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# Blonde Crow Studio

Maria's Polymer Clay Journal

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## Posts

- [My Projects Blog](https://blondecrowstudio.com/my-projects-blog/) - This is a blog page template page created by Superb Addons. You can edit this page's content and its template. If the blocks you want to edit can't be found in the page content, please edit the blog template (home or index).
- [Come Together, Right Now](https://blondecrowstudio.com/come-together-right-now/) - ... over me. You're singing it now, aren't you? Scraping, sanding, spackling, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, cleaning... it's finally finished! Hung new curtains, moved in a few things but like all new studio configuration, it's subject to change to what works best. For the cat. She must look out every window and walk through every
- [Waiting for the Paint to Dry](https://blondecrowstudio.com/waiting-for-the-paint-to-dry/) - Since April, the Northwest Polymer Clay Guild is meeting on Zoom. I had a space downstairs set up while I'm getting my clay studio ready. Here's a few dining table creations...
- [How to Make Persian Blue Turquoise… Without Waiting a Few Million Years](https://blondecrowstudio.com/how-to-make-persian-blue-turquoise-without-waiting-a-few-million-years/) - For the past month, my worktable has looked less like an artist's studio and more like a geological laboratory. My mission? To create a convincing faux turquoise. The journey wasn't exactly a straight line. It took eight rounds of experimenting, tweaking, muttering and questioning my purpose in life before it finally clicked. The result is
- [Chasing Australian Lightning: Building a Coober Pedy Opal Illusion](https://blondecrowstudio.com/chasing-australian-lightning-building-a-coober-pedy-opal-illusion/) - Before I ever created these faux opals, I fell headfirst into a worldwide opal rabbit hole. I studied gems from Australia, Ethiopia, Mexico, and beyond, searching for the secret behind those impossible flashes of color. But I kept returning to the opals of Coober Pedy, Australia- a scorching mining town where more than half the
- [Polymer Clay Alchemy: Turn Gift Wrap into Glass-Like Jewels](https://blondecrowstudio.com/polymer-clay-alchemy-turn-gift-wrap-into-glass-like-jewels/) - My Dichroic Polymer I've created the best and easiest polymer clay faux dichroic glass you'll ever make. Seriously. Forget exclusive or expensive materials and alcohol inks that lose their spark over time. Follow my technique for creating show-stopping faux dichroic glass that uses... basket-wrapping cellophane! Yes, my polymer peeps- simple, the-cheapest-you-can-find iridescent cellophane holds the
- [Mirror, Mirror on the Clay: Turning Scrap into Cylinder Beads](https://blondecrowstudio.com/mirror-mirror-on-the-clay-turning-scrap-into-cylinder-beads/) - A great technique for kids and my friend Cathy.Here’s the simple process at a glance of my Cylindrical Mirror Bead Tutorial: Prep & Slice: Take high-contrast scrap clay, twist it into a rectangle, and cut it into mirror-matched strips. The Magic Flip: Rotate, flip, and align the pieces so all the original outer edges end
- [The Cephalopod Came Out of Retirement](https://blondecrowstudio.com/the-cephalopod-came-out-of-retirement/) - Giving an old cephalopod eye cane new life with a little wirework and a fresh perspective. Every once in a while, something hiding in the back of the studio decides it is ready for a second act. These cephalopod eye cane beads had been patiently waiting in my stash for their moment to shine. Apparently,
- [Clockwork Pollinator: A Steampunk Honeybee Takes Flight](https://blondecrowstudio.com/clockwork-pollinator-a-steampunk-honeybee-takes-flight/) - Here are my entries for the NWPCG Artist’s Swap that happens at the end of May; Steampunk Honeybees. The theme is “Things with Wings”- a wonderfully open-ended invitation to let imagination take flight. I created one base and made a (Shore 40A) silicone mold of it to help streamline my process and have more fun
- [A Studio Hack Worth Sticking To](https://blondecrowstudio.com/a-studio-hack-worth-sticking-to/) - How tiny magnets turned my cutter chaos into a display of tiny creative treasures. Every once in a while, a studio organization idea works so well that it deserves to be shared. This is one of those ideas. I make a lot of hanging mosaic-style and Scandinavian folk art-style ornaments, which means I use the
- [Something Old, Something New, and a Little Mapmaker Magic](https://blondecrowstudio.com/something-old-something-new-and-a-little-mapmaker-magic/) - Creating a First Married Christmas ornament with tiny roses, polymer clay, and a few lessons learned along the way. No groundbreaking techniques this time- just a happy excuse to play with clay and to try my hand making tiny roses. Two dear friends recently got married, and I finally solved the age-old puzzle of what
- [Matryoshka dolls](https://blondecrowstudio.com/matryoshka-doll-charm-tutorial-free-pdf/) - Clay Camp 2015 will be here in less than one week and all my clay friends are excited! For five days, we eat, breathe, and dream about the clay projects we are working on in a beautiful mountain setting near Wallace Falls State Park in Washington State. This year's swap theme is 'Charms' and I
- [Building a Blue Willow](https://blondecrowstudio.com/building-a-blue-willow/) - My latest projects include trying out some new cane ideas from Rian Schreuder-Sanderse's Facebook page called '52 weekly cane projects'. A few weeks ago, I created a cane from this tutorial: http://polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com/4078420.html written by 'Kalinkapolinka'. I don't read Russian so it was a good thing for me that she had clearly documented the cane steps
- [Birds on a wire](https://blondecrowstudio.com/bead-swap/) - These tiny birds are beads for a swap with fellow clayers- the theme of the swap is simply 'bead pairs'... sometimes being so open-ended can be more challenging to pick something to make.
- [Candlelight](https://blondecrowstudio.com/firelight/) - Trying out Cernit translucents as candleholders.
- [Summer](https://blondecrowstudio.com/fun-summer-bracelets/) - A few simple bullseye canes in colors inspired by the Mexican coast. I sliced and stretched each disc until they had the organic feel I wanted. A 'whimsical bead' bracelet strung on memory wire. My challenge was to create no two beads exactly alike with this mostly neon palette.
- [Owls and peacocks](https://blondecrowstudio.com/owls-and-peacocks/) - I made a small cane of an owl and one of wood- and made a brooch for autumn.I also finally pulled out a peacock cane I started a while back, it's about seven inches tall. I packed it with a layer of PlayDoh, because I was going to then wrap it in scrap clay, reduce the cane
- [Rabbits and chirps](https://blondecrowstudio.com/chirps-and-rabbits/) - I created these two spring brooch pins for some friends of mine- I was inspired by some 'vintage' Japanese and Scandinavian textile prints and adapted the designs for polymer clay.
- [Faux stones and runes](https://blondecrowstudio.com/my-latest-runes/) - The Elder Futhark alphabet was used by Anglo-Saxon, Germanic and Norse peoples over three thousand years ago. The symbol-letters were carved onto weapons to give them strength, onto buildings and boats for protection, onto gravestones to ease the departed on their way to Valhöll... I've carved these runes onto jewelry for good luck and decoration.

