Polymer clay and alcohol ink with a twist

First of all, this is not my technique. Had friends over yesterday and one of them told me about the plastic wrap method. She said it wasn't her technique but that I should try it. (She's a crafter but not clay)
If you know the original creator, please let me know.
It's a really fun technique!
Used in the video was Sculpey Premo White Clay
Various colors of alcohol inks
Plastic Wrap
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[@cindyjones8336]

Wow! I Love this!! It looks like stained glass!! Beautiful!!❤

[@kellycarroll651]

Looks so cool! Definitely going to try this today 💜💜💜

[@kristibbradshaw]

I love this technique. The veining is great.

[@jannapackard3910]

Maybe if you did one colour at a time, squidged it, let it dry. Then try another colour. Let some of the white remain. And I bet it WOULD look good on translucent with light behind it. Ooo, so many ideas....not enough time.....

[@madebymellyjewelry]

I might be wrong...and probably am😆...but I think Helen Breil was the 1st to do this with polymer clay. I'm not certain, though. Maybe next time, try laying the clay on top of the plastic wrap, instead of the wrap on the clay. Another way to do it...poke a few tiny holes in the plastic, scrunch it up on the clay, then add the inks. It will get through the holes & run down the scrunch lines on the clay. The one with the pearl inks was my favorite...although they were all really pretty 😍 You probably know this already, but you didnt specify....just in case...you CAN use gel nail polish with pc, but you CAN NOT use regular nail polish (nail lacquer). Great video, as usual. Thanks ❤️

[@kristibbradshaw]

I love them all.

[@donnajosephsonblatz5058]

I love them all. That's a technique we use in card making too. The one pair feels a little more pastel-y to me. Also I think you used a texture on that pair and the mica probably shows a little differently. Thanks Irene.

[@lyleannwise7492]

Great job! Congrats on the football pool win. I saw a similar technique a while back. The lady applied alcohol ink in the same manner and then she took a roller and textured the clay and shaved off the top layer to expose the white underneath. I think it was a faux batik technique. I can't remember her name. The video was all in subtitles

[@ruthmills2292]

Very beautiful and finally, an answer to my request for a way to make clay jewelry to compliment my wardrobe.THANK YOU!💛🩷💚💙

[@TheCreativeDork5]

You’re welcome 😊

[@mandyhall1674]

Hi Irene, love all of them they're so pretty and a great experiment. Remind me of tie dye. Those colours went really well together and yellow - yes my favourite colour too - closest thing to gold! 🤣😂 Thanks for another great tutorial and have a beautiful sunshiny day x

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thanks so much 😊 not sunny here today...cold as all heck

[@leonanelson2444]

Very pretty, thank you

[@Renrate171]

The first one i love best but the other 2 are also pretty thanks for showing uss 😊greetings from norway

[@kathyflietstra7087]

I like it when they do and don’t mach….. they are great….. i love the way you ‘’think’’ and change your mind…..

[@bonniefaltz9505]

Awesome technique. LOL, I'm laughing, I work just as you do and make a mess on my tiny desk. Can't wait to try this method, but first must clean my desk from my current project.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

I know, right? Never ending battle

[@marieparsons8459]

If you lay the metalics and pearls on their side when you get them out of your storage, it will make it easier to mix them when its time to use it. I got this trick from Tim Holtz himself.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thank you for the tip

[@KimScrapper]

I think they all turned out pretty but first ones are my fave also. I always say youre not crafting unless your desk is messy....lol.

[@andrea.rivers]

This feels like a branch off of a technique called "smacking acetate" from my stamp/ card making days. Very cool technique you can vary depending on what kind of ink you used and whether you spritzed it with water or alcohol and what kind of paper you used (glossy or regular). I've found many techniques crossover to polymer clay, I know a lot of my stamping/cardmaking paraphernalia sure did. lol Yours turned out great!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thanks Andrea. How do you think acrylic paint would work? Sounds like a plan to try it

[@andrea.rivers]

@@TheCreativeDork5 probably depends on how much you thin or thicken the acrylic and the overall look you're going for. Sounds like fun experimenting. ☺️

[@darlaboyle1074]

I loved the first pair. I also liked the mica pair. I thought the silver looked cool. Im not sure but I wonder when you patted the top of the plastic on the mica pair, that did something and made the silver show up. I've seen this done quite a few ways. The way you did it but no blotting. I think they let it sit for a couple minutes before flipping on the clay. Another way was they put the plastic wrap on the clay and made all the veining then lifted a corner and added the ink. The ink spread pretty quickly. Then added in another spot. I think on that one white was showing through. Another way was, again, the way you did it but they left the plastic wrap loose on top. They would pull at the plastic to create different colors/shapes. Tapped some areas down but most was left loose.

[@BlackOnyxCat]

I like all of them❣️ I see what you mean about the pearl ones. When you turned them in the light I could see what you mean about the silver, it was like a silver textured flash, which I thought was kind of cool but it did really mute the color. I have seen the plastic wrap technique a couple of times by different artists but I have no idea who discovered it. Did you ever see the artist on “Thinking Outside The Box”? It seems to me she was the first person I saw do this. I really liked the texture the plastic wrap left behind in the ink. That is really awesome looking and totally organic!!! By the way, thank you for the tip on the texture sponge- the green one you use. I love how easily it goes through the pasta machine!! As well as the texture it leaves on the clay, so thank you 👍 Loved this experiment, fun to watch, thank you for sharing another experimental creation 💙💛💜🤍💚

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Alison Merritt would be Thinking Outside the Box. I'm going to have to search her videos now. Thanks for that. Glad you like the spongey thing. I use it on everything now. Never put it through pasta machine so now I have to try that.

