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Beginner Button Class: Getting Started in Polymer Clay

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Learn to make five types of buttons while also learning your way around polymer clay. All of these buttons can be made with the simplest of tools, many of them found around your house!

REQUIRED SKILLS

None! Absolute beginners are welcome.

TOOLS AND MATERIALS

3 packages of polymer clay in your choice of colors.
Clay blade, craft knife, or old kitchen knife
Medium size metal knitting needle
Work surface, like a ceramic tile
Oven (regular, convection or toaster)
Round cookie/pastry cutters
Brayer, acrylic rod, or old straight-sided drinking glass
Plastic wrap

TOPICS COVERED

Through this ebook you will

selecting proper tools
preparing clay for use
simple one-color buttons
striped snail buttons
asymmetrical stripe buttons
polka dot focal buttons
scrap clay buttons
baking your finished pieces
a selection of hints, tips, and links

DISCLAIMER

The instructions for this project are available for free through a series of posts on the author's website. What you get for your money here, is a handy ebook version that you can take with you on your favorite mobile device.

Fully illustrated.

45 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 23, 2012

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Lisa Clarke

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I found this book to be very basic. The author didn't even cover ways to make holes evenly spaced.

A very basic guide. It doesn't even cover ways to make holes evenly spaced. I was disappointed. There just wasn't a lot of instruction on buttons, more about blending techniques
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