Hand made recycling cookie cutters - 69 of 366 creative days

69/366 - Hand made cookie cutters from recycled aluminium cans

Cookie cutters from aluminium soda cans. Cat shape. The site is about as tall as 2 coins of 10 or half of index finger. The example below is cut polymer clay.

a - Materials

1. Aluminium cans
2. 2 mix Glue

b - Tools

1. Scissors
2. Straight pliers
3. Round pliers

c - Techniques

1. Draw your design on a piece of paper at the scale you need it
2. Cut the bottom of the can using a knife.
3. Cut 3 cm width strips
4. Bend few millimeters at the top twice, so it will make it more sturdy.
5. Bend to match the shape you drew at the beginning using the pliers, make sure you leave some few mm for overlapping and gluing. as well, the binding area should be on a straight side, never at a corner or deep bend, will be easier to glue them together.

d - End result

I will post pictures with he steps when I will try to repeat the process. I found a nice way of doing even more complex cutters by plunging them in polymer clay and baking it after. You can find this technique and few others saved in DIY tools on Pinterest.

Polymer clay purple and pink color mix - 66 of 366 creative days

66/366 - Color mix for flowers and more

The mix is done regardless of company and turned out pretty well.
It goes well specially when you want to soften FIMO hardness.
Studio Sculpey is a very soft clay that goes softer with hand heat(specially if you have warm hands by default). Studio and PREMO Sculpey seems to remain soft over the years compared to FIMO classic.
So please see below the color mix that I played with (that's why the random combos), was a lot of fun and element of surprise.

a - Materials

1. Premo Sculpey Accents Pearl - 5101 

   

   Premo Accents Pearl
2. Premo Sculpey Accents Magenta Pearl 2029 - the light pink that was used for this experiment was discontinued in 2015(can be mixed from 8 parts Premo Accents Pearl 5101 + 1 part Premo Fuchsia 5504), the 2016 version is a strong pink. 

   

   Premo Accents Magenta Pearl

3. Premo Sculpey Accents Bright Green Pearl 5035 

   

   Premo Accents Bright Green Pearl

4. Premo Sculpey Accents Purple Pearl 5031 

   

   Premo Accents Purple Pearl

5. Premo Sculpey Accents Blue Pearl 5289 - was discontinued, can be mixed from 6 parts Premo Navy Blue 5010 + 1 part Premo Accents Pearl 5101 + 1 part Premo White 5001 + 1/8 part Premo Accents Cadmium Yellow 5572 

   

   Premo Accents Blue Pearl

6. Premo Sculpey Accents Peacock Pearl 5038 

   

   Premo Accents Peacock Pearl

7. Studio Sculpey Antique Gold 6894

   

   Studio Sculpey Antique Gold

8. Fimo Effect Metallic Gold 11 

   

   Fimo Effect Gold

9. Fimo Effect Metallic Copper 27 

   

   Fimo Effect Copper

Very useful Premo chart with discontinued colors with formulas.

b - Tools

           1 - Hands or pasta machine

c - Techniques

           1 - Mix equal amounts from the above colors

d - End result

Color Premo Pearl color mix

Color Premo Accents Sculpey Fimo metallic pearl Mix Chart

The picture shows the colors very close to reality. I love earthy colors and all those combinations please me.

Polymer clay surprise earrings - 29 of 366 creative days

29/366

  In the twenty ninth day of 366 creative days I finally finished my polymer clay "surprise" earrings I started in the fourteenth day with the polymer clay disk earrings.

PMC copper teal earrings

 
  They look very earthy colored on one side, imitating copper with a texture like those genuine copper vases you find in the old bazaars, like is beaten with a hammer, with a kumihimo thread I have done two days ago with similar colors. The surprise come from the vivid colors underneath, with a sand rock texture, those that you can only see when they are moving following the head direction, showing only a glimpse of  the colors underneath.

Polymer clay "surprise" earrings

  Another surprise come from the way I made them so you can wear them on one side or the other, or even as I showed them on the photos here(not the best quality again, but I tried).


The color mix recipes can be found here: http://shapeshadecolor.blogspot.com.cy/2011/07/color-mix-teal-10-of-366-creative-days.html

PMC fall metallic petals - 25 of 366 creative days

25/366

  For the twenty fifth day I have tried several things, not many succeeded so I only show you those that did.
 Several brownish metallic petals, very ruffled done by some experimenting with alcohol and fire.

PMC fall petals

  They will get something to focus on the middle, something contrasting and some reinforcement since they are very thin and polymer clay breaks fast.
  As material I used a polymer clay Skinner blend cane the 2/7 combo I never used as Ikat, with chocolate color in exterior and transparent orange in interior.
  As tools I used a mold I have done from a tree branch.

 Thank you!

