Sweet Little Flower Bowls from Polymer Clay, a Tutorial
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- These little bowls are easy and fun to make, and I show you how, step by step in this tutorial. So, sit back, relax, and watch the process unfold. Then have some fun and make your own.
The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the CZcams Free Audio Library.
If you like my work, then please do have a look at my website, www.fionaabel-smith.co.uk/ and follow me on Facebook / fiona.abelsmith and Instagram. / fionaabelsmith.artist
I also have a number of Polymer Clay PDF Tutorials to buy in my Etsy shop, PolyOriginals - www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PolyOrig... and as a video tutorial here - polyoriginals.thinkific.com/co...
Here is the link to my conditioning Polymer Clay video - • Conditioning Polymer C...
Here is the link to the Skinner Blends video - • Basic Skinner Blend Tu...
I used Kato PolyClay for this bowl but any of the well-known brands of polymer clay will work, although Kato, Cernit, Premo and FIMO Professional will give a stronger finished article than FIMO Soft for this particular project.
I used 1/2 oz (14g) of White, Magenta (with a little added White), and the same amount again, being a mix of half Blue, half Turquoise. The same amount of Purple, and 1/3 oz (10g) of a green which I made using 20 parts Yellow, 1 part Green. Most brands have similar colours you can use.
The second bowl used White, Yellow (with a little white and gold), Red (with a little White and Gold) and Gold. The inner part used a soft green made using Yellow with a little White and Green.
The third bowl used White, Yellow, Magenta and Purple, with the same inner green as used in the second bowl.
Other equipment you need is:
A polymer Clay Blade
Craft Knife
Small roller
4mm Cable Needle - or something similar
A semi sphere mould, 6cm / 2.75 inches in diameter - or something similar - see extra info below.
2 cm / 0.75 inch round cutter.
Small pieces of card/scissors.
Small sheet of baking, wax, tracing, greaseproof paper/parchment. Only to put on the very bottom of the bowl, temporarily.
Tile or baking tray to bake on.
Aluminium foil to cover the clay while it bakes.
Measuring sheet -(not essential, a ruler will do) but the one I use is freely downloadable from www.printablepaper.net. I laminate mine so I can use it multiple times.
Texture sheets - optional if you want to use some - search for ‘petal moulds’ online or in shops or make your own using 2 part silicon moulding compound.
Pasta machine dedicated to polymer clay use.
If you do not have a pasta machine you can roll the sheet of clay between two even stacks of playing cards. Setting 9 on my machine is 1 playing card thickness, setting 3 is 5 cards, setting 2 is 6 cards and setting 0 is 8 cards thickness.
You can buy the semi-sphere moulds in stores and online, they are often found in cookware departments, and bath bomb moulds (not plastic ones) are often good to use too. If you cannot find or do not want to purchase these moulds, then you can use the old fashioned round topped SPENT lightbulbs instead. Put a little scrap clay at the bottom to hold it upright and use the top of the spent lightbulb as your rounded mould. As an alternative, you can carefully cut off the bottom end of a used drinks can, and masking the cut edges, use it as a gently domed mould, (if there is printing on the bottom, sand it off first). Finally, if you have none of these, then a nice, rounded spoon can act as a good mould.
Helen Briel’s Mad About Bowls Tutorial is here - helenbreil.thinkific.com/cour... - where she covers making your own texture sheets.
Other Petal Cane tutorials that I have done will work well for these flower bowls - check out:
Inset Petal Cane - • Polymer Clay Petal Can...
Curved Petal Cane - • Polymer Clay, Curved B...
Flame Petal Cane - • Flame Petal Cane in Po...
Peacock Petal Cane - • Peacock Petal Cane in ...
Speckled Canes - • Speckled Petal Canes i...
Thank you so much for watching. - Jak na to + styl
These are adorable. Thank you for posting!
You're welcome, thanks so much 🙂
Those are so beautiful. I love this idea. Thank you for posting.❤❤❤
So glad you like them, thanks so much 🙂
I can’t wait to make this! Thank you for such a great, detailed video.
You're welcome, have fun 🙂
I wish we could comment on CZcams with pictures of our own versions. I’d love to see how others interpret the instructions and colors. Thanks Fiona!
Fionas Facebook will enable this
yes me too, but until that time, just tag me when you post on facebook or Instagram and I will hopefully see them - thanks so much 🙂
I think I’m going crazy. Love the tut and will be helping a friend whose never touched raw clay My question is: where do I find links or URLS you mention. Especially flower petal used. Thx Pam.
@@pamelajensen8838 Under the video I write a blurb, which only shows a couple of lines and finishes with 'show more' if you click on that, all the links are there. Thanks so much 🙂
I AGREE!
Completely forgot you had posted a video, until bam it hit me. lol these are beautiful little trinket holders our many other fun things. Tfs these beauties.
