Pop Art Polymer with Lisa Pavelka 

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You’re welcome 😊

Have fun! And please share on one of our channels what you're making (we love to see) :)

Great, glad to hear you're going to give it a try! Thanks for watching and happy creating!

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads love watching you!!!! All of you! I’m definitely going to be purchasing a ton of stuff. 🙌 tax season lol

Thank you very much Janet!

Thanks for the positive feedback.

You bet! Thanks for watching!!

Thank you!

So glad you enjoyed this!

how could I buy them if I only have a debit card. No paypal??????

Fire Mountain Gems accepts American Express, VISA, MasterCard and Discover credit cards and PayPal online. You can also use your ATM/check card with the VISA or MasterCard logo. Check by Phone service is also available on phone orders placed through Customer Service.

We agree, Lisa is great!!

Amanda, look me up if you’re ever in Las Vegas. You can message me on Facebook. Perhaps we could set up a studio day!

@@LisaPavelka Oh what a wonderful privilege an honor that would be! If I'm ever out that way, I'll definitely send a message your way =) You don't know it, but you're the reason I even started working with jewelry. I am a multi-media artist, using everything from glass to paper. But when I came across your videos, it was all over from there! Lol. I've been picking up pieces here, there and everywhere and working on making my own little jewelry paradise 💍 All thanks to your inspiration, imagination, leadership and creativity! Thanks for that. ❤ Amanda

@@amandaforeman7441 It's my absolute pleasure. I'll be your "pusher!" Creativity is my drug of choice and it sounds like it's your's too! Where can I see your work? You sound like a powerhouse talent in your own right with so much experience in so many mediums. Your comments are truly a gift to me and I appreciate your kind words. I'm so lucky to do what I love and have Fire Mountain Gems & Beads as a platform to share that love! They really get it...and me!

@@LisaPavelka You are so welcome! Yes it is definitely a drug for me..seeing new beads and buying them is irresistible!! Unfortunately all of my larger artwork was destroyed along with most of our home in a tornado a few years ago (live in Oklahoma). I lost all of my precious pieces, some that i even had from my early teen years. But there was a ray of light. My high school art teacher had passed away just months before the tornado. Even though I hadn't talked to her in nearly 20 years, I could always here her while working on any piece (still do). So what I now say is that the artwork I lost was needed by her upstairs with the Lord. A sacrifice I was happy to make. I then took a hiatus from art to do several other things, including becoming a firefighter! I have only just begun to add some of my jewelry pieces online. Some are older ones I've done. You can find a small selection of it on my pinterest page called: modernartchitect. I am now starting to work with fabrics and metals and have some fantastic jewelry projects and ideas combining the two!

So glad you enjoyed the tutorial. We'd love to see what you end up making with that sheet!

It was the best! So much clay fun, great times and too much delicious food!

Tia Tay I use a toaster oven

Hi there. Lisa is great, isn't she! We're glad you're enjoying her videos. At about 14:10, Lisa explains how to finish the backing of the project and why she doesn't complete much more than what she demonstrates to the back. I hope that helps.

Ok, I will watch it again. Thanks!

Hi there Terri, we can't fit everything in the catalogs and therefore some things can be found only online. Here is a link to the gear components she is using in this video: fmg.co/Auj8nu

Thank you so much!

ronie327 I hope you can save for the stamps you like. Consider it an investment in relativity. Once you have it, you'll have it forever. There are so many ways you can use them.

Lisa Pavelka i know. I am a single mom of three and can't seem to ever get a break for things that I want. but maybe one day. who knows. I really love your stuff. one day maybe. 💓

ronie327 you can sometimes find her stamps on eBay 2nd hand , fyi .

Hi there. I''m glad you enjoyed the video! You'll find what you're looking for here: fmg.co/Z8hryI

Tia Tay yup , sure can ! Liquid clay is perfect for adhering baked clay to fresh clay !

Hi, Theresa! Our jewelry designers offered this, from their experience: "In general, no, Polybond will not prevent you from using your scrap clay, but--it depends on how much Polybond is on the clay, and what you want to use that clay for afterwards. It does turn hard, so you will have a hard little bit in your scrap clay. If it is important to have perfectly smooth clay, don’t use it. If you are using it as scrap for the core of a bead or a base for something else, no big deal. Use the slightly flawed clay with a bit of dried Polybond in it. The nice thing about Polybond is that you only need a tiny amount, and it is heat safe, so putting it in your craft oven will not harm anything." Hope that answers your question(s)!

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads thank you so much for answering that for me. I just did a project from one of your other tutorials and really love your teaching.

We're glad to help!

Polymer clay is baked, usually in a craft oven. Each brand needs a slightly different baking time and temperature, so you'll have to check the packaging.

Thanks for the little lesson, Richard! Glad you still liked the project :D

Hi Richard, thanks for your comment. The design of my stamp is based on the background graphics commonly found (such as flares, swirls and graduated dots) in much of the Pop art of the 60's. It was my research into the genre that which served as my inspiration for many of the patterns of this stamp.

Or...."drop-out" art? (I was there.)

@@TechSupport100 Hee hee

Hi there, you can find the rubber stamps Lisa uses right here at Fire Mountain Gems: fmg.co/xtSCbJ

Polymer clays naturally shrink a little as they dry and can shrink a smidge more during baking. Try adding liquid polymer clay in the cracks, then re-bake according to the temperature on the bottle's instructions.

Thank you. I will try that tomorrow.

keep us posted!

This and some of my other stamps are available at www.firemountaingems.com Melissa.

Try this link for the textured stamps: www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h204908tl?wt.mc_id=YTZG84R_1

You sure can. In this video tutorial we chose to use Polymer clay.

Some designers prefer them the opposite way--and there are glue-on bails which reverse the textured side, so it's not just them. Different strokes for different folks!

Allow me to put what probably seems to be an overstatement into context. Please understand that a lot of jewelry is inaccessible to people with sensory processing issues. Generally, the less tactility with which an adornment can be finished, the more people will be able to make use of it. Being conscious of this, designers' making by hand, for public consumption, are in an ideal position to take this into consideration when they create.

Thanks for your thoughtful follow-up.

Thank you for your feedback!

Thank you for the feedback!

Lisa tries to offer multi-channel education. Some folks learn best from listening, some by watching, some by doing. It's hard to balance. Thanks for the feedback--we hope that other videos teach closer to your personal learning style