Polymer Clay Box and a New Technique

So I've seen several examples of polymer clay boxes over the years, but I've never gotten around to trying one. Lately I've been seeing several blog posts on the backfilling technique, it's really not very hard to do but getting the really good results seems to allude me.



I used a dollar store cardboard box as my base/form. It eventually disintegrated during the sanding process. Next time I'll try a metal form so it can be reused.



The base is a layer of black Fimo Soft covered with a textured sheet of black. I then filled the impressions with a strip of gray and a strip of white. I was trying for a graduated look that I didn't quite pull off. I do believe I may have been too ambitious in using this texture for a first try, it was very detailed and I did not do as good a job applying it as I needed to. During the sanding process to remove the unwanted white and gray areas it became obvious that the backfilling clay and background clay did not adhere to each other very well a layer of liquid pc may help that with the more detailed designs.



The lid of the box was made from a cane of 2 skinner blend logs, cut and reformed into a square of 3x3. I just cut thin slices of the cane and arranged them on a layer of gray backing, that was then applied to a sheet of black.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

These are polymer clay shamrock pins I made for my kids teachers. I used Emerald Fimo Soft and Premo Pearl 2:1. The pin backs are superglued onto the the baked clay.

Here's how I "packaged" them, really should have remembered to put somebody's name on them though, oops.

Blue Sparkle Dinko Bird

This is a polymer clay sculpture named Dinko after the man who designed the shape. I used a blue metallic clay so it has some sparkle that was not picked up by the camera.

Green Swirl Bracelet

This bracelet was made using polymer clay beads and sterling silver findings.

Independence Day Earrings

I made these earrings for my mom and daughter to wear to the 4th of July festivities. They are made with polymer clay and sterling silver findings.

Polymer Clay Tin

This is an Altoid tin I covered in polymer clay. I believe this was my first try. You can't see it in the picture but I used Premo Pearl clay so it has this beautiful shine to it.

Polymer Clay Soap Dish

I made this about a year ago. It's a polymer clay soap dish and ring holder. I wanted to test the polymer clay for any reactions to the soap and water. Since I did not use any glaze or topcoat on the clay I don't believe there will be any adverse reactions.