi folks! I've been a member of a couple of other newsgroups for a while, and just discovered this one. I've been doing sculpting and glass wrapping for about 4 years now, after abandoning my artistic side (at least the sculptor part of it) for about 20 years. I'm loving this new world... A...

Hi My name is Teresa, and I've been reading this newsgroup on and off for years. Even though I have no talent for it, I love polymer clay. Based in part from information I have gained from this newsgroup, I have developed enough skill at the craft that my family doesn't return polymer...

My friend Jana Roberts Benzon has a polymer clay project and gallery in this month's issue. Sarajane has a GREAT article about accepting 'no' in your arts biz and there are a couple other beady projects that are quite fun. Oh, and they are looking for submissions for the second Belle...

I know I'd been away from polymer clay for awhile, but it seems my memory is failing... did Laurel Nevans originate Glass Attic? I thought someone else did, but Laurel's home page seems to suggest that she began it -- or maybe I'm just reading it incorrectly. Or I *could* chalk it up to still...

here's a peek at MY mask from the Best Faces Forward project at school---I just finished baking the last lot and will add them to the pages already up next week. http://www.polyclay.com/sjair.jpg thats my mask, and some lentils I made with leftover cane ends--my personal reward for having done...

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamom44/my_photos in the Christmas decoration folder there are a couple of ornaments new for this year that I hope you will enjoy looking at. It is a great thing to be able to make something special and unique for friends that could become a part of their holiday...

This is my first post here, so first of all "Hello" to you all. I have a question for anyone out there who wears their polymer jewelry while swimming or hot tubing. I make polymer beads and have started making some "surfer" jewelry for my friends, who are also willing guinea pigs for my...

One of the things I really like about polymer clay is that it fits my "isms", my "little ways", which include sometimes getting, well, obsessive. This can be a handy trait rather than a failing, in the right circumstances. Like when ya have a 15 pound box of cane slices, and a lot of them are old...

Hiya folks, I just came across this website: http://www.art-rubberstamps.com/ If you scroll down, you can read on how they make the stamps using liquid polymer clay. They're offering a kit you need to buy: but I'm sure you can do this

Hi, I am interested in making my own buttons for my handmade clothes. Which type of poly clay would be best? I have a large block of cernit, but it's white, & turns a flesh color when baked. I plan on using the cernit to make molds. Should I restrict it to just the molds, or could I mix it with...

Is it possible to make fresnel lenses at home? I am thinking of some kind of some kind of hard, transparent photopolymers and then? How are fresnel lenses made at all? How are glass lenses made at all? What is the simplest or best way to make something like that?

I've been lurking for a while here, and i thought it was time to introduce myself :) I have a small gallery of some things I've done here http://enui.deviantart.com/journal/2723930/ I've also many more pictures on my hard disk, but when I have to choose between fixing photos to put them online...

Hi everybody! The new edition of the Bead Bugle is up online, with a two-part polymer clay "Bauble Bath" project by me, Sarajane! Hope you enjoy it---click on the header of the article when you get there to access the entire part one. Part two comes next week! http://beadbugle.com -- Sarajane's...

When I use my pasta machine to make a striped cane, first making sheets of color then stacking them, when I run a stack of four through the pasta machine the sheets seperate at the top and crawl off in opposite directions like a Y. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Seems to happen no matter how...