Buffing Polymer Clay

unikatissima Buffing Polymer Clay

Recently Kokopelli had the problem, that she made a faux Lapis Lazuli, but that it was too matte and looked only half as beautiful as it could have done.
Here on the picture you see beads that I presented before as skewer beads and made following a ‘jade recipe’, but with orange.
Before I pulled the beads from the skewer I buffed them for hours with a soft cloth while watching tv – and you can see how very shiny they became.

I admit that it is much more difficult to buff smaller and/or round beads, but I think that you can get good ideas about this at glassattic.


Links:
Buffing Polymer Clay (BUFFING)

Here at unikatissima:
Faux Lapis Lazuli
Polymer Clay Skewer Beads

Kokopelli’s comment in the German blog

Plaster Stamps

ArtMind Plaster Stamps

Did you always want to make stamped polymer clay items, e.g. beads, but were you reluctant to use your beautiful stamps for this?
Then you can find the solution here: make from your stamp a plaster stamp that you can easily use for polymer clay.


Links:
How to make a plaster stamp?