Polymer Clay: Exploring New Techniques and New Materials

Cutting edge materials and techniques are expanding the boundaries of how clay is used in art and craft work. Polymer Clay showcases twenty methods that are truly expanding the medium—with a gallery of specific project ideas that illustrate each technique in action plus a special section on Precious Metal Clay (PMC). Artists will learn the secrets behind hot new approaches from applying stamped imprints to doing image transfers; from creating imitation stone and gems to adding textures with fabric and graining. Step-by-step instructions walk readers through the creation of a wide range of exciting projects that combine clay with new materials such as genesis paints to create jewelry, candle sticks, vases, decorative tiles, napkin rings, and much more.

Georgia Sargeant is the editor of the quarterly newsletter of the National Polymer Clay Guild. She has been working with polymer clay for over a decade and loves to learn and teach new techniques.

Celie Fago is professional polymer and precious metal clay artist and instructor. She is highly regarded as a generous teacher and as an innovator in combining these materials. She is one of six Senior Instructors of Precious Metal Clay worldwide and was invited by master metalsmith Tim McCreight to be Mitsubishi's PMC Liaison to the polymer clay community in 1999.

Livia McRee is a craft designer and writer, and a former editor at Handcraft Illustrated magazine. She is author of Quick Crafts: Fast and Fun Projects to Make and Give and Instant Fabric: Quilted Projects from Your Home Computer. Her work has been published online and she has contributed to several how-to craft books including The Crafter's Project Book, Mosaics Inside and Out, and Ceramic Painting Color Workshop.