Tutorial Scrap Polymer Clay Vase

Another tutorial re-worked from my earlier publication in Polymer Cafe magazine is now available in my shop, PolymerClayTutorials.etsy.com.

This is a fun and easy project. There are many ways to utilize scrap polymer clay, but many of them require colorful piles of scraps and offer ideas for relatively small quantities of them. This project helps to take care of a relatively big amount of clay in similar colors.

Tutorial Polymer Clay Vase with Sculpted Lilac Flowers and Gemstones

I just finished writing a tutorial for my polymer clay vase with sculpted lilac flowers and leaves.  The vase is decorated with amethyst gemstones and has a lot of texture.  I am very happy with this project!

This tutorial is 23 pages long and has almost 60 pictures. I organized my instructions in 18 sections, and broke each section into a few steps.

This tutorial is now available in my Etsy shop.

 

Two More Polymer Clay Vases

Here are two more polymer clay vessels I mentioned earlier this week.  The first one has amethyst inlays and hand-sculpted leaves and lilac flowers.  I am currently working on a step-by-step tutorial explaining how to make a vase like this.

 

The second vase has a white clay base with crystal quartz chips.  The leaves are made out of two complimentary leaf canes.  These leaf canes (and many more) are described in my Polymer Clay Leaf Canes tutorial.  There are also emerald green Swarovski crystals among the leaves. 

 

New Vase: a Gift for a Friend

This new polymer clay vase is a gift for my friend.  I just finished it last week.  In fact, I made three vases, all with different variations of polymer clay-covered base and sculpted leaves. I will show the other two later this week.  This red one is about 3" tall.  The base is covered with black polymer clay treated with gold acrylic paint.  This teachnique is described in my Tutorial Polymer Clay and Pearls Vase.  The leaves are made using one black and burgundy polymer clay cane.  You may learn how to make leaf canes following my Polymer Clay Tutorial Millefiori Leaf Canes.