The pattern reminds me of one of my mother's favourite tops. Must have been about 1965. Similar colours. She wore it so often that I began to think it was the only unstained, undamaged blouse she had! I like the way that colour combination pops. Would make great jewellery to go with Mum's top (if it was still around).
Thank you for the tutorial. I like your choice of colors they work very good together. This reminds me of an Aztec pattern that I often see in Native American beaded work. Nice job.
I actually made this yesterday afternoon!! It was so exciting!! From it I freeformed a dove, a few brooches and a Texas longhorn. Thank you again for the inspiration!!
As usual Mrs Evans shares in a manner that enables everyone to feel confident they, too, can tackle this technique with successful results. I find it refreshing that you never preach your way is the only way to do anything. Plus you offer tips re using layers of cardboard to determine thicknesses and various tools to accomplish desired looks. Of course the humor is always a bonus.
What a BEAUTIFUL EFFECT and the colors are so striking! THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL TUTORIAL. I can't wait to try it but it's almost 4 am. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🩷🩵👏👍🙃
I stopped the video shortly after the 2:30 minute mark, watched it again. I just loved the first cut at the 2:30 mark. It was, in my mind, the gorgeous abstract tree / vine.
As a newcomer to Dino I found this video incredibly informative and feel very excited about starting to model some jewellery beads.i have modelled animals and teddy bears etc but for cake decorating using fondant icing. Thank you very much for your clear concise instructions
Thoroughly enjoyed this tutorial. Thankfully, again this is something I feel I can attempt, and non-clayers will think me oh so talented 😎 The colours are lovely, and I'd use that sort of colour combination myself, keeping them light, dark and fun! As usual, I had a bit of a giggle to myself as I thought to 'what a fab pattern for a Christmas jumper!' I suppose that was just me? 🤔❤️
Lovely effect! In many types of art, part of the attraction for me is the tension between completely orderly and predictable vs greater randomness and unpredictability. A completely symmetrical bit of marbled clay where the stripes were exactly even might be 'perfect' but I'd be thinking 'perfectly boring'. Your marbled veneers are more interesting for the excitement of the unpredictability of it.
I love mokume gane! I've watched (and liked) your mokume gane videos. I just enjoy your videos so much and the grace with which you balance randomness and order in your work.
Brilliant tutorial. Really effective technique. The look Reminds me a bit of knitting. I'm so tempted to come to Kidderminster, Hopefully to meet you, but the journey for me to get there involves the M6, which can be a nightmare!
I like your videos. You are the best. I am a beginner. I use professionel. I have always som marks in the clay after using pastamachin. Its a problem after done your wonderful pattern. Tanken you for all tips / Helene
Thank you! I wipe my pasta machine rollers with paper towels and clean the blades underneath. It's also good to take a piece of old white (or translucent) clay and run it through the pasta machine a few times, so that the messy bits of coloured clay can stick to it.
hey i make clay earrings to and i would highly suggest that you should try using Sculpey Soufflé it has a very good end result it comes out of the oven hard and it will not break.
Who sees blue where she says true green? It’s very pretty. Maybe to get rid of the traces you could place another tile on top and something heavy on there or just push.
I'm just learning about Polymer Clay and I REALLY love that effect. Do you think, at that point, you could roll a tiny portion around something, bake it and make some beads? I'd love to make some earrings using that pattern. Also, what did you finally do with that veneer? would you use Bake and Bond to bake it onto a little craft box or something?
Thanks for another great video Valerie. Absolutely love those colors. They are very southwest and I'm going to use this to make some of my magnetic refrigerator pens with if you don't mind. Thanks again.
It's good for making pendants and earrings, covering bangles, box lids etc. Also I used it lengthwise to cover the handle of a paper knife (made with an all metal kit) which looked really attractive.
Hi the video was awesome, I am a school teacher in new Zealand, wont to teach the kids how to use the clay. my Q is do u need to bake the clay. thanks Lee
You do need to bake the clay - the instructions will be on the packaging. It's worth buying an oven thermometer to check the oven temperature as you go along and also pre-heat the oven. Bake for at least as long as the instructions say, don't rush it. Use Premo, or Fimo, don't be tempted by cheap clays. Condition (smoosh) the clay really well, to mix in their plasticisers. You don't need a pasta machine, you can use a rolling pin (don't ever use for food afterwards) placing strips of card, either side of the clay, to control the thickness. Good luck!
That sort of pattern was very popular in the early 70s, but of course, it was more uniform. I think that would make great retro earrings or a pendant. I may try that myself!
Premo or Fimo, I think. There are other good ones but these two are more readily available and have lots of colours etc. Of the two I would say Premo is best, as it is easier to condition. However, Fimo is nice for making canes (to build patterns) as the firmness gives nice crisp lines.
I absolutely love your channel. I've been watching your videos all night. It's hard to find someone doing clay without doing kawaii charms. I don't know if you have made a video about this or not, I tried to look through and see...but I have a question. Do you glaze your work? And if so, how do you glaze them without the glaze showing the brush strokes? My glaze never feels smooth or looks glassy. It looks like brush strokes. Any advice?
Glaze is a real pain isn't it? As much as possible I try to just sand and buff my work, maybe adding a little Renaissance wax to bring out the colours. If I have to seal something like mica powder, or foil leaf, onto my work, I use a couple of things... With Fimo I enjoyed using Americana DuraClear, which is very forgiving, and I used it with a little water. It was pretty smooth. Now that I have moved onto Premo the DuraClear isn't as good - it beads on the surface sometimes and it's weird. With Premo I'm using Jaquard Pearl Ex Varnish - I'm in the UK so it can be hard (or expensive) to get Varathane. The Pearl Ex varnish seems good, people recommend it but I have only used it a couple of times, so I can't swear it is great. As for technique... I like a soft brush, not too flat and I try not to overlap too much (or at all) but I'm not an expert. xx
Unruly Housewife Thank you so much for your advice! I am just starting to do some bigger works in Premo clay and I am definitely gonna try that glaze, I am currently using minwax, I think it's called. I will probably have more questions in the future as you clearly are so talented! Thanks again! Subscribed.
Could you do a video on how you film and edit your videos..I want to start but not sure where to begin..I havr a cheaper version of a go pro and a sony cam corder plus my mobile phone..whats the best one to use etc, then tag me.
Hi, sorry you are having trouble. I think you might need to angle the toothpick more and drag it more slowly. Also hopefully the clay won't be too cold and should be freshly conditioned. Hope that helps.
