clay

This was a pleasant commission for a rose fancier. Steps: Make porcelain throwing and piping clay from scratch, using a combination of recipes published in "Ceramics Monthly" magazine dating back to the 1960's (clay bodies containing kaolin, silica, feldspar and other ingredients). Throw the...

The wife was in the local Joann shop buying some fabric for a project that he has going for the granddaughters. I was browsing the craft area and found a oven baked clay by the name of Sculpey. They had several different colors on the shelf. Has anyone used this particular product before...

This was a polymer clay blank David made. It is quite amazing to see the color separation. I know he is in the process of learning how to make these, and I believe he is really on the right track. I finished it with CA, and found it to be a bugger to not chip out the ends. I was persitent with...

I finally got one finished. About a month ago I decided I wanted to take the plunge into kitless pens. The only problem was I didn't have a metal lathe to do what I wanted and secondly as a polymer guy I had very little experience turning anything, let alone metal. With the consent of LOML I...

I Have only had a lathe for a couple weeks and am finally getting some pens done that I am happy with. I still have tons of questions, but wanted to share with all of you to see what you think so far. Thank you all for your wonderful posts. I would have never gotten this far without all of...