Make this pretty Flamingo for the kids or with the kids. This working marionette puppet project from AMACO is suitable for grades 6-8. This tutorial uses AMACO Claycrete, which is an instant papier mâché. If you
Air Dry Clay Tutorials
Tips and Tutorials for sculpting and modeling with air-dry, no-bake, self hardening clays and modeling compounds
Make a Skinny Doll Ballerina
Create this cute ballerina skinny doll from cold porcelain following these instructions from Giselle of Gisarteira Atelier. Customize the doll to your own preference! Other air-dry clays could be used in place of cold porcelain.
Step by step instructions (in English) follow the video (which is written in Portuguese).
Steampunk Paperclay Book
This tutorial from Terri Sproul creates a Steampunk* Paperclay Book with embellishments such as safety pins and lots and lots of scrapbooking items. Artist uses interesting techniques to create a one-of-a-kind piece.
*Steampunk is a genre that originated during the 1980s and early 1990s and incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history. It involves a setting where steam power, gears, clock parts and mechanical devices are used in unique ways. Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style. (wikipedia.org)
Create Pink Pig Using Cloud Clay & Water Bottle
Lots More Eyes to Paint
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Paperclay Stump Doll
Stylized and aged with crackle finish, this 'Dancing Girl' Paperclay stump doll from Miss Sophie Arts looks like it'd be a lot of fun to make. The author sculpts heads and necks from Paperclay but their bodies use a paper mache technique.
Painting Eyes Step by Step
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| Bunny (by Mary) with painted eyes |
"Paper Clay" Barnacles
This tutorial from Brenna creates these decorative "barnacles" from papier mache pulp, which she is calling "paper clay". Brenna says: "I used paper clay to make these organic barnacles. These lovely little objects would make stunning tabletop centerpieces, small storage vessels, wall decor, votives . . . the options are endless!" Visit site for homemade paper clay pulp recipe and how-to instructions for barnacles.
How to Make a Strand of Clay Flowers
This is a 2-part video from msedcolor (Simply Chic Lily) demonstrating how to make simple clay flowers and then connect them into a strand of flowers to use as necklace, bracelet, headband or home decor.
Divine Decadence Stump Doll
This gorgeous stump doll was created by Arley Berryhill. It is made of Creative Paperclay and covered in fabric and other embellishments. A "stump doll" has a solid body....no legs. Sculpting details are concentrated above the waist and lower body is usually covered by skirt. The body of a stump doll is often molded around a candlestick or bottle or something else that stands easily by itself.
"Divine Decadence" is a cloth stump doll and stands 22" tall. The facemask is cast in Paperclay and covered in knit fabric with glass eyes and polymer teeth. The artist has kindly provided step-by-step photos of the work in progress so you can see how he did it and be inspired to create your own stump doll with Paperclay.
Lumina Clay Leaves
A easy and effective tutorial from Camille Young creating leaves for jewelry or wall art. She is using Lumina clay, an air-dry polymer resin clay that cures in 24 hours. Once Lumina clay is air dried it becomes extremely durable, translucent and incredibly flexible.
Paper Mache Buffalo
Brian Bemisdarfer sculpts instant papier mache into his unique "Thathanka — Giver of Plenty" buffalo. Pretty nice sculpt, don't you think? Here's the step by step instructions for creating the buffalo.
The modeling material he is using is a dry powder that is mixed with water for an instant papier mache pulp. Either Celluclay or Sculptamold or something similar. He does not appear to be using the paperclay product, Creative Paperclay but Creative Paperclay could be used!
Sculpting a Heron
Believe it or not, this beautiful Heron was sculpted from a gourd. Actually it's made from several gourds that were carved, assembled and detailed with air-dry clay by Phyllis Sickles. Phyllis shares her clay+gourd process in this series of step-by-step photos for "Sculpting the Heron".
Modeling a Simple Doll Face
In this video, Christina Albuquerque of Brazil shows us how to model a simple face. This cute doll head has an easy 'button' nose and the eyes will be painted on after clay dries. Learn this basic face first and then you can customize with different expressions. Christina starts with a ball of cold porcelain that is the same size as the Styrofoam ball that will be
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