Handmade Butterflies – Using Polymer Clay
Made with polymer clay, rubber stamp and alcohol inks. Fast and easy to make using only a few items.
Tools: Polymer Clay, Pasta Machine (Rolling pin or an old glass) Butterfly Cookie cutter, Stamp, baking tray, oven, Alcohol ink, Alcohol.
I mixed two clays because I thought I might use the butterflies on different projects and I wanted them to be stronger and the plain polymer clay can be fragile so adding the stronger one will help keep them from breaking so easily. But it isn’t necessary if you plan to glue them to a project that won’t get handled a lot.
The Alcohol ink and Alcohol is just one way to “paint” them, I have used acrylic paints and spray paint and just about anything else you can think of on the market, that is just what I used in this video…
When I glue them to a project I sometimes mix glues, white glue and hot glue or an epoxy, depending on what it is I’m using the butterfly for and how much handling it will get. Take a look at some of my other videos and you will see me using a mix of products to adhere the butterflies.
If you have questions please feel free to leave them in the comments and I’ll will answer them.. Thank you for viewing the video…
Linda
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Posted on March 16th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Cool idea. I make crafts with my 2 girls & this looks like a project I can do with the older one. These would make a nice mobile as well or maybe wind chimes!
Posted on April 11th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
You do have a gift of hand… Very intricately painted butterflies… saw someone creating her own accessories using polymer, I do have a question though… Since Polymer is a clay isn’t it a heavy medium to use for accessories? Like earrings? We all know that clay is heavy right?
Posted on April 12th, 2011 at 9:27 am
I usually give golfer tips to kids. As a little token for them,My wife makes golf clubs out of polymer clay. It’s a little hobby she does that’s not even costly.
Posted on April 15th, 2011 at 11:37 am
Thanks so much Ophelia for stopping by.. The Polymer clay isn’t that heavy and now there is a line that is Ultra lite that can be used for items like earrings. So it depends on how thick or bulky you make the items on how heavy it will be when you are done.
Posted on July 20th, 2011 at 12:04 am
What you have just shown in the video is a very creative and a very resourceful work. I never thought that clay can be that useful not just as a toy. Its just now that I find clay a very important material of art.