## Pages

- [Home](https://blondecrowstudio.com/) - Polymer Clay Art from Blonde Crow Studio Where colorful clay, creative curiosity, and a little crow magic come together. Explore the Artwork Free Tutorials Featured Free Tutorials Try a new polymer clay technique with one of these free downloadable tutorials. Dichroic Polymer Create luminous, glass-like polymer pieces with layered color, shimmer, and translucent effects. Download
- [Mini Matryoshka Doll Charms: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/matryoshka-doll-charms-tutorial/) - Mini Matryoshka Doll Charms: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial Have a lot of tiny canes? Create tiny Matryoshka doll-inspired charms with layered faces, scarves, decorative details, and plenty of personality. Materials and tools A small face cane Several very small decorative canes Scrap clay, brightly colored clay Eye pins or bent wire Needle tool and the
- [Maria’s Faux Opals: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/marias-faux-opals-free-polymer-clay-tutorial/) - Maria’s Faux Opals: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial Make glowing faux opals with translucent clay, iridescent film, and irregular flashes of color inspired by Australian opal. Materials and tools Translucent, black, orange, blue, and white polymer clay Liquid translucent clay Chameleon flakes Iridescent film UV resin The usual tools White or colored polymer clay for the
- [Dichroic Polymer: Free Faux Dichroic Glass Tutorial](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/dichroic-polymer-tutorial/) - Dichroic Polymer: Free Faux Dichroic Glass Tutorial Create luminous polymer pieces that echo the layered color and shifting sparkle of dichroic glass. with Maria's technique. Materials and tools Translucent black or translucent clay for the base (Premo or Cernit) Translucent liquid clay Iridescent gift wrap film (the kind for wrapping gift baskets) Iridescent flakes, iridescent
- [Free Tutorials](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/) - I have created my polymer clay tutorials and patterns to be downloaded and used free of charge. Please respect the artist- no republishing, please! Link to this page instead. If you want to repost photos, please credit me, Maria Jam Brown. For Cathy :)Download BCS Tutorial - Cylindrical Mirror (Natasha) Beads Download BCS Tutorial -Dichroic
- [Cylindrical Mirror Beads: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/cylindrical-mirror-beads-tutorial/) - Cylindrical Mirror Beads: Free Polymer Clay Tutorial Turn high-contrast scrap clay into smooth cylindrical beads with a symmetrical mirrored pattern. This technique is a playful variation on the familiar Natasha or mirror bead. Materials and tools Scrap clay in different colors Sharp clay blade Small circle cutter Needle tool for making a bead hole Technique
- [Covering a Sphere with Polymer Clay: Free Pattern](https://blondecrowstudio.com/free-tutorials/covering-a-sphere-polymer-clay-pattern/) - Covering a Sphere with Polymer Clay: Free Pattern Use printable templates sized for several sphere diameters to cover glass ornaments cleanly with sheets of polymer clay. Materials and tools Paper template Old glass spherical (ball) ornament- recycling, WOO-HOO! X-acto or craft knife Plastic sheet, deli paper, or clean copy paper Technique overview Measure the ornament's
- [Polymer Clay Galleries](https://blondecrowstudio.com/polymer-clay-galleries/) - Dichroic Polymer ornaments my artist's swaps faux stones runes other things

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