Do you remember being 5 years old and wanting more than anything to play with your older siblings? You wanted to stay up late, wear their grown up clothes and go to school dances just like them.

With only a few decades under its belt, Polymer clay is the younger sibling of most other art materials. Unlike ceramics, glassworking, knitting etc. polymer clay doesn't have an extensive history of established techniques. PC artists are constantly experimenting and learnign about their medium, testing the boundaries and limits of the clay, discovering new ways to implement textures into their designs.

Polymer clay's ready acceptance of paint, carving, inclusions and practically anything else you can think of make this medium incredibly useful in replicating the look of wood, gemstones, ivory etc.

So lets sit back a moment, remember those long lost childhood days when we played dress-up in our older siblings' clothes and see the various costumes of polymer clay.



Mokume Gane


Lampwork


Stone


Turquoise


Wood


Ivory


Opal


Amber


Slate


Quartz


Enamel