Intro to Polymer Clay Jewelry: Design Floral Accessories
Conditioning and Cleaning
A course by Mallory Smith , Polymer Clay Artist
About the video: Conditioning and Cleaning
Overview
“In order to create professional-looking clay pieces, you need to understand how to condition your clay and keep it clean. Let's dive in!”
In this video lesson Mallory Smith addresses the topic: Conditioning and Cleaning, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Polymer Clay Jewelry: Design Floral Accessories. Discover multiple jewelry-making techniques to create an original line of accessories by hand and bring them to life with unique floral patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we created our custom color palette. And in this lesson, I'll be showing you how to handle and clean your clay. Before we can start creating our designs, we need to condition the clay. Conditioning warms up the clay and gets it ready to be used. This is also how we eliminate bubbles. To condition the clay, we're going to fold it into itself over and over until we have a nice smooth slab. You can do this through two methods. The first method, which is the one I use, is conditioning with a clay machine. This is also what you'll do with a pasta machine. The first thing that...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Polymer Clay Jewelry: Design Floral Accessories
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fashion Design, Jewelry Design
Mallory Smith
A course by Mallory Smith
Mallory Smith is a self-taught artist from the United States and the founder of ShopMalCreates, an online store devoted to polymer clay jewelry and accessories. She originally studied early education at Columbia College, but decided to pursue a more creative career after graduation. She launched her craft project in 2018 and quickly found success the following year when she started experimenting with clay to make jewelry dishes, and from there, jewelry itself.
Mallory considers her jewelry art rather than a commodity; she makes all of her pieces by hand, emphasizing quality and detail over mass production. Her intricate and unique floral designs have helped her stand out within the craft world and led her to collaborate with other well-known artisan brands such as Mane Message.
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