Philip, you are *such* a breath of fresh air! Sooo many polymer tutorials are merely rehashes of popular canes, but yours are unique, interesting, and *inspiring* in their newness, and I very much look forward to seeing new uploads from you. I hope you’ll continue on in polymer, as we’re in dire need of fresh voices. You and a young fellow from Korea have set my imagination aflame, and I’m so very grateful for that! Thanks so much for sharing with us; we so desperately need “newness” in polymer, and you’re providing it! Danke schön for everything you do for us! 💋
@@phimotutorials Yes, it’s the Clay Zoo fellow. Even though I’ve not seen him post any genuinely *new* ideas, the *way* in which he does things is frequently very different and new, and it’s startling seeing someone do “the same old” things in entirely new ways. I’m looking for other polymer artists from Korea as I’m curious whether the difference is due to the Clay Zoo fellow being especially genius or whether the difference is Koreans and their culture. It’s seldom easy finding anything on the net that doesn’t use the same alphabet we do, though. You and he are so different in that your content doesn’t consist of “Here’s how to make a bullseye/mokumé gané/kaleidoscope/whatever” cane. Between the two of you, I’m suddenly cranking out sooo much more work, in new ways, because you’ve opened my eyes to possibilities I hadn’t considered, and I’ve a feeling that I’m not the only one! It just hit me: he’s Korean and you’re German (or if not, you’re living there, anyway), and I think the answer might just be that it’s a cultural thing. (In this, I mean “US artists vs artists in other countries.”) I’m thinking that what happened was roughly 30 years ago, an American posted the first tutorial and people who came afterwards more or less modeled themselves after that first one, and so we’ve ended up with this homogenous soup of ideas without anything really genuinely new. (If you’ve ever looked around, you’ll see that polymer is by and large a hobby for older white American women.) (Though I spose they were young when they started. ☺️) (I think I need to hope that you don’t catch on, lest people read what I’ve said and have a cow over it! 😱😀) (If they stop to think, they can name just five men who are prominent in polymer, and every one of those is a white American, too. 😞) So you and the Korean fellow come along with your fresh perspectives (you’ve not been steeped in decades of “the same old”) and you’re making our brains spazz out as we try your new ways of doing things, and your new things to do. I know I’ve filled a 160-page notebook since the beginning of this year with drawings, notes, color combinations, shapes, ideas, proposed projects, and more, and it’s largely thanks to the inspiration I’ve gotten from you and Clay Zoo. So the next time you’re feeling a little blue and frustrated, please remember that there’s (at least!) one person out here who’s suddenly working (and writing!) like crazy thanks to your work and that of Mr Clay Zoo. I hope you’re able to appreciate this information as much as we appreciate you and what you do, Philip! 💋
Yes, the fellow who does Clay Zoo is named JuPyo Hong, just FYI :-) I find his channel refreshing because most Asian channels focus on making images of unoriginal anime and video game characters.
(Oh, and thanks a *million* for not boring us with video of you conditioning clay, making Skinner blends, reducing, and all the other repetitive dull parts!)
@@phimotutorials I missed this post when you made it a year ago (eeep!). I want to point out that the lovely Fiona Abel-Smith gets around the boring parts perfectly: she made vids for “how to reduce,” “how to make a Skinner blend,” “how to condition clay,” and all the other things many of us can do in our sleep, and then she links to them in her vids so those who need that info have it and those who don’t can breeze right through the vid.. (Given it’s been a year, you’re prolly doing this already; I’m sorry if I’ve bored you with this! I’m just trying to help.)
Suggestion: during the reduction phase, if you press something flat to each end (I’ve used coins, pieces of acrylic, extruder disks, and even cardboard), you lose a LOT less clay, as the objects prevent a LOT of distortion on the ends. (Of course, with certain canes, cutting off the distorted ends make for GREAT Natasha beads later, but when that’s not a concern, you can save yourself an awful lot of clay this way.)
Another awesome tutorial! You are a very good teacher and you inspire me every time to try things out of my comfort zone. Thank you for your generosity! 🥰
I can't believe channels like 5 minute crafts have millions of subs, when it's channels like this that should have all the views!
Your canes are the most original I have seen. The way you explain is so plain and easily understood. Thank you!!
thank you!
You are definitely one of the most refreshingly teachers. Your original ideas are fantastic. I love your channel.
Thank you!
Philip, you are *such* a breath of fresh air! Sooo many polymer tutorials are merely rehashes of popular canes, but yours are unique, interesting, and *inspiring* in their newness, and I very much look forward to seeing new uploads from you. I hope you’ll continue on in polymer, as we’re in dire need of fresh voices. You and a young fellow from Korea have set my imagination aflame, and I’m so very grateful for that! Thanks so much for sharing with us; we so desperately need “newness” in polymer, and you’re providing it! Danke schön for everything you do for us! 💋
Thank you! Do you mean clay zoo channel from korea? I am also a fan!
