These are most of the tutorials I’ve written up or edited and posted. Many of these are links to YouTube videos. Enjoy!
The Basics
These tutorials and tips are all about the basics of working with clay.
- Using Canes to Decorate a Sheet of Clay
- Making Round Beads
- Figuring Out How Much Clay to Use
- Adding a Simple Hanging Loop to a Clay Pendant
- What You Can Do With One Ounce of Cane
- Colour Recipes: Premo Alizarin Crimson Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Yellow
- Colour Recipes: Premo Cobalt Blue Cadmium Red Cadmium Yellow
- Colour Recipes: Premo Zinc Yellow Turquoise Fuschia
- A Method for Making Canes from Pictures
- How to Make a Skinner Blend Plug
Projects
- Covering Round Ornaments
- Making a Simple Pendant from a Sheet of Decorated Clay
- Making a Valentine’s Day Magnet from Polymer Clay
- Make a Bracelet Display
- Make a Valentine’s Day Photo Holder
- A Poinsettia Slab Project
- Make a Simple Bear
- Make a Snake Plant Mini
- Floral Headpins & Bracelet
- Make Stuff with Polymer Clay Canes I
- Valentine Checkerboard Cane & Projects
- Scrap Clay Sunflower Buttons
Me Making Other People’s Canes and Beads
Making Canes & Beads
Want to try making canes? Here’s your chance. These are beginner to advanced but you’ll want to have a pasta machine and knowledge of Skinner blends.
- A Simple Heart Cane
- A Flower Centre Cane
- Six Petal Flower Cane
- Shaded Leaf Cane
- Ivy Leaf Cane
- Canada Flag Cane
- Baseball Cane & Beads
- Candy Corn Cane Beads I
- Candy Corn Cane & Beads II
- Pumpkin Cane & Beads
- Make Backgroundless Flower Canes
- Make Backgroundless Flower Cane Beads
- Make Starlight Mint Canes
- Christmassy Stripes and Bullseye Canes
- The Heart Cane from Scraps
- The Blue Aster or Sunflower Cane
- Snowman Scene Cane Process Video
- Fuschia Flower Cane Speed Build
- Love Letter Cane
- Chrysanthemum Flower Cane
- Poinsettia Flower Cane
- Make Pillow Beads
- Make a Pansy Cane
- Make A Sunflower Cane
- Make a Lilac Cane
- Butterfly Wing Cane
- Butterfly Cane
- Zinnia Flower Cane
- House Plant Series: Snake Plant
- Scrap Clay Sunflower Cane & Buttons
- House Plant Series: Maranta Leaf Cane
- House Plant Series: Polkadot Begonia Leaf Cane
- Halloween Word Beads
- Jack O’ Lantern Cane
- Snowflake Cane
- Santa Face Cane
- Speedy 10 Petal Flower Cane
- Coffee Cup Cane
- White Rose Cane
- Valentine Checkerboard Cane
- Crocus Flower Cane
- Cherry Blossom Flower Cane
- Bright Green Leaf Cane
- House Plant Series: Watermelon Peperomia Leaf
- Make Stuff with Polymer Clay Canes
- Orange Lily Cane
- House Plant Series: Fern Leaf Cane
- Floral Headpins and Bracelet