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hello,
my name is April,i live in Canada.
i have been sculpting in clay for about 10 months now,i can only
sculpt babys, i have tryed many things but babys are the only thing
that comes out right,lol
any way talk to you all latter

welcome, april. i'm another colonial: oregon, usa. it's good to have you
onboard. do you have any pictures of your work?

--sunni
http://sunnisan.com/crafts/polyclay.html


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hello,
my name is April,i live in Canada.
i have been sculpting in clay for about 10 months now,i can only
sculpt babys, i have tryed many things but babys are the only thing
that comes out right,lol
any way talk to you all latter








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hello i have just put some pics of my babies in the photos under
aprilslillangels,and i have a ?,how do i  change to regular emails?
when i get messages there all in one,how do i get them one at a time
or can i?
thanks April

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wrote:
>
> anyone here into making teeny clay babies??
>
>
> amanda
> xxxxxxxx

i make tiny clay babies from 1 to 5 inches,
April

hope you all have a merry Christmas
April



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Hi

Is there any instruction online to study how to make these tiny babies.

Moray



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hello ladys,
i have just listed 3 new babies on ebay,take a look,

http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZaprilslillangelsQQsorecordsperpageZ5\
0QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1

hi i dont know im sure there is somewhere, i just kinda taught my
self,ill be macking one again soon and ill take pics as i go and ill
post them for you.
April

Greetings from the Mediterranean!
This product, one of the few water-based finishes available to me
locally, is made in the UK.
Do any UK clayers have any experience with it?

Thanks!
Joshua

Polydays Newsflash!!! The British Polymer Clay Guild are planning
two days of claying heaven workshops for 1-3 April. There are loads
of different workshops to suit all skills and interests. As well as
several miniatures workshops - make a cockerel, a dragonfly, or a
fishy feast, there is also silver clay workshops and various demos,
and we are also having Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes over to teach
from Canada! They will be doing several classes from re-inventing
canes from scrap as well as imitative polymer clay beach pebbles and
more! Oh and our very own Margaret Reid (list owner) will be doing a
class on Screen Printing on Polymer Clay.

To see full details of the weekend and which workshops still have
available spaces go to http://www.bpcg.org.uk/classplaces.htm

Places are booked on a first come first served basis and places are
filling up fast - so get your applications in asap!

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk

Shelley, I'm glad you popped up and posted this message, I was hoping
that one of the 'powers that be' would!  I had a quick look at the
spaces available.  I could hardly believe my eyes that there are spaces
in Dan's and Tracy's workshops!  They are great teachers and a lot of
fun - so sign up NOW to learn some cutting edge techniques.  Dan's work
is incredible and Tracy's pebbles look like the real thing.  Honestly.
Dan and Tracy are both at the forefront of polymer clay art - this is
an opportunity not to be missed!

We'll see you there!

Margaret

>    Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:32:07 -0000
>    From: "Shelley" <shelley@...>
> Subject: British Polymer Clay Guild Workshops
>
>
> Polydays Newsflash!!! The British Polymer Clay Guild are planning
> two days of claying heaven workshops for 1-3 April. There are loads
> of different workshops to suit all skills and interests.  . . . we are
> also having Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes over to teach
> from Canada! They will be doing several classes from re-inventing
> canes from scrap as well as imitative polymer clay beach pebbles and
> more! Oh and our very own Margaret Reid (list owner) will be doing a
> class on Screen Printing on Polymer Clay.
>
> To see full details of the weekend and which workshops still have
> available spaces go to http://www.bpcg.org.uk/classplaces.htm
>
> Places are booked on a first come first served basis and places are
> filling up fast - so get your applications in asap!
>

Margaret

You should have done an announce too blowing your own trumpet at teaching
etc.

I think Dan's 'De-Construction Zone' is the only one with of his with some
places left, and Tracy's are also nearly there I believe.

I saw those picy's of Tracy's pebbles and thought they were really great,
very realistic without the weight of the real deal.
I've already signed up for a mixture of their classes. I just wish I could
be in several places at the same time (including yours).

Definitely an opportunity not to be missed.

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk




Shelley, I'm glad you popped up and posted this message, I was hoping
that one of the 'powers that be' would!  I had a quick look at the
spaces available.  I could hardly believe my eyes that there are spaces
in Dan's and Tracy's workshops!  They are great teachers and a lot of
fun - so sign up NOW to learn some cutting edge techniques.  Dan's work
is incredible and Tracy's pebbles look like the real thing.  Honestly.
Dan and Tracy are both at the forefront of polymer clay art - this is
an opportunity not to be missed!

We'll see you there!

Margaret

Hi All,
I have put some news on my website!

Regards,
Marjo

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Anyone here other than Margaret and I who are going to be going to Polydays?

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk

Hi Amanda :0)
I am new to this group, I make tiny clay babies and am wanting to go
onto making baby sized ones one day soon. Your little one is looking
great! Keep it up :0)
Meg
ps, I everyone *waves*






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wrote:
>
> anyone here into making teeny clay babies??
>
>
> amanda
> xxxxxxxx

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Anyone here other than Margaret and I who are going to be going to Polydays?

