Making Miniature Flowers with Polymer Clay [Paperback]

Barbara Quast (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1998

With Quast's petal-by-petal demonstrations, anyone can learn to make delicate, miniature flowers perfect for jewelry, boxes and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891348212
• ISBN-13: 978-0891348214
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #750,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have polymer book, flowers are beautiful & easy to make, May 2, 2000

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This review is from: Making Miniature Flowers with Polymer Clay (Paperback)

This is a must-have book for anyone wanting to learn to make beautiful miniature flowers. It is great book for all levels, even those who have never worked with polymer clay.

At first glance I though it would be hard and very time consuming. I was wrong. I was amazed at how easy it really was. In less than two hours, I had a very impressive looking rose bud.

The author first covers materials and how to work with polymer clay. Included templates help you judge size & shape. Each part of every flower is then explained step by step. Numerous color photos help to guide you.

Flowers covered include roses, dogwood, daisies, cherry blossoms, pansies, daffodils, and irises. There are a few projects in the back showing you how to frame the flowers and make jewelry or ornaments out of them.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent resource for life-like flowers!, November 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Miniature Flowers with Polymer Clay (Paperback)

I have many books on polymer clay and this is one of my favorites! The techiques show here can be applied to any sculpture but what impressed me was how lifelike these projects look! And with such detailed explanations and illustrations it is an easy jump to use these techiques to create flowers of your own choice. I have made figures from polymer clay for 7 years now and most books are repetitive to me, I found this one re-energized my creative juices and gave me something new to make, I now make minature flowers to adorn some of my figures and have been pleased with the new dimension it adds.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A primer for making flowers with polymer clay, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Miniature Flowers with Polymer Clay (Paperback)

Step-by-step instructions on how to make seven different flowers using polymer clay. Detailed diagrams and tips (from tools and materials to color blending). Good book for beginner flower artists in the polymer clay medium. Provides list of sources and references.