Polymer Clay Texture Ideas: Leaves

Some leaves are better than the others for creating texture on polymer clay.

Look for smooth (with no little "hairs") stiff leaves with deep or protruding veins.

I found these leaves on a bush in Brookside Gardens.  Wish I knew the name of the plant...

What to do with your leaf-textured polymer clay sheet?  They can be used in many ways to make beautiful jewelry and home decor items.  A few ideas to get you started are described in my tutorials:
Polymer Clay Pendants Tutorial Leaf Imprints and Silver Frames

In this tutorial, I describe how to make and use both positive and negative texture plates using natural leaves, how to showcase their texture, and how to make pendants framed in hand-made bezels.  By the way, making the bezels, in my humble opinion, is the most valuable part of this tutorial: I am showing my extremely simple, no-soldering, method of making custom-shaped bezels, texturing them, and adding patina.

Hand-made Stamps for Polymer Clay, Workshop

I made a few more demo pieces for my class at Master Class Camp in July.

Here is my new stamp.

It started with this sketch.















...And here are a few designs made with this stamp.

Spaces are still available, and it is not too late to register if you are interested. 

Registration Form

Destash: Lots of Polymer Clay and Jewelry Making Stuff

etsy.com/shop/PolymerClayTutorials

In the process of cleaning my studio I am listing a bunch of polymer clay and jewelry-related tools, materials, and magazines in my Etsy shop.  Please check it out and see if you can use any of these things.

People who took my classes know that I am a minimalist by nature and use very few tools.  So, the tools listed for destash are either brand-new or very gently used.  Most of them are listed with a good discount.

The magazines and books are mostly my contributor copies (where my article or a piece of my jewelry was published).  I've probably flipped through them a couple of times, so again - all publications are in a very good shape, listed at discount prices.

Hand-Made Stamps: a Few More Projects

I want to show a few more pictures of pendants made with my metal stamps.  All of these were obtained with some of the stamps in the last picture.

I can teach you how to make and use these stamps in my class at Master Class Camp in Laurel, MD on July 8 and 9, 2015.  Spaces are still available, and it is not too late to register.  Here is the link to the registration form: https://creativeartsfests.wufoo.com/forms/znmjqnl176o6ft/

First Place in Bead Dreams Polymer Clay Category

My Openwork Necklace took the first place in Bead Dreams 2015, Polymer Clay Category!

Here is the link to the results page:
Bead Dreams 2015 Ribbon Winners.

I cannot wait to see the pictures of other winning pieces.  I bet they are going to be breath-taking!

Edited to add: Link to a few variations of the Openwork Pendants technique:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenascreations/