Enjoy our discussion this week, regarding the upcoming Clay Event in France in March next spring, happenings in the latest Art Jewelry Magazine, and all the fun you can have making ghoulish accessories for Halloween out of polymer clay.

Well, next week we're off to the Craft and Hobby Association show. It's always a lot of fun to go and see what's debuting in the crafting world. This time we plan to do, and film ourselves doing, a lot of the make & take activities. We figure if we try out some products and tools we'll come up with new ways to use them with clay! Be sure to visit next week, we'll be putting up some of that footage for PCTV.

We tried out Bakeshop, I tried it with 11& 15 year old boys, and they really loved it. They used it all up! I taught them basic sculpting and caning and they were able to do lots with the clay. It's a bit rubbery both before and after baking, and we haven't strength tested it yet, but be sure to come back next week- Ilysa is going to try it out and do some tests.

This week, see what all the fun is at the Orlando Clay Fandango! Enjoy some of the weekend's events along with us. A Hat fashion show, an auction, and other fun stuff.

Take a guided tour through Ilysa's studio, featuring her new glass-topped office table from Office Depot. Who knew an office table would be the perfect alternative for working with polymer clay? And this one was a steal, price-wise, at only $99. So keep your eyes open for new ways to work with clay- we do! Also check out some of the ways she stores her stuff.

Why not make Hearts for Heroes this Valentine's Day? A special heartfelt gift for an active USA soldier at war- protecting our country. For more information, watch the video and visit heartsforheroes.com.

We discuss how we covered the paper mache torsos you will see next week on PCTV, Covering a sink with polymer clay tiles, the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy is 2 years old tomorrow, and the monthly challenge is now open for entries and voting from Guild members as well as the general public. So be sure to visit www.pcagoe.com to see details for how to enter and vote to win prizes!

Ilysa visited with the Creative Options folks, who gave us some lovely bags to try out! We will demo how we use them in a future show, but here check out what the makers have to say, at the Summer CHA show.

Today we have a new episode of Polymer Clay TV for you to enjoy. This week we show you how to silkscreen on polymer clay. This is an easy and fun technique that anyone can master. All you need is some clay and acrylic paint. You will have to do some testing to see what brand of paint works best on the brand of polymer clay you are using. I had good luck with the Folk Art & apple Barrel brands on Premo brand clay. Enjoy!

If you would like to try our Magic Transfer Paper which we demonstrated on last weeks video just send an e-mail to polymerclaypodcast@yahoo.com with your mailing address and we will get it in the mail.http://polymerclayproductions.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=15&zenid=a7550bd390b0e8361254632e8ffeb424

In this episode you will get to join in the fun at the Orlando Clay Fandango's Fantastic Flamingo Fashion Show.
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Today we have an early new episode of Polymer Clay TV as we will be heading out of town to attend the Orlando Clay Fandango tomorrow.
They have this really cool thing called a day tripper pass, so if you are in the area and just want to come spend the day at the event and get the retreat experience, come on down, we would love to meet you! We will have a ton of footage to share when we return.

You can check out more of Christi Friesen’s work at her website and she will be teaching at the Fandango so I am sure we will have some more footage of her but enjoy the interview!

We did an interview with Ann & Karen Mitchell while we were at CHA and we share that in this episode as well as our regular scheduled programming mokume gane demo. Enjoy!