Polymer Clay Sculpting Tips and Tutorials
Do you need a little help with sculpting or want to get started with polymer clay?
Polymer clay is a wonderful medium for sculpture. You can create one of a kind sculptures without the need for an expensive kiln or messy mold materials. You can create everything from very simple animals made from basic shapes to detailed, complex, realistic human figures. The limits are only your skill and imagination. This lens is a compilation of tutorials, tips, and book recommendations for sculpting with polymer clay.

Building Armatures for Polymer Clay Sculpture
Build the Skeleton Structure of your Sculptures
Armatures are vital to strong sculptures. Learn about different methods for building strong armatures. A strong armature can hold polymer clay in virtually any complicated or precarious position, even look like it's floating in air.

Introduction to Sculpting in Polymer Clay
An Overview of Basic Skills and Tools for Sculpting in Polymer Clay
I have many lenses here on Squidoo about sculpting in polymer clay but none that really give a good overview of what you need to get started. This lens is about the essential information you need to get started sculpting in polymer clay, then you can move on to my other lenses for more in details on specific sculpting topics.

Using Liquid Polymer Clay
Explore Versatile Liquid Polymer Clay
Liquid Polymer Clay is a fairly new medium, only being around for a few years now. However in a few short years artists and crafters have found hundreds of ways to use this new medium. It is semi-clear, durable, and flexible when cured.

Painting Polymer Clay Sculptures
Pretty Up your Polymer Clay
Polymer clay comes in a rainbow of colors but some projects can be greatly improved by a little paint or other surface treatment. Popular techniques for painting sculpture include brushing on acrylic, airbrushing, and using powdered pigments to create faux surfaces and textures. Read on to learn about different techniques and materials to paint your clay creations.

Making Molds of Polymer Clay Sculpture
Make your own molds from your polymer clay sculptures
The wonderful thing about polymer clay is that you can create one of a kind sculpture with it but sometimes you might want to make copies of a sculpture. For that you need to make a mold and then cast in a material like resin, plaster, or porcelain. This lens is all about how to make molds from polymer clay (or any other sort of clay).

Paper Mache as an Art Medium
Paper Mache isn't Just for Kids
Paper Mache requires few tools, simple materials, and recycles old paper into art. Now we associate it with children's school projects but paper mache started out as and remains a medium for fine art. Read on to learn more about this great medium (and if you have kids this could be an art you can share and work on together).

Techniques for Curing Polymer Clay
How to Cure Polymer Clay
No subject in polymer clay has more controversy than how to best cure polymer clay. This lens gives an over view of the main techniques used along with their pros and cons to help you make a decision on how to best cure your polymer clay creations.

Polymer Clay Sculpting Tools
There are lots of great sculpting tools around for polymer clay.
I'm absolutely addicted to getting new sculpting tools, both buying and making them. If you need some help deciding on what tools you need to get started or want to make some of your own keep reading.

Making Polymer Clay Jewelry
Create your own custom jewelry
Polymer clay jewelry is durable, colorful, and fun to make. This lens goes over basic techniques of jewelry making and working with polymer clay. Working with polymer clay require minimal tools and space so it's great for people who want to create sculptural jewelry but don't have a big studio space available.