A Polymer Clay Tutorial: The Simple Ring or I Made A Pod/Garlic Ring Fob

[@sweetpealee056]

Dear Donna, I can't tell you how much I enjoy your tutes! I have admired your work since I started claying in the 90s and imagined you as an austere perfectionist with a pristine work space where "schmutz" or mistakes never happen! And here you are, happily humming and singing, dealing with schmutz and cat hair just like me! Truly a delight! While I still see you as a goddess of polymer clay it's so wonderful to see you are human as well! And I mean this in the best way 👍✌️💓 (p.s. I was a tomboy as well and as a child in the 50s and 60s I used to make all kinds of wonders with plasticine clay so when I discovered polymer clay I was ecstatic!)

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I am a mess! LOL. I'm used to it. I know there must be those who are driven nuts by my casual relationship with schmutz but I figure I can't beat it so I might as well hum along and let it be! I played with Play Doh, remember Play Doh? It was the most frustrating material but as a kid, it was fine. Making things and playing sports. It was a pretty nice childhood, I think. Have a wonderful new year! Big hugs, D

[@sweetpealee056]

@DonnaKatoArt I do remember play doh and I can still recall the smell and how it tasted salty! Lol! (I didn't really eat it just tasted with the tip of my tongue) When I was 7 I discovered plasticine in multicolored packs at my local five and dime that I would save up my weekly quarter allowance to buy (boy, am I dating myself or what! Lol) and that started me with the claying bug! I wish the best for you in the new year as well and look forward to your next videos ✌️❤️

[@clare9637]

I love these pods. I've been thinking about making a small vase with something other than traditional flowers so this idea has sparked my enthusiasm. Isn't it funny how you don't always appreciate how much you have grown a skill. A while ago the idea of making a vase would have been beyond me but now I am confident I can do that but the challenge is what to fill it with. Thank you Donna

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Yes, Clare! I'm making some for my posy vases - I think they'll be splendid. I am so proud of you and everyone, I see the growth and confidence and I am filled with joy! Happy New Year! Big hugs, D

[@clare9637]

@@DonnaKatoArt Your the gift that keeps on giving!!!!🤩

[@Allthingscrafty-u8n]

I love your rings! They r truly like wearing little works of art! They r beautiful and colorful and wonderfully unique. Thank u for sharing another tutorial. I also try not to work with white on a regular bases bc the same thing happens to me! I couldn’t keep white clay clean if I were working in a totally immaculate area wearing a space suit and gloves! I have happened to find thou that cotton buds and alcohol have helped me clean up white clay on more than a few projects! Thank u again and I hope u have a very safe and happy New Year! ❤

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year! So glad you like the rings, hope you make lots of them! The rubber ring band makes it very simple, that's a good thing! I tend to avoid white whenever I can! Maybe this year, I will be better? Nah, probably not but it'll be fun, anyway! Big hugs, D

[@jenniferfahnestock450]

Donna, I started watching polymer clay tutorials to see if I could cross over some techniques to making Japanese tea ceremony deserts.... Nerikiri Wagashi. And I've watch a ton of videos over the last couple of weeks full of Skinner blends and reducing and sheeting.... You pretty much made a polymer clay Nerikiri Wagashi--move for move. If you haven't seen them before to gotta look it up. You'll be amazed!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I'm googling. I'm Japanese American but I find I'm missing a lot of the Japanese parts! Happy New Year. Now to google...Big hugs, D

[@joyceparkes2678]

Just ran in to say Happy New Years Donna and tribe🥳🍸

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Joyce! Happy New Year, kid. Big hugs, D

[@eileengavinlarsen4509]

I can't get over how much I learn from you, Donna! And just how inspiring you are! Wow!!! Thanks for ALL you do to share your brilliant creativity with us. So very grateful...❤ All the best to you and Vernon in the new year.🎉

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Thank you, Eileen! Happy New Year to you! Big hugs, D

[@mayabeading]

Thank you. I am always grateful for you sharing you work with us in tutorials. A joy to watch!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Maya! Thank you for being part of the group, kid. I love teaching on YT, I love it and it keeps me going and experimenting, too. I love those crazy little rings. So easy and so much fun. Hope you make lots! Happy New Year to you! Big hugs, D

[@Oreok4]

I love these! I might try a similar technique for knobs / drawer pulls on a piece of furniture I just inherited. Thanks for your expertise!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Yup, drawer pulls, cool! I'm getting some Apoxie in, I haven't worked with it, might try drawer pulls, you know the area around the screw would be the epoxy, the clay around that. I think it'd be stronger that way. We shall see! Hugs, D

[@karenmorris5847]

Thank you Donna, for another great video and class. I feel so privileged to be attending a Donna Kato class. Thanks so much for all your teaching as I gather a wealth of information from each and every one. This class was awesome as usual, the “Garlic Ring” but this technique can be used for many things so thanks again my friend and Happy New Year to you and your lovely family 😊 😘♥️

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year, Karen! Make rings! Big hugs, D

[@estherramiro1266]

Thank you Donna for these fun and beautiful rings. I am thinking about making some

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You won't be sorry, Esther! Make rings! Hugs, D

[@danielazucca1678]

Thank you Donna, great tutorial! I wish you all a terrific 2024!!!❤

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Thank you! You too! Big hugs, D

[@WarnerWrites-vy3xw]

LOVE LOVE LOVE! I can’t wait to make some of these rings whether someone thinks they look like garlic or not! 😂 I am imagining other things I make from this also. I haven’t watched all of the videos yet but I hope you have one where you use the metal band to make a ring. I’d like to practice that, too!

