How to have fun with your Clay Extruder

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This is a Clay Extruder. You can buy them online. There’s a lot of online stores that sell clay extruders. I’ve read an article on eHow for Handmade Clay Extruder so if you’re interested on experimenting and make your own clay extruder, visit eHow and learn how to.

…but this is not about making handmade clay extruder, but how to use and have fun making clay creations using the tool like these beautiful beads from Polymer Art Archive

With the clay extruder you’ll be able to make strands of clays perfect for mille fiori. The disc that comes with the extruders also has different shapes so you’ll be able to make long strands of clays at different shapes. You can create big or chunky strands of clay similar to a rope and create a bangle or bracelets.

Extruded Bracelets

This is from Polyform. You may wonder how Polyform created a perfect round shape, you need a soda can to help form the bracelet. If you like to try it out follow this free tutorial. You can also join Polyform and get involved in the community; share, learn and be featured at Polyform.

To get more tips on how to create using clay extruders you can watch this video from Crafty Goat and learn how to make coiled extruder beads.

Before working on your clay, you need to condition it so watch this free tip on conditioning polymer clay from Jewelry Art Magazine Associate Editor, Jill Erickson.

Big Rose Flowers with Polymer Clay

Learn and Make Big Statement Flowers with Polymer Clay fromBoopagirl1010.

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BESTeam weekly feature: flutteringflowers on Etsy

What a fantastic shop Fluttering Flowers is - you can indulge all your whimsical fantasies here - own your own octopus, village or fuss-free bonsai, furnish your dolls house or make your house plants look way more funky!  Everything is beautifully modelled out of polymer clay for you by Deborah from Guthrie, OK.  She has been modelling with clay since childhood, and only a little break when life got busy intervened.  I imagine that some of these little sculptures must take ages to fashion out of the clay.  They are not intended as toys, but they would surely charm the little ones as well as adults who appreciate the whimsical and playful.

Here are my top picks.  Click on any of the pictures to go directly to the shop.





Yummy chocolate cake - but no calories!  Excellent ;-)
Two little octopussys seeking a forever home together...





Lovely labybugs and strawberries for scrapbooking or card embellishments
Little forest collection - amazingly intricate little sculptures!





A bonsai - no pruning or watering required - perfect gift!
Your own little village - you know you want one.

Catch up with Deborah and her craft at these links:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FlutteringFlowers
http://polymerplaytime.blogspot.com/

(and yes, another fellow dog owner, and you can see pictures of the very handsome Foxy Brown on this blog!)

BESTeam weekly feature: flutteringflowers on Etsy

What a fantastic shop Fluttering Flowers is - you can indulge all your whimsical fantasies here - own your own octopus, village or fuss-free bonsai, furnish your dolls house or make your house plants look way more funky!  Everything is beautifully modelled out of polymer clay for you by Deborah from Guthrie, OK.  She has been modelling with clay since childhood, and only a little break when life got busy intervened.  I imagine that some of these little sculptures must take ages to fashion out of the clay.  They are not intended as toys, but they would surely charm the little ones as well as adults who appreciate the whimsical and playful.

Here are my top picks.  Click on any of the pictures to go directly to the shop.





Yummy chocolate cake - but no calories!  Excellent ;-)
Two little octopussys seeking a forever home together...





Lovely labybugs and strawberries for scrapbooking or card embellishments
Little forest collection - amazingly intricate little sculptures!





A bonsai - no pruning or watering required - perfect gift!
Your own little village - you know you want one.

Catch up with Deborah and her craft at these links:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FlutteringFlowers
http://polymerplaytime.blogspot.com/

(and yes, another fellow dog owner, and you can see pictures of the very handsome Foxy Brown on this blog!)

Bake-able Self Made Beads

The article is contributed by our guest writer - Jennifer. Enjoy her sharing!

Making beads for yourself can be a great way to show off your style. You can personalize then in any way you want and the materials come in a wide variety of colors.

Kids and teens love to get in on a bead-making project. You can find bake-able materials for bead making and other projects at your local craft store, or online.

These great materials are often non-toxic and environmentally safe. The personalization options are literally limitless when working with bake-able materials.

You need have no sculpting experience to create something wonderful with this method. You can mix colors and cut a rolled strip of this into the shape and size beads you would like.

Photo From: http://www.ehow.com/baking-clay/

These beads will all be matching in color and unique in pattern. All that has to be done before placing them into the oven to harden is to be sure to poke a hole large enough for your string material to fit easily through it.

Here is a great tutorial video for you to watch:

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