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
I can't remember whether I have answered this Shelley, but yes I will be
there.....couldn't possibly miss it.........I have been to three weekends so
far and this makes four. Each one different but all highly enjoyable.This
time all my workshops are mini orientated.
  Iris near Peterborough uk







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I'm a new member and have been working in polymer clay and pmc for
many years making jewellery. I really want to branch out and start
making fantasy faries, but my attempts have been miserable. Anybody
know of a tutor in the London or Essex area who could teach me and
give me a few pointers. I'm a bit restricted in where I can travel
to, as I have a disabled husband.
Thanks

Hello All,

A few months ago, I mentioned that I'd found a source of ultrafine
grit grade silicon carbide paper in the UK (by ultrafine, I mean down
to 2500 grains per inch!) because some people were having
difficulties locating it in their local shops.

The company is Axminster Tools and they deal online and deliver by
post....

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=19877&recno=15

I finally needed to restock my papers and on Monday I ordered quite a
range from them.

The order arrived this morning (2 days later - free delivery over
£45) and the quality of the papers is excellent (Hermes brand)

They also stock just about any hand or power tool you can imagine,
not to mention all varieties of glue - so the free post on orders
over £45 is horribly easy to achieve.

I hope this helps anyone who's having a hard time locating the papers.

Alan

http://www.ardice.com/Arts/Crafts/Modeling_Compounds/Polymer_Clay/Chats_and_Foru\
ms/
Hello, I found this group at this website.

to post a swap I am hosting?

Yes, no problem!  Go for it!

Margaret

>    From: "Tonja Lenderman" <tkaylen@...>
> Subject: Is it okay.........
>
>
> to post a swap I am hosting?

>  if somewhat nervous!
No need to be nervous!  They're a nice bunch of people, and won't bite!

> I'm planning on buying a pasta machine this week and practising
> using it before I attend- is there anything else anyone would
> recommend I learn or practise before going?

It's a great timesaver if you condition your clay beforehand.  That
way you don't have to use class time to get it ready.  And your
instructors will thank you.  Also knowing the sharp and dull sides of
a tissue blade is useful, so you don't cut your fingers.  Some people
mark theirs with nail polish.

> I look forward to having fun with polymer clay and meeting some of
> you at the weekend

See you there!

Margaret

PS  Really nice sites you've got - did you do the design yourself?
(And the beadwork is stunning too!)

> http://www.beadelicious.co.uk
> http://www.jeanpower.com

Hi Jean and welcome!

When you get to polydays, make sure you introduce yourself to me and
say hello!! There's no reason to be nervous, we're a friendly bunch,
but I do know how you feel. I always get sorta nervous/excited and
can't sleep before or while I'm there, but it's worth it.

As for what you should learn/practise before you go. Um.....
definitely play with the pasta machine. I don't know what sort you
got, but some do leave sorta streaks in the clay when they are new.
I would recommend getting used to it and running lightish coloured
scrap clay through it to help let you get a feel for the machine as
well as clean any residue oily/whatever streaks. I've been lucky,
I've 2 pasta machines and neither of them have ever streaked, but I
do know it does happen.

As for anything extra to bring, I don't think the supply list
mentioned it, but I find baby wipes an absolute essential. I clean
my work surface, rollers, tools etc, and also my hands with them
before eating and between changing colours.

Bring with plenty of money, the polypit will be set up and even
though I always have plenty of clay and have lots of  tools I
inevitably buy more! At least you get to see things in the flesh and
can ask how something works if you don't know what it's for.

I can't think of anything else particularly to learn. If you are
very new to clay, I would suggest you just play with it and learn
how it feels and try marbling colours together to see how they
blend, and what they look like when they're then run through the
pasta machine.

What classes are you taking?

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk

> > I'm really looking forward to it, if somewhat nervous!
> I'm busy now tracking down everything on the supplies list and
> ordering from the clay pit.
> I'm planning on buying a pasta machine this week and practising
using
> it before I attend- is there anything else anyone would recommend
I
> learn or practise before going?
> I look forward to having fun with polymer clay and meeting some of
> you at the weekend
>
>
> Jean
> http://www.beadelicious.co.uk
> http://www.jeanpower.com

> I hadn't thought of conditioning the clay before had but I will do
> now. I've
> never conditioned my clay before so it'll be a learning experience. Do
> i
> then just make sure I put it in an airtight bag?

Either that or put each sheet of clay between sheets of tinfoil, e.g.
tinfoil - clay - tinfoil - clay - tinfoil etc.  Cling film and wax
paper are also used for this, but some cling film reacts with the clay,
going gooey after a while, and wax paper can leach the clay and make it
stiffer.  Sometimes you want to do this, but only intentionally!  If
you have any questions about conditioning, just ask!  Or visit
glassattic.com, which is a great on-line resource for polyclayers.

>  I'm just worried about being in a class taight by someone who'd
> obviously highly
> regarded when I'm a complete beginner.

