Book review: Polymer Clay Beads
August 20, 2008 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Book & Magazine Reviews, Polymer Clay, Wearable Art
Polymer Clay Beads
by Grant Diffendaffer
This is the book that polymer clay artists have been waiting for! Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for beginners, Grant takes you on a whirlwind tour of what’s next. The book is gorgeous, and all techniques are well-documented, but it still took me only moments before I realized that I was way out of my league! Which is fine…lots of gorgeous inspiration is not a bad thing, even if I can’t hope to make any of them (at least not yet!).
Truly, this book picks up where the others leave off. Grant explains mica-shift and how to achieve it, lathe-turned beads, recursive molded beads, hollow-form beads, and mandrel-formed beads. Seeing what beautiful, beautiful objects he makes, I almost want to play with clay.
Beginners, drool over this book. Intermediates and advanceds, buy it now!
This is a book I’ve been wanting to add to my library. Thank you for the review. Looks like I’m going to have to go get it!