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JAN
21
Snoopy
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JAN
21
Everyone's favorite cartoon dog Snoopy! Easy to make...great for beginners (kid-friendly)....just follow these step-by-step photos (from an Asian website). If you have any trouble with the clay not sticking to itself, just use a tiny bit of white glue for arms, legs, etc. Here are 2 suggestions for an air dry clay for this type of project...soft and pre-colored.
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JUL
25
Beginner Doll Tutorial, Part 5 of 5
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JUL
25
The final step in the beginner doll tutorial from Giovana Garcia is to finish dress, attach head & add hair.. You'll need: cold porcelain or air dry clay, some white & some pre-tinted hair color ribbon for bow knife modeling tool If you need to start at part 1, it is here. Video demo is in Portuguese but, if you don't understand language, steps are clearly demonstrated
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JUL
23
Beginner Doll Tutorial, Part 4 of 5
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JUL
23
The next step in the beginner doll tutorial from Giovana Garcia is to do some face painting. You'll need: cured head from part 3 acrylic paint dotting tools fine point brush If you need to start at part 1, it is here. Video demo is in Portuguese but, if you don't understand language, steps are clearly demonstrated without translation (mute sound). Rough translation of steps in
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JUL
23
Beginner Doll Tutorial, Part 3 of 5
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JUL
23
The next step in the beginner doll tutorial from Giovana Garcia is to model the head. You'll need: A generous amount of cold porcelain or soft air dry clay that has been pre-tinted a fleshtone. Optional Styrofoam ball a little smaller than finished head. Wooden skewer Modeling tools. If you need to start at part 1, it is here. Video demo is in Portuguese but, if
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JUL
22
Beginner Doll Tutorial, Part 2 of 5
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JUL
22
Today we have part 2 of a tutorial from Giovana Garcia showing us how to make a doll with cold porcelain. In part 2 we create the dress and add arms. Go here for part one. Video demo is in Portuguese but, if you don't understand language, steps are clearly demonstrated without translation (mute sound). For part 2 you'll need: cold porcelain or air dry clay,
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JUL
21
Beginner Doll Tutorial, Part 1 of 5
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JUL
21
This 5 part tutorial from Giovana Garcia creates the doll figure shown above. Video demo is in Portuguese but, if you don't understand language, steps are clearly demonstrated without translation (mute sound). Finished doll shown is a bit taller than your hand, from wrist to fingertips, but you can make it any size you want. Some unique techniques are
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JUL
18
Floral Week: Daylily Tutorial
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JUL
18
Ending 'Floral Week' with this Lily tutorial from Marrietta in Russia. Marietta is creating with uncolored cold porcelain and painting when cured with oil paints. You could choose to use acrylic paint, it adheres to clay just fine and should work OK on the plastic parts. You could also pre-tint your clay (yellow and green) and just use paint for details. Translate
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JUL
16
Floral Week: Tulip Tutorial
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JUL
16
How to make tulips with thin, transparent petals (and simplified stamens). Tutorial by Antonina Melnichenko is in Russian. Translate by typing text or website address here: translate.google.com/ Author says this master class is designed for those artists who already have some experience with cold porcelain or polymer clay. Materials needed are: Cold Porcelain or a soft
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JUL
13
Floral Week: Wild Rose Tutorial
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JUL
13
Let's begin a week full of flower tutorials with this wild rose arrangement. Make lovely roses following this tutorial from Marrietta in Russia. It's a step by step photo tutorial with very little text (so translation not really necessary). Instructions for filler flowers included to make arrangement shown above. If you want to translate Russian, type text or website
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FEB
12
Easter Bunny Tutorial
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FEB
12
Step by step photo demo to make this Balancing Bunny cake topper from Rouvelee's Creations. Uses Styrofoam balls for body armature and Styrofoam eggs covered in clay. Fondant was used here but cold porcelain or any of the softer types of air dry clay would be suitable.
