Video 001-1: Making Lentil Beads

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Recipe 001-1A: Blue Iris

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Member Benefits 001-1: Sand Buff Shine

Cindy, YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!! I am forever needing to get out those deep grooves you decribe between canes. ~Kim @ How To Sand Polymer Clay Beads

I have been reading up on polymer clay for about a year now and experimenting whenever possible. Through the hundreds of websites I’ve visited, I found what seemed like equally compelling arguments for and against sanding. Not that anyone was against sanding per se, but rather just thought it was too much effort and you could achieve the same finish by just applying a coat of finish to the unsanded bead. I didn’t know any better and certainly didn’t want to do anything I didn’t have to in order to get a good result. So I didn’t sand and the pieces were fine. When I stumbled across your website a month or 2 ago, I watched your video on sanding. It seemed easy enough and the materials weren’t expensive so I figured what the heck, I’d try it to see the difference. Well, what a difference it made! Just with sanding the colors appear so much brighter than without and the finish makes them look fantastic! Thank you for explaining just how easy it is. ~Cynister @ Sand Your Polymer Clay Beads

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Video 000-4: Same Size Beads

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Recipe 000-4A: Parchment

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Member Benefits 000-4: Course Feedback

Hi Cindy, I have clay on my mind all of the time now, thanks to you! Your program has given me the confidence and basics to get started in clay. I took your advise on all of your recommendations, I use Premo! exclusively, I have all of the tools you use from the Amaco Pasta Machine to the clay cutters, etc. Needless to say, I am hooked! I love the fact that I can go back and refer to your videos over and over again. Your program could not be better….just please offer more! Thanks again for sharing all of your wisdom. ~Brenda @ Comment Received Via Email

Cindy, The manner of your teaching is pleasant and relaxed. I feel like I’m in your studio having coffee with you. Your course is teaching me the correct way to do things. The camera work is great, close enough to see the detail. You share all of your vast knowledge on each subject, not just the general instructions. I’m very pleased and look forward to future courses. ~Sandra @ Comment Received Via Email

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Video 000-3: Mixing Colors

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Recipe 000-3A: Twig

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Member Benefits 000-3: Color Mixing

As a new polymer addict, it’s interesting to learn how custom colors are mixed. I’m learning that colors are mixed just as they are in a traditional painter’s palette, which is coming as quite a surprise. Still don’t understand the translucent clay, but I’m sure that I eventually will. ~TK @ Polymer Clay Color Mixing

Thanks for the great tips and recipes Cindy, your the best!!! ~Andrea @ Fimo Clay Mixes

Though I am literally brand new at the P.C. bead making, I have already gotten a ‘different eye’ in my surroundings for looking at color. I was actually in my bathroom the other day, for my morning sit down and noticed my shower curtain. It is in rich browns, golds and tans. I’m thinking what great colors and textures it would be use to as a polymer clay tube bead. Also, I got a catalog from a well known flower company and just looking through it, at the color spectrum available in nature, I see ‘treasure’ now in even my junk mail! Thanks for helping me to be inspired with the idea of color in nature, mail and yes, even my bathroom curtain. ~Karen @ Polymer Clay Cane Designs

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Video 000-2: Basic Sanding Tips

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Recipe 000-2A: Pink Rhododendron

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Member Benefits 000-2: Tutoring Support

I’m so glad to have found you! I’ve already learned more from your free videos than from a couple of years of trying on my own…THANK YOU!! ~Pepper @ Comment Received Via Email

Hello, dear tutor! I am from Romania, and I am very happy to learn about polymer clay from you! You are the best tutor ever! I speake english good, but writing, well, that’s another story :)!!! Love ~Oana @ Storage Boxes For Polymer Clay

OK, in addition to being a guru, color genius, you must also be a mind-reader. I have just made my first beads with polymer clay and have already wondered, a couple of times, if I really needed to sand them. Since I am lying in bed, right now, doing the treasure hunt and my wonderful, yet exhausted husband is asleep and has to get up and work tomorrow, I am going to have to wait until the a.m. to sand, but trust me, it will be number one on my to do list, right after my coffee! Thanks. ~Karen @ Sanding Polymer Clay Beads

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Video 000-1: Conditioning Clay

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