Thursday, January 27, 2011

Working with Tin Can + Nendo Clay

After several weeks of not being able to work at my little corner, finally I had the chance to sit there again last night and work on something...

The project I started working at was my first attempt in working with tin cans. As you may know, we can use the regular tin cans we have around, for coin banks, jewelry boxes, etc., and re-decorate it with polymer clay. A really cute idea, eh?

The only problem is I think not only did I misplaced my blogging mojo, I am also missing my creativity as I had difficulties trying to figure out how to decorate the can. Nevertheless, I continued with the idea.
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A work in progress

I must say that even without the creativity in me, I enjoyed working on this project... And since I heard from some fellow clay crafter that Nendo polymer clay is a little hard to use due to it's stickiness, I decided to use just this for this particular project.

I find the clay a little sticky than the other clays available in the market... but I enjoyed using it because it saves me a lot of time from kneading. Since the clay is soft, less kneading time and wrist/hand effort was required to condition. Considering that it's a little challenging to maneuver due to the sticky quality, I can say that the experience is helping me develop my skills more in doing this craft.

Now this, if I would like to be really good at this craft, I should be able to work with any type of clay, not to mention a soft clay, right? And that clay qualities should never be a hindrance for me to produce really fab projects, agree? Ü

I am not done with this project yet... I'll probably post another photo of this once I'm done.

Honestly, I can't wait to see how this will turn out. But as for my clay verdict? I sure loved it! ☺
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Made with Nendo Polymer Clay

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Missing In Action

I've been off the blogging world for quite some time now...
I haven't even updated my Project 365 2011...

So many things to do, so little time...
I think I kind of misplaced my blogging heart, mind and hands somewhere...

I hope to find them real soon. :(

Friday, January 14, 2011

December Clay Projects

Let me show you the craft-y things I was able to make during the most hectic month of my 2010...  


And designing lockets...

I tried using the Scopa Water Decal paper I bought from the nearest bookstore for my clay photo transfer technique. However, I didn't like the way the photos turned out after printing... there were lots of cracks. :( Thanks to Jill of The Beadlady and Melody of Craftingtime, who generously shared tips on working with transfer papers, hopefully I'll be able to successfully do this technique the next time. I need more practice, aja aja! I am also thinking of joining one of Jill's workshops soon... *crosses-fingers*

Since the photos were not properly printed, I put off the rest of the projects I originally planned of doing... Instead I just decorated the rest of the lockets and metal sheet with flowers and applied The Beadlady Sparklers to make them more attractive and lively.

I hope the people I wish to give these to would love and appreciate them ☺
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