[@BlackOnyxCat]

@@TheCreativeDork5 It works well in the clay machine as long as my clay isn’t too thick. I use a Makin’s machine and 1 is the thickest. So if I put it on a 3 or 4 it works well and the clay doesn’t stick to the sponge. However, when the clay has stuck to the sponge, I just wash the sponge out with a little dish soap and it works just fine. And I think Erika Fierce is correct, it has been around for awhile.

[@celinaalarcon6781]

Hello, I saw this technique years ago in a tutorial by Ludmila Bakulina, just a little bit different because she places the plastic over the clay and then she poured the ink by the sides. Beautiful work!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thanks for sharing!

[@erikafierce7253]

You didn’t get the lines because you bloated it before you put it on the clay. Maybe try putting the alcohol inks on the cellophane and then take the piece of clay and lay it on top and leave it alone till it dries.

[@kerryhall7506]

I’m new to polymer clay what do you mean by bloating ?

[@justbeeyourself]

​@@kerryhall7506 i'm pretty sure it was a typo and they meant to say "blotted", as in with the paper towel

[@LynneHubert-mj5tk]

What are those blue plastic things on your towel? I got some from Pandora when I ordered something.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Not sure. What part of the video? I didn't see any blue things

[@erikafierce7253]

This technique has been around for quite a while I don’t know who started it though. I would let it dry closer to 2030 minutes if you want to keep all the lines and everything that you see now.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thanks for the tips. Yea, it took awhile for it to dry

[@karenthomas2302]

Don’t know if it’s Alena’s clay corner ( not sure that’s her name, do know it’s Alena) or it could be sherbear don’t now the rest of her channel name but one of them did this some weeks ago, they never removed extra inks off, they laid the clay onto the inks and the had much more wrinkles in the plastic wrap, yours turned out beautiful either way. Tfs hugs from AV

[@mandyblackford7605]

I am allergic to resin. Is there something else I could use to seal?

[@TheCreativeDork5]

You seal with a varnish.

[@ruthmills2292]

One last question: What can you do with the leftover clay w/alcohol ink on it?Can you use alcohol and wipe it clean? Thank you for your time!!💙💚🩷💛💜

[@TheCreativeDork5]

I just bundle it all up and make a color out of it. I've never wiped it clean. The alcohol stains it a bit so you'll never get it to the original color

[@margaretbryant8384]

I tried this last evening, and my colors were to dark. The inks dried to fast before I flipped. Why? New inks coming tomorrow, so we will see. Just love this idea for spring.

[@margaretbryant8384]

Add a little achol with a dropper to you dry pens cap and shake and wait. They should rejuvinate again.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thank you. Will try that

[@margaretbryant8384]

@@TheCreativeDork5 Tell me if it worked for you.

[@mitchie9290]

Are you from KC? Love the Chiefs!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Nope. SO. California. But think Mahones is awesome. Good kid

[@My2Monkeeys]

Sherry from @sherbearswhimsicalgifts did this exact thing a few weeks ago in her video titled "easy polymer clay hearts using alcohol ink tutorial day 1".. The only difference is you didn't use a heart shape.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Is she on Facebook or where is her video? Looks like everyone is naming all kinds of people. I guess this technique has been around a while

[@magdalenap3302]

I saw the video too. She have her own KZbin channel

[@karendrum5104]

I love watching your videos!!! Would love to brainstorm and ask questions. Lemme know. I live close....in the same town as Klew. Happy Valentines Day!!!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Fire away. I'll answer what I can.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Wind is brutal...gotta be worse there

[@karendrum5104]

@@TheCreativeDork5 it’s been crazy windy. And now it’s snowing, lol

[@einnockate]

IMO, It is such a waste to add too much then dab it off and reapply more. Objects and sponges can be used to move ink to other places rather than applying too much in the first place.

[@RamoArt]

You said blue and yellow make green, so no mud. And then proceeded to add a cool red/magenta, the very worst color to add to green. I wish I have told you why you ended up with mud in that very moment! Maybe you can remember some basic color theory thinking about the ink in inkjet printers? When you combine cyan, yellow and magenta you get black(or very dark gray, brown) because they "cancel each other out".

[@TheCreativeDork5]

I know, I know. I thought that by wiping the excess, I could keep them from combining:-(

[@user-sg6yh9ou5c]

у меня все цвета сливаются в одно пятно цвета космической какашки

[@verocrespopous]

Hi Irene, watching your video, this one appeared (kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5zdkpR8eceYgtk) from Ludmila. But I see a lot of others have been using this technique. Ludmila used it 5 years ago with a little different technique to apply alcohol ink. Both are very nice.💝 Happy Valentine's Day

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thank you for the info.

[@youmorgana]

Could have been an interesting video but, unfortunately, I hate dirty working areas. That puts me off, sorry.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

No biggie. I get it

[@lauraweinfurtner5670]

I don't get it. I feel if the area isn't full of the stuff I am working with, then I'm not making art. You go Creative Dork and make a mess. 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolynmozzone412]

I have seen this before but I don’t remember where! Found it….AgiNekoJewelry

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thank you