[@christinebartleson3838]

You always give me so much inspiration for new ideas. Thank you so much for your teachings 🫶🏼

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Thank you, Christine! I'm so glad. We bounce off each other, it's a good thing. That's how innovation plants itself in our brains and how we move onward and upward! Big hugs, D

[@tanyanastasi243]

I am the worst with white clay... I'm like Pig Pen from the Peanuts gang, and the cloud of dirt around his blankie when it comes to white clay. LOL... I love these rings. I want to make a bunch of pods and make drawer pulls for my dresser too! Or maybe one that looks like a strawberry for spring time. All kinds of ring or pod ideas! Thanks Donna!... 2 doinks to white clay! 😅❤😂

[@randominternetuser00]

Good to know I'm not the only one 😂😂. White is for mixing only 😂

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Oh, drawer pulls will be fantastic! Oh boy, cool. Yep, white is kind of a pain. I tend to cover it up as much as I can - oil paint, I think I need some white oil paint...Big hugs, D

[@tanyanastasi243]

@@DonnaKatoArt Good idea... Adding oil paint to the list. LOL... BTW. I placed and order today and wrote the code word in the fax section AND wrote "I am a classroom member" in the business section. Lets see if that works! Haha.. Fingers crossed. 😬😁💖

[@DonnaKatoArt]

It worked!!!! Hugs, D

[@Esoteric_Designs]

I absolutely love watching you work! Thank you so much for sharing you amazing talent! FYI the super glue… Inside that chunky blue plastic case is a regular size tube of super glue! Once you can’t get anymore out with the case still on, take apart the plastic case and get the rest of the glue out of the tube.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I will try that, I think you're right. Thanks! Happy New Year! Big hugs, D

[@menath14]

Thanks one more time ❤ happy new creative year ✨🙏🏻🤩

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Creative Year to you, too! Big hugs, D

[@cherylfrancis4160]

Thank you Donna. This is wonderful to use with canes one has made. I would like to make more canes but my problem is how to use up after making a pair of earrings. It’s wonderful that we see you have problems with white just like we do. I would like to see more of your bags of “left over pieces”.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Cheryl! Yes, this is a great way to make good use of those canes. Just make beads, round, shaped and make them rings! OMG, my bags of left over pieces...it's a lot of stuff! Happy New Year to you! Big hugs, D

[@marijkeowen1978]

Loved the process, I am looking at making it not as high, but still with those lovely points. So thankyou, a nice start to the new year❤

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year, Marije! That's great! Yes, lower relief would be very nice and more practical, too. Big hugs, D

[@sherylwright5705]

These are sweet little rings. I love your garlic bulb. Makes me want to cook! I love the dark pod the best. It is so classy looking. I would wear that as a pendant. Thanks Donna...happy new year!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I like the dark one best, too, Sheryl. It's my fave! Big hugs, D

[@andrea.rivers]

I love these pod rings! These are absolutely delightful! Garlic or poppy! I love both. Perfect video to "Ring" in the New Year! 🎉😊😋

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy new year, Andrea! I like these rings because most of us have so many beads or things that just sit there waiting for something to use them. This is a very easy way to make them useful and< I think, kind of cool! Big hugs, D

[@laneoesterle-miller5853]

I noticed you were wearing this interesting looking ring in your Boxing video. I hoped you would share it with us and here we are! More fun for us! Happy New Year Donna!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Lane! This is a fun little ring, kid. I'm glad you like it. Still on for the 20th? We need to decide on our meeting place, kid. Big hugs, D

[@domimassou5457]

Love all your rings Love your work and creativity. Happy new year Dona😊

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year and I hope you make lots of rings! Big hugs, D

[@RamoArt]

I love this! Garlic appeals to me aesthetically. I don't know why but I always want to draw, paint or sculpt it. Maybe it's time for garlic earrings.. I have learned a lot from this tutorial and will hopefully have more success covering balls from now on.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year and make garlic earrings! They'd be very fun! Big hugs, D

[@BlakesAquatics]

Stunning, happy new year Donna

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Blake! I hope fish life is great in Oz. I just bought 6 emerald corys and they're dying. My betta is fine. My mystery snails are fine but the corys are croaking. I think I'll stick with Albino corys, they seem a bit less sensitive. Cheers, D

[@stacyarnold8850]

Happy New Year, Donna!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Happy New Year, Stacy! Hugs, D

[@TeresaPandoraSalgado]

So fab! Thank you.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Anytime, Teresa! Hugs, D

