Cute Clay Bear Tutorials

Here are some more great clay craft ideas that I have discovered over the years. This time I thought I would share some cute clay Teddy Bear tutorials that can be made from a variety of clays, including polymer clay and air dry clay.

These lovely little bears are a lot easier to make than you may think and with these easy to follow tutorials from some fantastic crafters you will be sculpting in no time. Any of these lovely little bears would be great as cake toppers or gift ideas to add to any teddy bear collection.

Simple Bears

Clay Flower Tutorials

Now that I have posted quite a few techniques about working with polymer and air dry clay I thought it was about time I shared some really useful and inspirational tutorials I have found over the years.
I will start my tutorials share with techniques for creating handmade polymer clay and air dry clay flowers. Some of these beautiful creations are so realistic it is hard to distinguish from the real thing. You will also notice that some of the tutorials are from cake decoration sites but the techniques for sugar craft are nearly all the same as clay crafts so is very easy to adapt the tutorials to clay.

• Iris Flower from Air Dry Clay

 

 

By The Flower Craft

 

Flower Sculpture with Clay

Creating flowers with clay can produce some amazing result that can add a permanent floral addition to your home or are perfect as a thank you gift that will last forever.

There is an endless list of flowers that can be created and the more practice and experimentation the better your skills will be. There are lots of different types of clay that are perfect for flower sculpting. This post offers a few examples of the types of flowers that can be made with cold porcelain clay and stone based air dry clay using, a variety of techniques and tools.

Clay Work With Cold Porcelain

Cold Porcelain is similar to most air dry clay’s and is great for making different clay projects, especially flower sculptures, jewellery, figurines and cake toppers. It is also great to use with moulds as it retains fine detail and is easy to remove from the mould. It is now becoming more and more popular with professional clay artists and craft people. It is also a great craft clay to use for beginners for their clay art projects. This clay is perfect for making delicate flowers and petal sculptures as it can be stretched and rolled extremely thin, which results in very realistic looking floral effects.

Clay Work With Air Dry Clay

Air drying products are now starting to be taken seriously by professional artist and it is no longer seen as just for schools and children. This is clear by the vast amount of fabulous creations and tutorials available. It’s great for adult crafts and professional sculptors, as well as kids and teen crafts.

Unlike traditional clay's that need to be fired in a kiln at a high temperature, or polymer clay's that need to be cured in an oven air dry clay is a mainly water based, which is simply clay mixed with water. It therefore cures in the open air at room temperature, so must be kept in an air tight container when not in use. It is usually inexpensive and it is generally very easy to use and pliable.

Clay Work Clays

Clay work and sculpture isn't just for the professional artist, all you need is a few basic tools and a little imagination. In fact you don't even need that much imagination, thanks to social media! Pinterest and Instagram will provide thousands of clay art projects and tutorials at you finger tips.

Clay artists have a never ending choice of clay sculpture materials and in fact many are not technically clay but can create very similar sculptures and art projects as the professional ceramicists and sculptors.

The 3 basic types are oil-based, wax-based and water-based. They are usually categorize as heat-cured, self-hardening air-dry or non-hardening. There is also ceramic and stone-based clays, which need to be cured in a kiln at very high temperatures.