Family and Friends in Polymer Clay [Paperback]

Maureen Carlson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

Friendly, basic guidance makes the challenge of sculpting likenesses of "real people" in polymer clay both easy and enjoyable.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; First Edition edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891349278
• ISBN-13: 978-0891349273
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > Arts & Photography > Sculpture

More About the Author

Maureen Carlson has written for numerous craft magazines and has produced a series of instructional videotapes about polymer clay. Her moulds and figurines are found in craft and gift stores nationwide.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sculpting breakthrough!, May 8, 2000

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Joyce A. Wisman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family and Friends in Polymer Clay (Paperback)

In this newest sculpting book Maureen Carlson throughly explains and shows each step of the way how to create a realistic face. The "whys" of realism verses character are explored and shown. And the keys to seeing the differences in real people's faces are explored and explained. There are great sculpting instructions for hands, feet, shoes, bodies, costuming and so much more!

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking characters! ! !, May 23, 2002

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roey kedmi (jerusalem, israel Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family and Friends in Polymer Clay (Paperback)

I work with Fimo almost for six months - it's my hobby.
Last month I bought two books from "amazon" :
1."How to make clay characters"
2."Family and Friends in polymer clay".
They teach me how to do fascinating characters in so clearly ways.
I love those books because Maureen Carlson explanations are simply, clearly, amusing and accurate.
They can teach everyone how to make clay characters.
I find lots of full color pictures and detailed in those books that make this fun and easy to create clay characters.
The chapters about choosing the clay, gathering tools, basic techniques, and problems and solutions are very much comprehensive, and I wish I had those books when I first started to work with Fimo - because they would save me a lot of time and clay! ! !
I can't stop reading and doing the things in the book.
Everyone who see the things that I do with Fimo from those books can't believe that I did those characters, because they are so charming, adorable, exciting and breathtaking! ! !
I think that everyone who works with polymer clay should have those books.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST ever!, March 28, 2004

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R. Jill Fink (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Family and Friends in Polymer Clay (Paperback)

Maureen Carlson writes this great book with passion, skill, and humor. She starts the reader out with simple, step-by-step instructions that can't be better. I am a Polymer Clay Instructor, and I found this book to be invaluable! The one area with which I had trouble in sculpting polymer clay, the human form and face, are now no longer a mystery to me. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone even vaguely interested in dollmaking for fun and/or for profit.