The Ultimate Guide for Polymer Clay Art and Craft Crackle Techniques

Book excerpt: In this tutorial, we will show you how to use many products to produce different crackle techniques. There are 14 techniques with 32 variations, 102 photos and 5 videos (almost an hour!) included in this tutorial. With the techniques you will learn, you can create crackled finishes on flat and rounded pieces, use many of the mixed-media supplies you already have on hand, and perhaps discover some new favorites! Never before have ALL of the crackle techniques for polymer clay been brought together in one place in a tutorial like this. We have experimented and tested many products and tools to bring you an ultimate guide where you will surely find a technique or two that speak to you, that you find easy to execute, and it will be easy to find and buy the materials you need. Ilysa and Kira have been creating tutorials for over 7 years together on their popular Youtube Channel PolymerClayTV, their website PolymerClayProductions.com, and in the art club in their private and fun crafting community CraftyLink.com. They have mastered the art of podcast and videocast, using Hi-Def cameras for recordings, and live webcasts for their podcasts. They've published a book together with F&W Media, called Polymer Clay Art Jewelry- How to Make polymer clay jewelry using new techniques. We are Ilysa Ginsburg and Kira Slye, and we have been creating with polymer clay for over 20 years. We are partners in PolymerClayTV, and co-authored a polymer clay how-to book called Polymer Clay Art Jewelry- How to make polymer clay jewelry using new techniques. We really mean it when we say new because we spend a lot of time testing and trying products from the art world (and sometimes not, sometimes we just see something interesting and give it a try) so that we can bring our discoveries to you. We hope you enjoy it and come back for more- there is an Ultimate Guides section on our website, PolymerClayTV.com where you can find free info and more tutorials. Have fun! And remember, if you have questions, you can easily contact us in the community at CraftyLink.com.