Polymer class fun

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Ode To Kate

Designed by June Crawford

This is an exciting new doll making class and a new teacher to Doll Street!
Ode to Kate is a mixed media doll incorporating polymer clay, acrylic paints, old book pages, and a bit of creativity.
Expand your doll making skills and learn to play with polymer clay. There’s a surprise bonus with this class!
For all levels of doll makers.

Class starts January 24, 2014

Register here

The online class you've been waiting for!

She's finally done it! Dawn is offering us the secret to making these cute Pocket fae! This onlone class will teach you polymer clay techniques in fully illustrated lessons.

"What Have They Got in Their Pocketses...?"
Dawn M Schiller will teach you to make this little Faerie dude. Class begins december 6, 2013.

Dawn recently visited a watch repair shop and happened upon a Chrono Seidh (pronounced "seed"), one of the Tribe of Odd Folk that used to live in the Forest, but have become fascinated with timepieces and mechanical things.

These tiny fae will dwell in any type of clockcase they can find, but are especially fond of pocketwatches. Chrono Seidh can be very helpful in watch repair, as they can repair the tiny works without need for tools....

Learn to sculpt your OWN Chrono Seidh, also known as Pocket Trolls, in this NEW class from Dawn M Schiller. Over 200 photos will take you step-by-step thru the process of creating your own little fae!.

Dawn is the author of “FaeMaker: Making Fantasy Characters in Polymer Clay”.

Available exclusively at Doll Street Dreamers!

AND it's on sale for two more days!

Dawn Schiller rides again!

You have to try this class. I am so excited, I had to share it. Dawn Schiller has been teaching on Doll Street Dreamers for a long time now. Her students can't say enough about her classes.

With this guy, Fetch, Dawn brings us her fun and crazy sculpting techniques in this fun class. Dawn will take you step by step thought sculpting a character head. I've done it and it's easy! You can sign up at Doll Street Dreamers.

Do you know what canes are?

You might think of a walking stick when you think of canes, but if you are into polymer clay, you'll know canes are something else!

Canes are a way of creating patterns and designs in polymer clay. The idea is that you pile up the colors in a pattern, then stretch out the resulting pile into a cane, compressing it until it gets longer and thinner, melding the sections together. The cane can then be sliced and the pattern used repeatedly. The results are amazing.

 Look at these earrings by Marie Segal. Marie created these patterns by making canes and sliced them to reveal the design. Then the slices were used to construct the earrings.

 

Now take a look at this guy:

His clothing and feathers are made from patterned polymer. Cool, right? The bird was created by Dawn Schiller.

Here's a detail of the patterns. Dawn and Marie got together with this character and made a whole class out of it! One artists teaches you how to sculpt the head and legs, the other, how to make the patterned canes, which are used to finish Thomas T Bird!

You can learn these techniques by clicking REGISTER!

 



Crank

Meet Crank. I finished him for the show I did last weekend. He didn't sell, so he's now for sale in my Etsy store. The show was a bust as far as sales go, even though I had fun wearing my steampunk costume and hanging out with Choleena.

This guy is small, almost 11", with the base. He has polymer clay head, hands and feet. I used flocking to add texture to his hat and shoes. I wanted that true eccentric/ mad scientist look. His pants are too big, he has altered himself with a mechanical eye. He's a crank, so look out! 

Sculpting feet

Following the article on using Apoxie, I thought I'd share my latest use of the product. I was attempting to sculpt boots for my doll of polymer clay. I was running out of the brown  and they weren't big enough. So I peeled it off and re-thought the feet. Apoxie is the  perfect solution!

I mixed up some and sculpted two basic foot shapes. It sticks to the wire easily and air dries. So, by lunch time, I can start adding polymer boots. The brown clay will definitely be enough now and the feet will be that much heavier. Always good. Especially so in this case, as my guy will be balancing on one leg!

Have you tried Apoxie or Epoxy yet?

Adam Thomas Rees works super fast

Enjoy this video from talented polymer clay artist, Adam Thomas Rees. Who said it was a craft material?
http://adamthomasrees.com/Welcome.html

Wordless Wednesday

The Marquis by Edwina Sutherland

Dragons!

I have now listed these dragons on my Etsy store. The first guy is made with polymer clay for his head and feet. He is so cute. Since these are Christmas dragons, they come with a removable beard, so they can be in disguise once Christmas is over. The body is cloth, filled with beans, so they cane be posed on the shelf.

This one has a needle felted head, feet and tail. Shown here while in disguise.

Here's the polymer guy with his beard. I also made a green dragon. Can't believe I didn't take his photo. he was being so good, too!

Kate Church workshop

There's no doubt that there is much to learn from an artist like Kate Church. Kate came to Ottawa last weekend and our group spent three fabulous days under her tutelage. I've never produced so much in one workshop! Kate calls the class the Inspired Doll and that is exactly what we made, inspired dolls!

The first day Kate took us step by step through her process. We created small heads, hands and feet. The top picture is the guy I made. I love this little person! It has a bean bag body.

The second day began with 5 minute heads, a practice to cement what we learned the day before. What a way to set the tone for the day! I could have sat doing those all day! But now we were working a little larger, to create our articulated figure.

Here are some pictures from the end of the three days. Mine is the guy in the red shirt and the two in front of it.  Everyone produced amazing work. Some of us had worked with polymer before, some had not. I can still count how many heads I have made in polymer on my fingers. I feel I've made a huge leap with this approach. Look for new pictures on my web site soon!

If you ever get the chance to take a workshop with Kate, do so! She is an amazing person, artist and teacher. Thank you Kate!!