You're welcome, thanks so much Karen 🙂
Just the project for me today Fiona. Just back from Thailand, freezing and in need of a pretty colourful tutorial. ❤❤🙏🏽
Sounds perfect, have fun with them - and lucky you having been to Thailand 🙂
i have no intentions of doing this as i HATE working with clay of any kind but this video is so comforting and pretty i love it
Thanks so much 🙂
Too funny! 😊
You are an artist, it is so beautiful all you do! Thank you for sharing! I love your videos, and your voice gives me so much peace ..Thank you!
I am so glad you like them, thanks so much :)
This is a lovely technique to be a little different. Thank you
Thanks so much Heather 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous Fiona, so delicate and sweet. Thank you and have a beautiful day
You too, thanks so much Mandy 🙂
I am really so amazed of how you imagine a design and much more of how you put it in reality... you're such an amazing person...
You thought of every single detail...
Never stop mesmerizing me❤💜🥰😍💐🤩
I am so glad you liked it, thanks so much 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals 💜💐
With Christmas coming very soon, I wondered if you can show us how to put clay on a clear glass ornament! Your bowls by the way are fabulous!! ❤
I have decorated quite a few glass ornaments now, have a look at my festive decorations playlist, and that may give you some ideas for them 🙂
Perfect for gifts! Love them. Love listening and watching your tutorials. I find myself wondering if you have taught before. You are so good at it.🙂
aww, thank you so much, and yes, I come from a family of teachers and have also had some experience in helping train others in previous jobs, so glad you enjoy the tutorials 🙂
Beautiful little bowls. Another triumph. I love them x
Thanks so much Annie 🙂
Love the bowls thank you Fiona
You're welcome, thanks so much Eileen 🙂
These are so cute. You make it look do easy. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome, thanks so much Kara 🙂
lovely petal bowls i really enjoyed the tute thanks for sharing Fiona i really learning from you have a great week!💞
Thank you so much Maggie 🙂
They are wonderful, and it's a brilliant tutorial! Thank you so Fiona ❤😊
Thank you so much Esther 🙂
Just lovely!
Thanks so much Barb 🙂
Thankyou Fiona, these are so cute and they look fantastic. The colour combinations are really pretty. 👏🏼🤩💕
Thank you so much Judith 🙂
Thank you for another amazing tutorial...so beautiful. 👍❤❤
You are very welcome, thanks so much Judi 🙂
They are gorgeous Fiona, you're so clever with all your ideas and designs.
Thank you. 💗
Thank you very much Sarah 🙂
I love all of your art! This seems to be something I might be able to do. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much, definitley have a go, and have fun with them 🙂
I would try to make a smaller version and fit it on a ring blank 🤔 thanks for teaching so many new things with so much patience 🥰🥰🥰
Now that's a lovely idea - I did a flower ring once following a workshop with donna Kato, we didn't do flowers in the workshop, but I couldn't resist adding one on 😂🤣have fun, thanks so much 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals i love Donna Kato's Tutorials, i made some pendants using her Starry Night canes, they came out so pretty 😍
@@PipPipS I bet, she is a star, and one of the reasons I started getting into Polymer clay, after a friend showed me what could be created with canes 🙂
I tried a cane once and it was just a candy cane and it was horrendous!!! you make such beautiful canes, and make them look so easy!
Thank you so much , like most things it is simply a case of practice, and your next cane will be so much better I am sure. 🙂
Oooh! ❤ I still have some of my Fairy House roof cane! I'm going to make a bowl this weekend! Thank you Fiona! 😊
Oh yes, that would make a wonderful bowl - have fun 🙂
Fiona, these little trinket dishes are simply adorable. I love the colors of all of them, especially the one you made in this video.
Thank you so much Wendy 🙂
Fiona I adore this I’ve saved for later when I get my colours sorted it’s cold here so takes a long time to condition and my hands are so sore with psoriasis as well as arthritis in the meantime I love watching your tutorials and am in total awe of your achievements I’m in love x
Thanks so much Vera, and I hope the weather warms soon and you get at least a little relief in your hands and are able to have fun with some polymer clay 🙂
How pretty thank you
Thanks so much 🙂
They are just the cutest little bowls. So pretty.💜
Thank you so much Cherry 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals Yw.💜
Very cute
Thank you so much 🙂
Fiona these little bowls are so beautiful ❤️. When I finally get settled permanently I can't wait to start making some 😊 Love this tutorial very much
Thanks so much Jennifer 🙂
Merci Fiona pour ce joli tuto Fiona ❤️
Merci beaucoup Isabelle 🙂
Beautiful, thank you
Thank you so much Leona 🙂
I've been looking for more bowl/ring dish ideas, and I'm so glad your tutorial came my way. This is an amazing way to use petals, and I love the petal technique!
