Polymer Clay Surface Design Recipes: 100 Mixed-Media Techniques Plus Project Ideas (Paperback)

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Product Description

Regardless of your level of experience with polymer clay, the techniques and recipes for creating for combining clay with other media will inspire you to create unique surface designs. In addition to covering basic polymer clay techniques, tools, and materials, this book teaches you to use unique surface embellishments in your work.

Styled as a recipe, each illustrated surface design is shown with complete instructions for replicating the design and is accompanied by three variations. Informative explanations of specific inks, paints, and powders are included, along with a section dedicated to showing complex design combinations. This book covers a range of topical application processes that include stamping, painting, and writing on clay along with step-by-step project ideas that put these techniques to use. A gallery of polymer clay art is included for further inspiration.

About the Author

Ellen Marshall has worked with polymer clay for more than a decade, and has been teaching her techniques for four years. Her work has been displayed at an exhibition produced by Donna Kato and Van Aken International, and in the studio and fabric store of Lonni Rossi, a nationally renowned fabric designer and quilt artist. Ellen lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592531717
• ISBN-13: 978-1592531714
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Info at your fingertips, August 17, 2005

By	Tonja K. Lenderman "hooked on clay" (Chewelah, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is more like an encyclopedia of surface techniques. It's so wonderful to have all this info right at my fingertips. I am so happy someone finally put it all together in one book. A definite must have for you personal library.

52 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful creative ideas!, September 21, 2005

By	Dotty McMillan (Riverside, California United States) - See all my reviews

Ellen Marshall's book is filled with beautiful new ideas for polymer clay surface techniques. Her long association with the clay is apparent in this well written and inspiring book. I greatly recommended it to anyone from beginners to advanced clayers. It should be a part of everyone's polymer clay library.

Dotty McMillan

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information!, May 18, 2006

By	D. Kato (Florissant, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book needed writing! Thank you, Ellen for sharing years of experimentation and innovation. as you created your art. The specific information contained within its covers could well save an artist much time and money.

Great information and a must have resource on surface treatments and polymer clay.

Donna Kato, author of The Art of Polymer Clay