Creative Home Decor in Polymer Clay [Paperback]

So crafting a lemon beaded jug cover from polymer clay isn't first on your to-do list. Chances are, though, that at least one of accomplished English sculptor Heaser's 19 projects (or variations thereof) will strike someone's fancy. None of these household items, whether tassel tiebacks or an Arabian palace clock, are labeled by level of difficulty. Nor are there extensive how-tos on the basic techniques. Instead, all the details needed to successfully complete and show off any one project are featured within pattern instructions, step by colorful step. Close-up color photographs substitute well for tons of words; even rank novices can conquer the easier projects, like a polymer pencil or Roman mosaic trivet. Best used as a follow-up to more elementary texts. Barbara Jacobs
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Here are 19 ways to take polymer clay a step further, into the realm of home decor, with projects for adorning living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, holiday parties, bedrooms and more. Projects include: * Tassel curtain tiebacks * An Art Nouveau picture frame * Lampshades and trinket boxes * Candleholders and pearl veneer cutlery * Refrigerator magnets and switch plate covers * Snowflake and icicle holiday decorations Each project provides a supply list, a list of colors and clays needed, full-color photos and easy-to-follow instructions. There are also tips for varying color schemes and designs to suit individual decorating schemes.

Sue Heaser is the author of The Polymer Clay Techniques Book and four other major craft books in the past five years. She gives polymer clay workshops all over the U.S. and has served on the faculty at Ravensdale, a worldwide polymer clay conference. She lives in Norfolk, England.