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SEP
02
How to Model the Head of a Doll or Figure
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SEP
02
Today we have another demonstration in a series of instructional videos from Marisol Romero about cold porcelain. Marisol Romero is a cold porcelain artist from Argentina, where this medium is very popular. Many air-dry clay projects call for Styrofoam shapes as armatures for figure modeling In the following video, while at a craft show, Marisol shows us how to wrap a foam ball and
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JUL
14
Make a Ballerina Doll
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JUL
14
Clay used in this tutorial is a soft air-dry clay such as Makin's Clay, Deco Clay or Cold Porcelain. Some white, a small amount that's been tinted pink, and a larger quantity tinted flesh. Cut a strip of pink clay for bodice. Tool shown is a fondant cutting and embossing tool with changeable blades for creating different textures. It's inexpensive and works well with
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OCT
27
Modeling a Doll with Paperclay, Part 4 of 4. Dressing & Posing
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OCT
27
The final part of this step-by-step tutorial from Russian artist Dyachenko Oksana creates the clothing, shoes and props for posing the doll created in Parts 1-3. Lots of photos show how she applies fabric to the doll body, cuts to fit, and sews concealed seams directly on the doll. Hope you've enjoyed this 4 part tutorial and the techniques presented to create this cute doll made of
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SEP
26
Jorge Rubicce Basic Doll Head Demo
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SEP
26
Cold Porcelain figure by Jorge Rubicce In the following video, master craftsman Jorge Rubicce, shows us his method for modeling the head of his cute cold porcelain figures. He starts with a Styrofoam ball (for armature) and an equal size ball of cold porcelain to create an egg shaped head. Notice that he uses his palms to form the cold porcelain and always works toward
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SEP
15
Lalaloopsy tutorial
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SEP
15
Lalaloopsy by Starry Delight, step by step photos to create clay figure shown above. Click on 1st photo (or click 'open photo viewer') to go thru the slideshow for added instruction. She uses cookie cutters for cutting some of the shapes, barbeque sticks for the legs, and a flower cup to create a perfectly round head. Optionally, with air dry clay, you could use a
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AUG
15
Cold Porcelain Tips from Marisol
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AUG
15
Marisol Romero What is Cold Porcelain? Cold Porcelain (CP) is a modeling compound that is composed of white glue and cornstarch. The recipe for cold porcelain is quite simple and it can be made or home or purchased commercially. CP is a material that can be modeled in small volumes and large. Its characteristics are softness, whiteness and elasticity. CP is known
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JUN
10
Make This Cute Bee in a Clay Pot
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JUN
10
Eliana Braga has created a step by step photo tutorial showing you how to create this cute bee sitting in a clay pot with a few easy-to-make flowers. This was created with cold porcelain but almost any air-dry clay would be suitable. The softer brands of air-dry clay may be the best for this. Eliana also shows detail steps for painting the eyes and creating the sweet facial expression.&
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APR
15
Variegated Rose Technique by Rubicce
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APR
15
In the following video, the well-known cold porcelain artist from Argentina, Jorge Rubicce, shows us a very new technique for creating realistic roses using pre-tinted cold porcelain. We've previously featured a few of Jorge's videos where he shows us how to make cold porcelain flowers, but, this time, he shows us how to create petals with gently variegated colors. Extremely
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FEB
15
Create a Leprechaun or Elf
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FEB
15
This is a step-by-step tutorial to create an elf (or Leprechaun) using cold porcelain. (He bears a strong resemblance to our mascot gnome...maybe they're cousins! LOL) Instructions are in Spanish but there's many photos showing each step. Google can translate the page for you or you can just follow the photo examples. Materials needed are: Cold porcelain
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OCT
25
Create the Texture of Wool in CP
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OCT
25
Jorge Rubicce imitates wool texture in this cold porcelain video demonstration. He also shows how to create the effect of hair peeking out from under the wool cap. Notice that the head he is working with is fully cured and he uses white glue to attach the additional cold porcelain for the cap. If you don't understand the language in this video, just mute the sound and follow along
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OCT
19
Make This Sleepy Puppy
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OCT
19
Make this cute sleepy puppy with cold porcelain or other air-dry clay. Materials needed include: Cold Porcelain (about 1 lb...500 gr) Polystyrene or Styrofoam spheres No 4 and No 5 (1 for body and 1 for head) Acrylic or oil paint to pre-tint white clay: Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna Sculpting tool & clay roller Vinyl or water-based glue Eye stickers (or paint
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SEP
25
Garden bunny shelf sitters
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SEP
25
Aren't these shelf sitters cute? Easy to make and great summer decoration. Made with air-dry cold porcelain, using rope for legs and pushmold for tiny flowers. Embellished with mini garden tools and wire. Good beginner project! See the Rabbit Gardeners tutorial at Creaclic. Tutorial is in French but Google can translate for you. Did you know that you can use sugarcraft
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AUG
21
Clay Flowers: Mini Carnations
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AUG
21
Make these miniature carnations following this tutorial by Ernesto Baldini of Punto Sur. Cold porcelain is used in the tutorial but other air-dry clays will work well for this project, especially the soft clays.
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AUG
20
Clay Flowers: Miniature Violets
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AUG
20
Make these miniature violets following this tutorial by Ernesto Baldini of Punto Sur. Cold porcelain is used in the tutorial but other air-dry clays will work well, especially the soft clays. Instead of miniature, you could try making these flowers life size using these same techniques.
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