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AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A fresh approach to polymer clay jewellery for the modern reader, featuring 10 techniques and 20 projects that show the true creative possibilities of this popular medium. Discover a world of creative and colourful jewellery making from your kitchen table. In this comprehensive guide to modern polymer clay techniques, artist and designer Heidi Helyard reveals the simple techniques that can be used to create one-off, contemporary jewellery pieces with the minimum of tools and equipment. The beauty of polymer clay is that it presents so many opportunities to explore colour combinations, patterns and texture. In this book you will learn 10 easy yet exciting techniques including slab and cane making, marbling and colour mixing, inlay techniques, printing onto clay, surface embellishments and more to create 20 unique jewellery pieces. Just make, bake and wear! AUTHOR: Heidi Helyard is a leader in the popular contemporary polymer clay jewellery movement. She's a lifelong artist, a graphic designer, and innovator, based in New South Wales, Australia. She has over 24,000 followers on Instagram and a wealth of followers to her Studio Scraps newsletter, which explores the making process of her popular wearable art pieces. This is her first book.