Wonderful, thanks so much Jennifer 🙂
You truly are an inspiration Fiona, thank you always for sharing your knowledge and techniques with us, as well as, you're wonderful vision! ♥ These are the cutest trinket bowls/precious egg holders, so so precious!
Awww, thank you so much Gemmy 🙂
These are absolutely lovely! Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Diana 🙂
Merveilleux comme toujours ❤
merci beacoup 🙂
I recently purchased the metal bath bomb forms. It comes in three sizes and sets it has two separate sides. There’s a total of six. My initial thought was for forms like this, but then I was also thinking I can make bowls out of them too. As in with one piece of solid clay. I am still new to this, so I’m always trying to find some thing that can help me and also go in the oven. Also these are gorgeous and you have such a soothing voice
I am so glad you are having fun with clay and planning new ideas too. yes the moulds should be perfect to make small bowls. have you seen my Polymer Clay Bowls with Hexagon patterns video - it may be helpful if you want to make bowls with a single slab of clay - have fun - czcams.com/video/vSpInqLBC7w/video.html 🙂
I am always excited to see you post a tutorial! Your artistic talents amaze me! I love your work and can easily follow your tutorial. God bless you and your family
Awww, thank you so much Ramona, and the same to you and your family too 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous work and I appreciate the effort in making the tutorials 😍
Thanks so much Melissa 🙂
Thank you so much Fiona I always get so uplifted and excited extruding I see you’ve posted a new video in my feed because I love the experience you create in every video you put out and I even have several I’ve consistently watched several times throughout a years time simply because they bring such a sense of peace tranquility and calm joy to my mind and mental health!! Bless you and thank you so very very much for your continuous treasures and gifts that keep on giving!!!
Awww, thank you so much, I am very happy you enjoy them 🙂🙏🙏
Parabéns sempre surpreendendo
Muchas gracias 🙂🙏🙏
🎉
Thank you so much 🙂
Hi Fiona,, I really love these bowls they are so beautiful,, my things arrived for the bowls I was going to try to do with the cutters,, but have not been able to yet because of a very hyperactive kitty that we adopted!!! That we named Sky, she is a silver white tabby, with tabby heart patches on both her right and left side,, she's beautiful ,she called to our door in pain,, with a terrible old wound on her belly,, the earliest we could get her to a vet was the the following morning, she had staples and stichesm but ripped them out,, even with the cone ,,so at the vets again then after healed up the 2nd time round,, had to get spayed now she's fully healed up and outside again,, but boy is she hyper from crazy!! to ballistic, from ballistic to hyperactive and from that to ludicrous speed, she always has her petrol ⛽ tank full!!! But I love her too so much,, we all do,, she's a junior kitten. I will do the bowls at some time I hope!!! Take care .🐈🐈⬛🐱
Oh my goodness you have had your hands full, your kitty sounds lovley, and has obviously found a wonderful home with you. Thanks so much 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals You that right she's full of beans you could say wish I could send you a photo of her but can't find my old file I'll see if I can send you a photo of her there are some realy cute ones of her
I would need your email in order to send them to you,,,if you don't mind,,, as it's asking for a valid email address, then I can attach them when I send you an email as I can't reply to the one I got from you tube when I commented on the polymere flower bowls would that be OK? Angela
@@Tiger804 Yes no problem 🙂 You can of course always message me through Facebook or Instagram, but my webiste details I list below the video have a contact box which is direct through to my email address - rather than putting it here on a public forum 😉🙃🙂so I will be able to see any photos 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals Hi Fiona 🦋💐,,I don't use fb for personal reasons, as I know I can't reply, if after commenting to you and it comes through to my emails,, as I tryed that before and it went mail delivery subsystem, so it dident send!!! So how can I get an email message to you without your email adresss or where it says add recipient. This I need to know in order to send you an email, or mabey you could do what you did before and send me an email with Hi on in so I can use that to reply to you ,,,as I think it was alot easier that way,, if that of course is OK with you. Some of the photos that i have of Sky are of her injury,, healing process and alot of cutenes plus a video of her ,,,at least you could see the injury one privately,, rather than going on line with it,,im not one for going on line normaly for personal reasons,,Please let me know ,,,,,,, Angela
How do you keep the clay from sticking to the bowl? Did you spray the bowl with something first?
No, as long as the bowl is clean, and residue free, with a metal - or ceramic/glass bowl, the clay will gently lfit off it after baking. If it sticks at all, run the bowl under a warm water tap, run your fingernail under the edge of the clay, let the water run where you are peeling it away, and the whole thing should pop off. I hope that helps :)
That was interesting
You can also enjoy beautiful crafts on my channel. I'm waiting for you.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much 🙂
That was interesting
You can also enjoy beautiful crafts on my channel. I'm waiting for you.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much 🙂