No need for concern - there will be other complete beginners there too,
and anyone who's taught PC will have taught beginners.  And Dan and
Tracy are a hoot.

Margaret

Jean - I have an atlas and an imperia. The atlas is by far the better
machine. I'll be in Dan's mica pardigm shift class as well so if we don't
catch up together before, perhaps we'll be able to then. 'Conditioning' clay
is something several folk can't agree on! Although I've always been told to
condition clay thoroughly before use - even the soft clays, all I do is
condition them enough to make them usable. Fimo (and the older it is the
harder it is) needs the most conditioning to get it to a workable state.
Premo very little indeed. If you were using premo for your classes I
wouldn't work too hard at getting it conditioned. So long as it's sorta
conditioned a bit before, you can get it workable very quickly. On the other
hand if you are mostly using fimo you want to get it as well conditioned
before the class as you can.

As for curing it, the best thing I can think of is to make sure you have an
oven thermometer and check the temperature. Too short a cooking time, or too
low a temperature (even if you cook it for longer) will result in brittle
pieces taht break easily and wont be properly cured. I tend to bake for at
least an hour even the smallest of pieces, I just make sure the oven is full
before I start baking!

As for an airtight bag. So long as it's covered to keep dust off, it doesn't
have to be airtight. You just really only need to stop the different colours
touching each other and to keep the dust/cat hair off. Some cling films
degrade and become 'one' with polymer clay - basically it eats them up. Do a
test on a small bit of clay to see what your cling film is like. I either
wrap clay in cling film or shove it in little plastic baggies.

Thanks for the nice comments about my website. That picy of my display was
taken a few years ago, I really need to take another one. Some of the set up
has changed.

I took a gander around your site too. WOW, lots of lovely beady stuff. It's
funny I have patience for complex caning, but none whatsoever for complex
beading!

Do look me up if you are ever in my neck of the woods. I'm about to book
more fairs for the summer so there will be even more dates added soon.

Shelley
www.shelleym.co.uk




Hi
I was going to buy my pasta machine today but will stay in out of the snow
instead!
I was going to try and get an atlas as i'd been told them were the best.
The classes I'm taking are the Mokume Dan Cormier one, the miniature and
jewellery art clay ones on saturday, and mica paradigm shift with Dan
Cormier on sunday.
I've used art clay silver before so am not too worried about that. I'm just
worried about being in a class taight by someone who'd obviously highly
regarded when I'm a complete beginner.
I have played with polymer clay before- not very successfully- I didn't
condition the clay and either cooked it too long or not long enough! so it
didn't last very long. I'm hoping that with more practice I'll come to
recognise where I'm going wrong etc.

I really liked your website- it's always nice to see more beads! Your
display for shows looks fantastic and I noticed you're near my inlaws so
next time I'm down there I'll have to check if you have a fair on

>does anyone know where you can buy one in the UK?

Have you tried this site:

http://www.southdowns.co.uk/In%20the%20Home/Kitchen%20
<http://www.southdowns.co.uk/In%20the%20Home/Kitchen%20&%20Entertaining/past
amaker.html> &%20Entertaining/pastamaker.html

Hugs
Julia
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Hello Jeannie,

Here's where I bought mine - Divertimenti....

http://tinyurl.com/6dsq2 (look under 'Italian Essentials')

(you can tell that the machine's an actual Atlas by the fact that it
comes with a funny plastic roller thing which looks
somewhat 'agricultural' - as far as I know, clayers haven't yet found
a definite use for this, but it looks like it should be very handy
for something - probably!)

They trade online and their machines are guaranteed to be the genuine
Italian made ones (they stock a giant Imperia electric model too but
that's £240 - so be careful where you click if you order from them!)

Good luck

Alan




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<jeanniepoppers@h...> wrote:
>
> I finally got my pasta machine- I went to argos as I was told they
> sold Atlas ones but when I got it home it wasn't atlas. I've tried
> tracking down an atlas one but can't find one for sale anywhre-
does
> anyone know where you can buy one in the UK?
> I haven't used my machine yet as I was debating taking it back if I
> could find an atlas but it's getting close to the weekend away and
I
> want to play- very impatient, lol and my order cam from polymer
clay
> pit so I've got lots of new clay I want to play with!
> I may try the machine and see how I get on- thanks for all the
advice
> that I've been given- I'll try and put it into practice
>
> Jeannie
> http://www.jeanpower.com
> http://www.beadelicious.co.uk

Hi All,

I've just found out about a new-ish Swann morton product which may be
of great help to us clayers.

It's a metal handle which will take several types of small-size
scalpel blades - the big difference is the fact that the blade will
slide away when not in use - thus protecting it and the owner!

Also, I've found that apart from the three main positions of the
blade (in - out and remove old blade/fit new one) the depth of cut is
infinitely variable and so, it can be used to make partial depth cuts
into soft materials (like clay!)

Here's their craft website...

http://www.craftknives.com/products.html

Most good tool/craft stockists will have them (Axminster does for
example)

Alan