: Flora: Leaf, Flower, and Plant Designs for Polymer Clay

120 pages of full-color step-by-step project pictures, images, doodles and other fun stuff.

In this book, you will wander through leaf, flower and plant designs in the form of projects, techniques, creative nudgings, doodles, inspirational photos and more. Always more! I?m excited about the guest-artist spotlights in this book, as well as my quirky role as tour-guide for this romp though the flora! (you?ll see....)

Great for all skill levels, of course, and a good volume for artists who work in other media, since the emphasis in this book (and the others in this series) will be on technique, exploration, creativity and design, not just projects. Don?t worry, though, there are still plenty of projects.

CHRISTI FRIESEN Projects, techniques and ideas!

“Swellegant!” is a wonderful line of metal coatings and colorants. There are 5 different Metal Coatings that can be used to coat most surfaces (polymer clay of course, but also metal, plaster, resin, wood, ceramic, and more!). If you would like to add “age” to your piece after it’s coated, you have 3 Patinas to choose from. To add color, select from a pallet of 13 Dye-Oxides. These are concentrated colors, but they’re transparent & they act like patinas, soaking into the other layers of your piece & transforming all the layers. All the metal coatings, patinas and dye-oxides can be layered in any order, as many times as you want–here a dab, there a splash–until you build up the look you want. And finally, a Clear Sealant will seal all your surface applications to preserve it just right and keep you clean if you’re wearing a piece as jewelry. This sealant is made especially for use with these products and adds absolutely no shine to the piece.

A small bag of shimmery mylar flakes with a lovely opalescent shine. They can be mixed into clay, added onto the surface of clay and sealed with varnish/glaze, or be swirled into resin. Great in icy and watery situations!
Contents: 3 gram