I think that innovation is important in every firld, but also repetition is an important aspect of craft and very valid in this context.
@@phimotutorials Yes, it’s the Clay Zoo fellow. Even though I’ve not seen him post any genuinely *new* ideas, the *way* in which he does things is frequently very different and new, and it’s startling seeing someone do “the same old” things in entirely new ways. I’m looking for other polymer artists from Korea as I’m curious whether the difference is due to the Clay Zoo fellow being especially genius or whether the difference is Koreans and their culture. It’s seldom easy finding anything on the net that doesn’t use the same alphabet we do, though.
You and he are so different in that your content doesn’t consist of “Here’s how to make a bullseye/mokumé gané/kaleidoscope/whatever” cane. Between the two of you, I’m suddenly cranking out sooo much more work, in new ways, because you’ve opened my eyes to possibilities I hadn’t considered, and I’ve a feeling that I’m not the only one!
It just hit me: he’s Korean and you’re German (or if not, you’re living there, anyway), and I think the answer might just be that it’s a cultural thing. (In this, I mean “US artists vs artists in other countries.”) I’m thinking that what happened was roughly 30 years ago, an American posted the first tutorial and people who came afterwards more or less modeled themselves after that first one, and so we’ve ended up with this homogenous soup of ideas without anything really genuinely new. (If you’ve ever looked around, you’ll see that polymer is by and large a hobby for older white American women.) (Though I spose they were young when they started. ☺️)
(I think I need to hope that you don’t catch on, lest people read what I’ve said and have a cow over it! 😱😀) (If they stop to think, they can name just five men who are prominent in polymer, and every one of those is a white American, too. 😞)
So you and the Korean fellow come along with your fresh perspectives (you’ve not been steeped in decades of “the same old”) and you’re making our brains spazz out as we try your new ways of doing things, and your new things to do.
I know I’ve filled a 160-page notebook since the beginning of this year with drawings, notes, color combinations, shapes, ideas, proposed projects, and more, and it’s largely thanks to the inspiration I’ve gotten from you and Clay Zoo.
So the next time you’re feeling a little blue and frustrated, please remember that there’s (at least!) one person out here who’s suddenly working (and writing!) like crazy thanks to your work and that of Mr Clay Zoo. I hope you’re able to appreciate this information as much as we appreciate you and what you do, Philip! 💋
@@Binkles wow, thanks for your kind words
Yes, the fellow who does Clay Zoo is named JuPyo Hong, just FYI :-) I find his channel refreshing because most Asian channels focus on making images of unoriginal anime and video game characters.
Brilliant.
Awesome cane, Philip! Very original and flawlessly done! I love how precise your canes come out after reducing- no wonkiness!
Love this tutorial so cool . I grew up on a farm and this really looks like barbed wire.
Haha, thank you
Your work is inspiring me. I love the way you use math and precision and your knowledge of light and shadow. Thanks so much!
Thank you
Beautiful execution!
Thank you!!
(Oh, and thanks a *million* for not boring us with video of you conditioning clay, making Skinner blends, reducing, and all the other repetitive dull parts!)
Thank you!!! That’s good to know, i was not sure actually...
@@phimotutorials I missed this post when you made it a year ago (eeep!). I want to point out that the lovely Fiona Abel-Smith gets around the boring parts perfectly: she made vids for “how to reduce,” “how to make a Skinner blend,” “how to condition clay,” and all the other things many of us can do in our sleep, and then she links to them in her vids so those who need that info have it and those who don’t can breeze right through the vid..
(Given it’s been a year, you’re prolly doing this already; I’m sorry if I’ve bored you with this! I’m just trying to help.)
This is amazing!
You are a natural teacher!
I can't wait to try this cane
Love how you show us how to make large canes!
Thank you! Hope you will give it a try!
Just wow
Suggestion: during the reduction phase, if you press something flat to each end (I’ve used coins, pieces of acrylic, extruder disks, and even cardboard), you lose a LOT less clay, as the objects prevent a LOT of distortion on the ends. (Of course, with certain canes, cutting off the distorted ends make for GREAT Natasha beads later, but when that’s not a concern, you can save yourself an awful lot of clay this way.)
Thanks for this. In this case my background clay was softer than the motif, so it‘s extra tricky 😉
Amazing work! I love how you used light and shadow to create the wire.
thank you!
Really cool. I don't know how you see the little parts of the object that you need, but you do. I'm amazed every time.
Haha thank you!
Another great tutorial. Thank you!
Thank you Débora
You are amazing!!!!
thank you
Amazing! Thank you such eye candy
🙏🙏
While I really love this, you didn’t show how, at the beginning, you blended all the colors to fade so beautifully! I have no idea.
Another awesome tutorial! You are a very good teacher and you inspire me every time to try things out of my comfort zone. Thank you for your generosity! 🥰
thank you so much. very glad to hear that!