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Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label encouragement. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Thursday, February 16, 2017
POLYMER CLAY SHARE: Christi Friesen! One Of The Rock Stars Of The Poly Clay World!
Everyone, go see Christi's work history here!
Well, I am so excited to share this here, at HeArtfully creating... This week, I had shared a recent article I wrote about our young friend and artist, Luke a.k.a Jonathan Artman, with Christi Friesen because she kindly shared my first article about him last year.
This time, when I saw that I could click on the friend request on her Facebook page, I did. Because I knowing how busy she must be, not to mention how popular and famous she is in the polymer clay world, I definitely did not expect her to respond. Needless to say I was thrilled when she said yes! And coolest of all, when I wrote and thanked her, well let's just say, she has become a new friend to me - not in the facebook world where you never get to hear back from those we add. We all have friends on our list that we are even biologically related to and yet, they never respond :o( But an actual friend! She made my day!
If only she knew how happy hearing from her made me! Just ask my husband Craig! I told him it was equal to a movie fan, hearing from say Brad Pitt or Tom Hanks! As I expected, she really is as wonderful as she appears in her interviews and tutorials. Her clear desire to encourage those of us who want to learn how to work with polymer clay, making it fun and not complicated- has and still is a huge encouragement to myself and I'm sure many many others! So thank you so much Christi for blessing the socks off of me! Believe me, 365 days of the year, I wear past the knee, thick, hand knitted socks - so that's a big deal :o)
Below are some links to some tutorials that I know you will enjoy. She said she will be puttng out some new ones. So excited to see them!
Christie Friesen makes an Orchid from Clay on Beads, Baubles & Jewels (1804-1)
Creating a Bohemian Steampunk Pendant
Creating a Polymer Clay Steampunk Fish
Creating a Polymer Clay Flower and Leaf Pendant
Creating a Feathered Galumphus Bird
How to Make Gemstones Pop in Polymer Clay
Be Inspired! HeArtfully Creating!
Anita
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Friday, February 10, 2017
NEWS! Check Out And "Like" and Share My New HeArtfully Creating Facebook Page
I have been able to create a HeArtfully Creating Facebook page. Here, I can share everything artistic. But better still, anyone who wants to share photos of their art, can - just put them on the HC F/B page. Of course, the rules are that it can not be a place for people to promote businesses - just art by you!
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Anita
Friday, October 28, 2016
POLYMER CLAY JOURNEY: To Glaze Or Not To Glaze, That Is The Question!
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| Acrylic Painting On Stretched canvas by Anita Berglund |
Treating The Surface Of Polymer Clay
One of the many lessons I have learned from the many great online polymer clay artists was that the best product to use if you want to glaze your baked clay is, water based polyurethane. So I bought a huge can and spent two days straight glazing my recent pieces.
Because I have also learned that it is far better to create my polymer clay pieces as smooth as possible. Unless you want texture. If the surface is smooth, it can be left or barely sanded, waxed and buffed or glazed and look great. However, it turned out that because my pieces were too smooth, the polyurethane on many pieces peeled. I like to test all pieces after my multiple failed attempts at using other glazes such as triple thick. Some end up sticky and gross. In fact, that has been number one pet peeve. Polyurethane, perfect, no sticky icky surface. It was when I tried to see how durable the shiny surface was with my finger nail, that I discovered the glaze cold peel like good sunburn does. Okay, I use to like peeling sunburnt asking (my own of course!). Needless to say, I was very disappointed.
Here are some pictures to document what happened....
To Glaze Or Not To Glaze, That Is The Question!
As you may already know, you do not actually have to put a finish on polymer clay. The clay is far more durable than any finish. A coating of your choice (I a sticking with polyurethane used properly) is helpful if you have glitter or some such thing that you feel may rub off. Mica powder like Pearl Ex actually is fine if rubbed on in one layer onto unbaked clay. If you want to cover it before with a thin layer of liquid clay or after baking with a glaze, that is an option we have.
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| Surface Before The Polyurethane |
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| See The peeling? Bummer! |
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| See The peeling? Bummer! |
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| Working On Sanding and Then Waxing And Buffing or Polishing |
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Because Polymer clay is so fine and can enter through air passages, it is best to sand using wet/dry sandpaper in a pan of water or because I physically can't do that, I have a tub of water next to my work space. Then I dip my sandpaper and piece in the water, lay them down on a towel and begin sanding. If the surface has roughness then starting with a number 600 should work to get the hard parts off. I have to keep dipping in the water because the polymer powder builds and clogs my paper fast.
If your pieces are as smooth as mine started out, 800 to 1000 works and I even have a 2000 grit paper to finish off with if I want.
Without waxing, I personally wouldn't be able to polish my pieces hard enough. I know of other artists who don't wax. They sand and then use a cotton denim or jean fabric to buff out the clay and it gets super shiny. My hands are not strong enough to do that, so I put a thin layer of Renaissance wax and let it dry for ten minutes and then polish with a soft cloth. I love the finish. So if I can achieve a nice buttery finish with my weak hands, anyone can! Imagine what you can do with healthy muscled hands!!
Hope You Learn Something Inspirational Today!
See You Soon!
HeArtfully Creating,
Anita
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| My flowers are okay with a thin layer of polyurethane. I love this piece. |
Cindy Leitz- Polymer Clay Tutor:
Renaissance Wax
Minx Polyurethane - Oil Based
Should I Seal Polymer Clay?
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Stick Men And Beyond
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| Digital Illustration By Anita Berglund |
Hi guys. If love drawing, painting or making art of any kind, you made have heard this line before..."I can only draw stick figures, I can't draw." If you have heard someone say that in response to seeing what you can create, what do you say to them? If that is you and you really feel that you could never learn to draw or paint, then this is for you too.
I have put together a brief video in hope to discuss the "Stick Figure" attitude and show that anyone can learn to make art. Anyone can learn to do anything for that matter. So take a watch and I would love to hear your questions, see your drawings and read any comments you may have. You can leave video responses below if you click the video to link to my YouTube Channel.
Beyond Stick Figures Video (click below)
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