Anyway. August’s Polymer Clay Smoosher’s challenge theme was “medieval”, and here are the two pieces I came up with for it.

This one is a pewter colored medieval cross.  Hand cut and shaped, with a red decorative marble for the centerpiece and Trinity knots carved in each section of the cross’ arms.

The second entry is a gold or brass colored version of a medieval cross.  Like the other, it also has Trinity knots carved into it and is hand cut and shaped.  I’m working on a third one that is copper colored.

They’re both available in my studio for $15 USD each.

Go check out the rest of the Smooshers’ entries in this Medieval themed challenge!

Elaine resides in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, and her forte with polymer clay, is millefiori canes, and beads made from her canes.

What is a millefiori cane? Take a look:

And here are some of the beads that she creates using her canes – beautiful!

In addition to her Artfire Studio, you can find Elaine of TooAquarius at her Etsy shop for her beads, TooAquarius; her Etsy shop for her canes, ClayChicks; and at her blog, TooAquarius.com.

Susan lives in New Jersey, and creates sculptures, beads, pendants, and other items out of polymer clay.  Her primary influences appear to be Dinko Tilov and Christie Friesen, but she has a style that is all her own.

Here are a few of her wonderful wares:

Dee resides in England and creates THE cutest miniature animals – dogs, kitties, bunnies, and even a guinea pig or two. So cute!  Some of them even have wool flocking to give them a furry appearance!

Go check out the rest of her cute little miniatures!

First, a rather irritated alien lady.  She has three eyes, and glows in the dark:

My second item, is a stylized Blue Moon pendant, which also glows in the dark:

They’re both made with glow in the dark polymer clay.  The alien lady’s eye stalks are clay covered head pins, anchored into the clay.  For the Blue Moon pendant, I shaped it by hand and added the crater shapes with some tools, then sanded & buffed it after baking.  Last I added some blue acrylic paint for a patina and re-buffed it after the paint was dry to bring the shine out again.

Sometime today, our guild leader will put up a post with the rest of the submissions by our guild members for the Space theme.  Go check them out!

Catswire hails from Germany, where she lives with her husband and four kitties.  She is an avid crocheter of wire.  Yep, wire rather than threads or yarn.  It makes for some really interesting pieces!  And recently, she’s started working with polymer  clay and is merging the two mediums together for some great items.  Go take a look!

Just look at this cute little fruit basket!  Polymer clay fruit, and crocheted wire basket!

And then this cute little “Sleepy Star”:

And here is a piece that is a wire crochet sculpture – a kitty!

Valerie creates jewelry, pendants, key rings, and bracelet cuffs all with polymer clay.  She also hand paints some pendants with inks which remind me of porcelain beads.  Here is just a sample of the lovely items she has available at her studio:

If you hurry and purchase something by the 24th, you can get 15% off using coupon code “THISWEEK” at check out.

Michelle creates whimsical sculptures, beads, ornaments and other items with polymer clay, and she also hand sews cloth dolls, cat toys, plush dolls inspired by World of Warcraft, and many other things.  And she knits, too! Quite the busy gal!

Here is just a small number of the various wares she has available in her studio:

She is having a Christmas in July sale, too!  Coupon code XMASINJULY in select studio categories, gets you 10% off!

Go and have a look around her store!

Valerie has some excellent items in her studio, and she is having a Christmas in July sale, 15% off, and always has free shipping in the U.S. and Canada.

It’s so hard to choose a few items from her studio, but here are some of my favorites: