Please do not feel like just because you've showed a technique before it is redundant! Watching something being done multiple times can really cement how it's done and it sparks inspiration as well. I personally prefer these over the darker transfer you did last time and am now more tempted to give it a try. Also, it's entertainment! I don't always watch classes because I want to actually recreate what's being done. I enjoyed this one very much.
This is how long I've been watching you make clay beads: I remember watching you on Carol Duvall when you were making a beautiful purple and gold flower pendant, and I just HAD to replicate it for my mother, who looked naturally elegant in statement jewelry. So I paid careful attention, rewatched the video (yes, I recorded it on VHS!) gathered my materials, and managed somehow to make a reasonable facsimile of yours (not nearly as beautiful, of course). Gave it to my mother, she just fell in love with it, and wore it for probably 18-20 years before she started showing signs of dementia. My sister, brother and I cared for her for the 7 long years she had it, during which time we removed as much of her jewelry as we could find, for her own safety, and I know there were many, many Donna Kato beads in that mix! She passed away 8 years ago. So how many years does that total? I almost don't want to know! But during all that time, from that first pendant till now, I can't begin to count how many of your beads, pendants and stunning techniques I've copied and used (I did take a lot of years completely off to have two kids, so I wasn't claying the whole time. Sad, but husband and I both had to work full-time). At any rate, I'm retired now and LOVING getting back into claying and just felt like you might enjoy hearing from a long-time "fan" (hate that word) - YES, some of us are still around :) still benefiting from years and years of your clay wisdom (And my God, woman, do you NEVER age???!! Answer: Nope!)
I love that, Vickie! I love thinking of your lively Mom so proud of your gift to her. So hard losing our moms and dads, too. I think of them every day. Miss them so much. Carol Duvall is a lot of years ago, oh my. Miss her, too. What an incredible woman. So nice to have you in clay, again! More fun to come, right? Hugs, D😊
Wonderful tutorial, thank you Donna. I enjoy your “un-fussy” way of teaching. Madame Sans Gêne translates as Madame Without Shame (or hang-ups!) 😀 She must be quite a woman… especially played by Gloria Swanson!
Hello! You know, I’m glad you like un fussy! I gave fussy up a while back…I do not miss it. Aha! Thank you for the interesting tidbit! I hadn’t heard of the movie and evidently it’s lost…boo. I like old movies! Hugs, D!
Another beautiful tutorial Donna thank you. As I also find your non artistic but extremely useful practical tutes fantastic, I would love a quick guide to how to download the images… I’m a totally useless at computer skills..it’s a strange ask I know 💚🙏🏽
Greetings Donna! I recently subscribed to your channel, and I am absolutely amazed at your artistic skills. This is all new to me, polymer clay, and I am fascinated by the process. I do not know the names of all of the tools needed to make these creations. Is there a way to find out about the name of the tools, including the device that rolls out the polymer? I Loved listening to you, Donna. You're easy to follow and make beautiful creations. ❤
Hello! Welcome! Let me make a list for you, things I think will help as you begin… Pasta machine - this is the most expensive tool you will buy. You can start with a machine from Michaels or Hobby Lobby. They are not as durable as the more expensive ones (Atlas) but let’s find out if you want to spend the 60-90$ on an Atlas! Acrylic rod - important - Michaels or online Clay blade - important - Michaels or online Worksurface - you can get a big smooth, glazed, ceramic tile from Lowes Clay - please don’t buy Sculpey 3, too weak and what you make, will break! Premo, Cernit are fine. I use Kato but it’s more difficult to condition. With just this you can make canes or impress textures into sheets and that’d be a good place to begin! Watch the basics and you’ll understand the nature of our medium. Hugs, D!
I have not tried this, but am wondering if water decals (you'd have to seal them with a spray since inkjet ink is water soluble) would adhere to clay and survive baking. I think getting toner copies from a copy shop or work (if you or someone you know works in an office) would be a lot less trouble. You can even order prints online now.
When my ink jet finally kicks the bucket we're gonna upgrade to a laser. Unfortunately it just keeps hanging on.😂 Although the software updates keeps making it more and more user-UNfriendly and a hassle to print. 😂🤷
That's odd, seems like printers rarely last longer than the warranty period! 😂 Copy shops offer cheap toner prints as well, by the way. I think there's even online services nowadays.
Hi! I don’t believe you can get copies of the shows…HGTV just dumped craft shows (I was a reg. on The Carol Duvall Show) and went all in on home improvement. It’s too bad, she had a great show. Cheers, D
Hi Susan! Okay, the way I do it is by 1. Laser copy. 2 Water. Burnish the copy onto light colored clay. Spray the back of the paper with water, roll the paper of the printer ink! I thought I put that in the tute, I'll check. Hugs, D
Please do not feel like just because you've showed a technique before it is redundant! Watching something being done multiple times can really cement how it's done and it sparks inspiration as well. I personally prefer these over the darker transfer you did last time and am now more tempted to give it a try. Also, it's entertainment! I don't always watch classes because I want to actually recreate what's being done. I enjoyed this one very much.
Thank you! So glad you liked it. Cheers, D😊
This is how long I've been watching you make clay beads: I remember watching you on Carol Duvall when you were making a beautiful purple and gold flower pendant, and I just HAD to replicate it for my mother, who looked naturally elegant in statement jewelry. So I paid careful attention, rewatched the video (yes, I recorded it on VHS!) gathered my materials, and managed somehow to make a reasonable facsimile of yours (not nearly as beautiful, of course). Gave it to my mother, she just fell in love with it, and wore it for probably 18-20 years before she started showing signs of dementia. My sister, brother and I cared for her for the 7 long years she had it, during which time we removed as much of her jewelry as we could find, for her own safety, and I know there were many, many Donna Kato beads in that mix! She passed away 8 years ago. So how many years does that total? I almost don't want to know! But during all that time, from that first pendant till now, I can't begin to count how many of your beads, pendants and stunning techniques I've copied and used (I did take a lot of years completely off to have two kids, so I wasn't claying the whole time. Sad, but husband and I both had to work full-time). At any rate, I'm retired now and LOVING getting back into claying and just felt like you might enjoy hearing from a long-time "fan" (hate that word) - YES, some of us are still around :) still benefiting from years and years of your clay wisdom (And my God, woman, do you NEVER age???!! Answer: Nope!)
I love that, Vickie! I love thinking of your lively Mom so proud of your gift to her. So hard losing our moms and dads, too. I think of them every day. Miss them so much. Carol Duvall is a lot of years ago, oh my. Miss her, too. What an incredible woman. So nice to have you in clay, again! More fun to come, right? Hugs, D😊
What a beautiful testament to your Mom and all the years you've been doing clay. Donna must have been so touched. ❤❤❤❤
Wow what beautiful work. Thank you so much for sharing your techniques. You are truly a talented artisan. Just gorgeous.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words! ❤️ cheers, D!
This was wonderful thank you Donna! The beads are beautiful!
You're welcome, Donita! I hope you make tons of beads! Hugs, D
Love those beads❤
So glad! ❤️🎉
Fantastic class 🎀🌈🌷🌸🩷
Thank you, Jane! Cheers, D
This is one of your best, I will try it out. Thanks.❤❤
I like them, too! Hugs, D
Wonderful to see this I saw this in your book and was going to ask for a tutorial. Done! Damn you inkjet printer😂
I think you’re going to love next class, Wendy! Hugs, D
Miss Kato it’s been a minute! Great to see u❤❤
Hiya! cheers, D
Wonderful tutorial, thank you Donna. I enjoy your “un-fussy” way of teaching. Madame Sans Gêne translates as Madame Without Shame (or hang-ups!) 😀 She must be quite a woman… especially played by Gloria Swanson!
Hello! You know, I’m glad you like un fussy! I gave fussy up a while back…I do not miss it. Aha! Thank you for the interesting tidbit! I hadn’t heard of the movie and evidently it’s lost…boo. I like old movies! Hugs, D!
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That movie title translates to 'madam without embarrassment'. Lovely!
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Just found your channel, Thank you for coming back to Teach us your Gift.😊. Some good things came from Covid?.😅 I Subscribed. ❤
Welcome, Deborah! So glad you’re here! Cheers, D
Another beautiful tutorial Donna thank you. As I also find your non artistic but extremely useful practical tutes fantastic, I would love a quick guide to how to download the images… I’m a totally useless at computer skills..it’s a strange ask I know 💚🙏🏽
Hi Joyce! You know, I screen capture a lot of images then send them into photos. I'm on a mac. what are you on?
@ I’m on an iPad mini or laptop Donna. It’s all a foreign language to me so flip😞
Greetings Donna! I recently subscribed to your channel, and I am absolutely amazed at your artistic skills. This is all new to me, polymer clay, and I am fascinated by the process. I do not know the names of all of the tools needed to make these creations. Is there a way to find out about the name of the tools, including the device that rolls out the polymer? I Loved listening to you, Donna. You're easy to follow and make beautiful creations. ❤
Hello! Welcome! Let me make a list for you, things I think will help as you begin…
Pasta machine - this is the most expensive tool you will buy. You can start with a machine from Michaels or Hobby Lobby. They are not as durable as the more expensive ones (Atlas) but let’s find out if you want to spend the 60-90$ on an Atlas!
Acrylic rod - important - Michaels or online
Clay blade - important - Michaels or online
Worksurface - you can get a big smooth, glazed, ceramic tile from Lowes
Clay - please don’t buy Sculpey 3, too weak and what you make, will break! Premo, Cernit are fine. I use Kato but it’s more difficult to condition.
With just this you can make canes or impress textures into sheets and that’d be a good place to begin!
Watch the basics and you’ll understand the nature of our medium.
Hugs, D!
Совершенство! 👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Beautiful but simple! What is the cord made of?
This is synthetic ‘rubber” cord!
Hi, it’s synthetic rubber! Cheers, D
A beautiful tutorial, as always. I was wondering if there was an effective method to print transfers from a plain old ink jet printer, please?
Donna says no 😔 something about the ink changing which renders the transfer ineffective.
She’s right. Sometimes you can do just black but it’s hard to do.
I used to have a great method but I don't really know of one now. I think Barbara McGuire has one - I will ask her. Sorry...hugs, D
I have not tried this, but am wondering if water decals (you'd have to seal them with a spray since inkjet ink is water soluble) would adhere to clay and survive baking. I think getting toner copies from a copy shop or work (if you or someone you know works in an office) would be a lot less trouble. You can even order prints online now.
When my ink jet finally kicks the bucket we're gonna upgrade to a laser. Unfortunately it just keeps hanging on.😂 Although the software updates keeps making it more and more user-UNfriendly and a hassle to print. 😂🤷
Try your public library, odds are they have a laser printer and copies are usually cheap
Great idea!
That's odd, seems like printers rarely last longer than the warranty period! 😂 Copy shops offer cheap toner prints as well, by the way. I think there's even online services nowadays.
Not sure if you'll see this, but i was wondering if the show you used to do is available on dvd or download?
Hi! I don’t believe you can get copies of the shows…HGTV just dumped craft shows (I was a reg. on The Carol Duvall Show) and went all in on home improvement. It’s too bad, she had a great show. Cheers, D
Hey Donna, what if you put your liquid clay over it with a heat gun?
That would work, too! Get a good heat gun and you’d do multiple thin layers, I think. 👍
Hi ms Donna! It’s Lenore from Michigan! How are you?? ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Lenny! How are you? Omg, it has been ages, kid. Hope you’re well! Big hugs, D❤️
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What am I missing? I can’t find where you remove the paper transfer from the clay on the first one.
Hi Susan! Okay, the way I do it is by 1. Laser copy. 2 Water. Burnish the copy onto light colored clay. Spray the back of the paper with water, roll the paper of the printer ink! I thought I put that in the tute, I'll check. Hugs, D
Just for fun, I looked up the movie: 1924 - french washerwoman becomes duchess in Napoleonic era. This movie, except for a trailer, is LOST!
That’s interesting, G! Sounds like a fun movie - too bad it’s lost…hugs, D
can you run the clay through the roller with a paper sandwich? paper on both sides, clay in the middle?
You can do that but there's always a chance the clay sticks to the paper and then it all comes apart. It's a risk...cheer, d
Can we make these with a round or square bead
absolutely! cheers, D
Where do folks acquire their images from?