Color mix -teal - 10 of 366 creative days

10/366
This is tenth day of 366 creative days.

a - Materials
b - Tools
c - Techniques
d - End result
e - Used for
f - Other info

a - Materials

1 -1x10(lemon)+1x37(pacific blue)
2 - 2x16(sun flower)+a pinch of 37(pacific blue)
3 -Pos 2+ 2x0(white)
4 -1x75(chocolate)
5 -1x26(cherry red) - would be nice some dark red, like 23(Bordeaux)
6 -1x11(gold)
7 - 3x37(pacific blue)+1x16(sun flower)+1/4x9(black)
8 - 1x37(pacific blue)+a pinch of 16(sun flower)
9 - 1x37(pacific blue)+2x0(white)+1/8x16(sun flower)
10 - 3x0(white)+1xPos 1
11 - Pos 3 +2x0(white)+1x16(sun flower)
12 - 1x16(sun flower)
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b - Tools

1 - Eyes and hands


e - Used for
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      Will be added later

f - Other info
- colors are not cured, they will go darker, specially the red(or at least I hope it will)
- I know that red/pinkish color is not the best but may look good, I added it for fun, first option was to use 1+2+6 and some gold leaf
- Inspiration for first was a sequence in the Nanny McPhee movie(no, that red wasn't there, for second was a Ceratosoma
- this is not a tutorial, was posted to help me remember some things and to keep track on "366 creative days" project.
Thank you!
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Textured metallic polymer clay pendant - day 5 of 366 creative days

5/366
This is for fifth day of 366 creative days.

a - Materials
b - Tools
c - Techniques
d - End result
e - Used for
f - Other info

a - Materials

1. Polymer clay materials - beads

          1 -1x27(copper) + 1x22(raspberry)(I think, not sure, very short memory)
          2 -color 9 from Clay gun experiment
          3 -1x27(copper)+1x11(gold)
          4 - 5x70(sahara)+5x014(translucent)+5x003(or just add some black sand)+1x75(chocolate)
          5 -1x27(copper)+1x26(cherry)
          6 - 1x75(chocolate) - forgot to add it in the picture, is actually the background sheet
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b - Tools

2. Polymer clay tools

          1 - Round cap or ball
          2 - Tissue blade
          3 - Rhombus texture(from an old lipstick)
          4 - Holes texture
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c - Techniques
          1,3 - Press texture 4 in  the unbaked polymer clay until it rises in the holes almost to the other side
          2 - Press texture 3 into the unbaked polymer clay
          4 - Press the round cap in the material
          5 - Place all on a darker matted sheet
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d - End result

3. Polymer clay effect pendant

e - Used for
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f - Other info
          - unbaked
          - this is not a tutorial, was posted to help me remember some things and to keep track on "366 creative days" project. If you want a tutorial with detailed pictures about this method let me know.

Thank you for your support!
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Pastel Mokume Gane - 2 of 366 creative days

2/366
This is for second day of 366 creative days.

a - Materials
b - Tools
c - Techniques
d - End result
e - Used for
f - Other info

a - Materials

1. Polymer clay colors and tools

          1 - 1x10(lemon)+7x014(translucent)
          2 -1x404(translucent orange)+3x014(translucent)
          3 - 1x404(translucent orange)+1x374(translucent blue)+2x014(translucent)
          4 - 1x39(peppermint)+10x014(translucent)
          5 - Silver leaf
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b - Tools
          6 - Cutter
          7 - Skin blade
          8 - Pasta machine
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c - Techniques

2. Layers of polymer clay and silver sheets

          7 - Layers of the polymer clay sheets(thinnest setting) and silver leaf

          8 -Roll, zig zag, add some shapes under to deform the sheet and shave layers, etc.
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d - End result

3. Models made from the Polymer clay and silver foil layers

4. Mokume Gane bead

          In image 4 I added a slice from the wavy design on a green bead. They are all unbaked, all colors will become transparent when they will be baked.
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e - Used for
          Will be added later
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f - Other info
          - this is not a tutorial, was posted to help me remember some things and to keep track on "366 creative days" project. If you want a tutorial with detailed pictures about this method let me know.

Thank you for your support!

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Clay gun Experiment - day one of 366 creative days

1/366
This is for day one of the 366 creative days project.

a - Materials
b - Tools
c - Techniques
d - End result
e - Used for
f - Other info

a - Materials

Polymer clay colors and tools

          Fimo polymer clay
          1 - 1x70(sahara)+1x014(translucent)
          2 - 1x35(windsor blue)+1x37(pacific blue)
          3 - 1x56(peppermint)+1x39(emerald)+1x014(translucent)
          4 - 11(gold)
          10 - 75(chocolate)
          9 - scrap from random amount of those 4 polymer clay colors

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   b - Tools


           5 - clay extruder with a square cap
           6 - circular cutter(I didn't have a cookie cutter so i used the inner side of a lipstick)
           7 - 3 circles cap
           8 - blade

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   c - Techniques

Tube made from polymer clay buttons

            I stashes the colors in a random order and then thinned the snake a bit to fit the extruder diameter

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d - End result

 

           1 - all 5 colors and 3 circles extruder cap, not cured

           2 - all 5 colors and square extruder cap, not cured

           3 - only 4 colors, haven't used color 1 and square extruder ca, not cured

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   e - Used for

           Will be added later

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    f - Other info

        - this is not a tutorial, was posted to help me remember some things and to keep track on "366 creative days" project. If you want a tutorial with detailed pictures about this method let me know.

    Thank you for your support!

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