Some polymer clay books

Finally I got round to my local library and picked up the following books:

• “Fast polymer clay” by Sue Heaser
• “How to make polymer clay beads” by Carol Blackburn
• “Creative techniques for polymer clay jewellery” by Nanetta Bananto

They are all good books but one of them desrves a special mention. Blackburn’s book is mind blowing! I can’t believe how many different types of mediums she imitates with the polymer clay. Anyone that has their doubts about the use of this clay should definitely take a look at this. I haven’t tried to make any of the beads yet as I’m hoping to work on it with my sister this weekend. I can’t wait!

The Bananto book is great too. The jewellery in it are less “beaded”. This is means that the techniques that the book use to create the jewellery can be applied to a variety of other applications. I’m also dying to try out a few of the projects in here but since I don’t have any translucent clay at the moment, I don’t think I would do any of them justice. I’ll have to go hunting for some tomorrow.

The Heaser book is my favourite at the moment though. The projects really are fast and you learn something new in most of them. They are interesting and well explained too. Best of all there is a chapter dedicated to miniatures. The only criticism I’d have is that some of the pictures skip important steps of the instructions. It’s not a nightmare to follow or anything. Having said that, I guess it’s not easy to photograph the entire process.