TEXTURED

These wonderful rustic polymer clay rings by Claire Maunsell have a lot to offer: original shapes, great colors, amazing colors. I found them (along with some very interesting beads and earrings) in Claire's shop, stillpointworks.etsy.com. You can see more of her works in her Flickr album.

MINUTE

Sometimes it is quite difficult to judge the size of a work of art by its picture. For me, it was the case with Jill Kollmann's works. I just saw them in person this weekend, and was astonished by the tiny size of the decorative details on her pendants. Jill combines polymer clay with wire and beads. You may find a few examples of her works in her Etsy shop, jkollmann.etsy.com.

CREATIVE

Halloween is in the air on Etsy. Every day, more and more orange, black, and red items are being listed and sold. Original items (such as this creepy polymer clay jewelry by tianarutledge.etsy.com) are doing particularly well.

BEAUTIFUL

Elena Loukianova has reach imagination and great skills to match it. She makes her art dolls out of the highest quality polymer clay and dresses them in beautiful garments of silk, fur, and lace, adorned with beads and crystals.

Besides Elena's Etsy gallery, she has two web sites, elenacreative.com and elenaoriginals.com, which can be explored and marveled at for hours.

AMAZING

This Israeli artist has been working with polymer clay for a few months only. She must be a quick learner, as her canes and beads are simply amazing. The swirly ones are my favorite!

You can see more pictures of her work at Rolyzcreations.etsy.com and flickr.com/photos/rolyzcreations.

WARM

As days get colder, you can find more and more warm and cozy knitted and crocheted things being offered on Etsy.com. These capelets and cowls from ellonysfjord.etsy.com demonstrate just how great polymer clay can be used with these items. Hand-made polymer clay buttons add lots of charm and character, don't you agree?

GIVEAWAY

Today is the first day of the new month, which means that I am ready to reveal the lucky winner of the giveaway pendant and earrings set offered during the month of September. Before that, I want to remind you all the beautiful polymer clay creations featured in my blog during the last month.

Here is the video version (set to the music), and its quiet version may be found in the lower right corner of this page:

Thank you to all my visitors for your interest to polymer clay works and your support of the artists. All your comments made on my September posts were included in the drawing, and the winner is... comment #2 on September, 23 post. It is Carol (http://yankeegirlswatercolors.blogspot.com/).

Carol will receive this delicate set made in my faux lampwork technique:

In October, my giveaway prize will be this lovely polymer clay pendant with a leaf impression and a textured sterling silver frame.

This pendant will be featured in my new tutorial. You may find out more about this tutorial in my blog.