[@fancifuldevices]

So gorgeous unusual and refined.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

And fun, my friend. It's like a toy on the hand! Happy New Year! Hugs, D

[@pohlianlim1427]

Happy New Year Donna. Best wishes to you always.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Pohlian! Happy New Year! I expect to see your gorgeous work this year. So talented! Big hugs, D

[@debbeechy]

Happy New Year to you and Vernon.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

same to you, Deb! Happy New Year!Big hugs, D

[@deniseosborne4045]

My first water color painting was a garlic. So much color in one bulb.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Denise! I agree, you have to fine tune your color eye to realize the color in what appears to be an off white thing! Happy New Year, kid. Hugs, D

[@wendymoyer782]

I love poppy seed pods!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I must look for them! Happy New Year, Wendy! Hugs, D

[@DonnaKatoArt]

So weird, Wendy, I grew poppy pods. I think poppy seeds registered as something other than poppy flower pods but, of course, they're pretty much the same thing...I had a brain fart! Maybe I need coffee? Hugs, D

[@randominternetuser00]

Keep those pesky vampires away!! 😂 Thank you for producing free content on KZbin ❤

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You're very welcome. I will do my best to do a class each week but sometimes it's hard to do two! Have a very Happy New Year! Hugs, D

[@randominternetuser00]

@DonnaKatoArt I'm happy with whatever you give us 😊 Happy new year and hugs to you too! ❤️

[@colleengarland8977]

Love this!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

thank you, Colleen! Happy New Year! Hugs, D

[@SelenesCreationsByTheSea]

I have to admit in the beginning where you said something about practicality , i was thinking. look at the size of the *garlic top* you are making i think the practicality went right out hte window LOL * in the nicest possibly way* . I love the way you sing and hum and talk to yourself when you work. DOINK is my favourite word an di find myself saying it when i do things LOL . I could never keep my room clean either growing up. I wasn't a tomboy but i didnt really play with dolls either. so Watching you with the work area you have i like to think mine wil be jsut liek that too LOL. What you not going to use white again .. hmm there could be a challenge to that. When i get stuck into starting my polymer clay journey soon. I was thinking hm maybe get to pasta machines one just didicated to white and the other for the other colours. Maybe one day hehehe. Love you and your work and when ever i see a video upload such a huge smile to my face appears . Hope you had a brilliant Happy New Year. Much love from Australia.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

LOL! I don't make much that is really practical, Selene. I think it's because I so rarely go out. I live in the mountains, I spend most of my time in my studio sooo, I sort of live in my own world and practical takes on a different definition! If that makes any sense. You know, I tried the two pasta machine thing but I found my lazy self not wanting to get up and go to the white machine - lazy! Doink! Have a wonderful New Year in beautiful Australia. I love Australia! Big hugs, D

[@SelenesCreationsByTheSea]

@@DonnaKatoArt lol it makes alot of sense for sure and totally understandable . Hope you had an awesoem xmas and briliant new year . BIG Hugs

[@user-pe8cu1vs6d]

LOVELY TUROTIAL..SIMPLE AND VERSATILE...WE CAN USE IT TO MAKE MANY DIFFERENT RING STYLES-THANK YOU DONNA :-) Is the Rubber cord solid 3mm? I assume the chord is solid and not the hollow one-right? thank you.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You know, the cord is hollow. it's okay because the bend is pretty loose, if it were tighter, we'd need solid. Big hugs and Happy New Year! D

[@ChrisL-eh]

Hello Donna. Thanks for sharing such a great video. A lot of clay people use wipes or alcohol to clean specks on white clay. Any reason you have not done so? Thanks again.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You know, Chris, that'd be a great thing to do. I guess I don't do that because I can't find my wipes! It's a problem around here! Happy New Year! Hugs, D

[@deborahblackwell7017]

What a beautiful outcome to this project!!! I am a newbie! So that being said, I’m wondering if the texturing pad damages your machine eventually? I love your tutes!

[@deborahblackwell7017]

Btw… you have beautiful nails and I love the color!!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Deborah, no the pad is very soft so it doesn’t damage the rollers at all! Hugs, D

[@betsyvanek9275]

did you make your v -bevel tool? if not where could i possibly fund this tool? Thank you Donna😁

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Betsy! That one is a Dockyard V gouge. I think it might be the 2mm size. I believe Amazon sells it! Good luck. D!

[@texasceechelle]

Great video! Is you tubing solid or hollow? Are there quality differences in different brands? Thanks.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi! The cord I'm using is hollow but you could also use solid. Yes, there are quality differences. I use inexpensive cord but I seriously should look into buying Nitryl cord - it's more stable, I think. Rubber dries out, but that Nitryl stuff doesn't seem to. I have been meaning to do that for...years. Happy New Year! Hugs, D

[@MsStormkitty]

[@lunae10]

I was a tomboy as well ❤

[@DonnaKatoArt]

LOL. My knees are a mess. I cut them up so often! Big hugs, D

[@lunae10]

ditto@@DonnaKatoArt 🤣