by Sue Heaser
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You can achieve great results with polymer clay! With the 50+ techniques in this book, you can create polymer clay buttons or boxes or anything in between. Starting with the very basics (such as rolling, baking and gluing), Sue then moves on to more advanced methods: marbling, texturing, millefiori, bead-making, faux-stone effects and more. Feature spreads show exciting ways to combine techniques. You'll find this a comprehensive guide to the medium, complete with everything from a listing of necessary tools and materials to inspiring examples of polymer clay art.
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It's hard to imagine a material more versatile than polymer clay. What other medium yields perfectly convincing simulations of everything from marble, wood, ivory, and jade to metal, porcelain, mosaic, enamel, and semiprecious stones--not to mention flowers, food, and sculptural forms? With a thoroughness rarely found in other books on the subject, Sue Heaser explains all of these methods and more, supplementing her excellent instructions with good, clear photos. Although she includes a number of full step-by-step projects, this is primarily a techniques-driven presentation. Beginning with the preliminaries of materials, preparation, color mixing, baking, and other basics, Heaser then moves on to clay manipulation (beads, millefiori, molds, vessels, frames, flowers), sculpting (simple animals, faces, armatured figures), embellished treatments (stamping, painting, metallic effects, image transfers), and simulations (stones, antique effects, wood, miniatures). Chapter-opening spreads showcase exquisite works by a variety of polymer clay artists, and a helpful appendix compares the handling properties of all the leading polymer clay brands. Beginners will most likely be more comfortable with a more project-oriented approach, but anyone already bitten by the polymer clay bug will find this an essential idea book. --Amy Handy
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Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
most inclusive book, 2008-06-18
I have a few books on polymer clay but this book teaches everything from simple beads to how to make figures. I wish this was the first book I bought . Very inspiring
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
A Helping Hand, 2008-05-29
This book is an excellent reference for the beginner in polymer modeling. Just keep it at hand, you'll find in it all the help you'll need!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
very happy with this book, 2007-10-22
highly recommended. For every beginner this is a very good choice, it covers ALL of the basics.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
All 'Round Book for Beginners, 2007-07-03
This book has more information in it than any book I've found so far on Polymer Clay.
There is enough information on the basics to get a beginner started. How to handle clay, storage, baking, and differences in products.
There is such a variety of techniques and projects that you're sure to find some you're not interested in as well as a LOT that you love.
Most of the other books I've found on Polymer clay specialize on specific uses. This one shows the range of things that are possible, and how to do them.
This will get a beginner started and give you ideas to get started in your own direction.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
GREAT BOOK FOR BEGINNERS, 2007-04-20
The book is wonderful for a beginner. It tells you the tools you need, talks about how to make beads, miniture furniture and many other projects. It is a very basic book that hits on pretty much everything to help you make beads.
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