No messy dip-dying for South Carolina’s Kathy Koontz (flowertownoriginals).
Her Easter eggs are covered with polymer scraps turned into stripes and then taken a step farther.
Kathy offsets the stripes to make a bargello veneer. Her resulting zigzag pattern is hypnotically, obsessively detailed.
Now what? Veneers are fun to make but it’s not always clear how to use the results. Eggactly!
If making bargello is new to you, watch this YouTube tutorial from Australia’s Jessama.
Texas’ Deb Hart gets a jump on Easter with her polymer mosaic eggs. Deb has an unusual way of filling in around her central elements and defining the spaces with thin border canes and fine repeating patterns.
No time to make them? Deb offers 50% off her own finished eggs or her tutorials until April 13. (Use promo code Easter2020.) Her workbooks are all 50% off through the end of May while we keep our families safe at home.
You’ll also find Deb’s polymer designs with a southwest flavor on Craftcast and Facebook.
This basket of Easter eggs can’t wait until next year. Let’s keep the holiday going one more day to show off the bright lovelies from Greece’s Klio Tsaliki.
She’s wrapped the egg shapes in strips of clay covered with mosaic-like bits of sunny colors. File this idea away for next year’s decorations.
New York’s Nichol Johnson (mealymonster) creates Wackadoodle bunnies that have scampered right out of her online store. They’re so cute that they’re hard to catch!
How can you not fall for a purple big-eyed polka-dotted creature that looks quite scared?
Watch them dance on Nichol’s Instagram.
Hop right over to StudioMojo if you want to catch up with this week’s polymer news. There are two more tutorials from Clayathon plus lots of spring creations. It’s the perfect remedy for your spring fever. Join us!
Could this be the year that we actually get a polymer-covered egg made? No April-fooling!
Germany’s Kerstin Rupprecht has already filled her basket. Take a look at them on Instagram.
France’s Mihaela Georgescu (LearnPolymerClay) gets you ready for Easter with her free YouTube tutorial that relies on Sutton slice steps for texture and embedded rhinestones for bling.
Is it time to dress up your Easter with some faux Faberge?
