Family and Friends in Polymer Clay

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Summary: cover
Review: anyone notice how the sculpture of the man on the upper left of the cover is flipped left-right from his photograph also pictured on the cover? pretty suspicious.

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Summary: Thank you Maureen!
Review: Artist Maureen Carlson has presented a wealth of information in this wonderful book. If you're interested at all in the art of dollmaking or figure sculpture, buy this book! Her caricatures of personal friends are absolutely delightful.

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Summary: interesting and detailed
Review: I found this book very interesting. This is not for the person who wants to make something "quickly". It involves a lot of patience but the end result is fantastic.
It was well worth buying!

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Summary: Breathtaking characters! ! !
Review: I work with Fimo almost for six months - it's my hobby.
Last month I bought two books from "amazon" :
1."How to make clay characters"
2."Family and Friends in polymer clay".
They teach me how to do fascinating characters in so clearly ways.
I love those books because Maureen Carlson explanations are simply, clearly, amusing and accurate.
They can teach everyone how to make clay characters.
I find lots of full color pictures and detailed in those books that make this fun and easy to create clay characters.
The chapters about choosing the clay, gathering tools, basic techniques, and problems and solutions are very much comprehensive, and I wish I had those books when I first started to work with Fimo - because they would save me a lot of time and clay! ! !
I can't stop reading and doing the things in the book.
Everyone who see the things that I do with Fimo from those books can't believe that I did those characters, because they are so charming, adorable, exciting and breathtaking! ! !
I think that everyone who works with polymer clay should have those books.

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Summary: A Great Book.
Review: In the book "Family and Friends in Polymer Clay,"
by Maureen Carlson many of the figures look life like. It takes you step by step through the process in easy to read language. I just wish I now had the time to use it!

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Summary: A Great Book.
Review: In the book "Family and Friends in Polymer Clay,"
by Maureen Carlson many of the figures look life like. It takes you step by step through the process in easy to read language. I just wish I now had the time to use it!

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Summary: Sculpting breakthrough!
Review: In this newest sculpting book Maureen Carlson throughly explains and shows each step of the way how to create a realistic face. The "whys" of realism verses character are explored and shown. And the keys to seeing the differences in real people's faces are explored and explained. There are great sculpting instructions for hands, feet, shoes, bodies, costuming and so much more!

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Summary: One of the BEST ever!
Review: Maureen Carlson writes this great book with passion, skill, and humor. She starts the reader out with simple, step-by-step instructions that can't be better. I am a Polymer Clay Instructor, and I found this book to be invaluable! The one area with which I had trouble in sculpting polymer clay, the human form and face, are now no longer a mystery to me. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone even vaguely interested in dollmaking for fun and/or for profit.

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Summary: One of the BEST ever!
Review: Maureen Carlson writes this great book with passion, skill, and humor. She starts the reader out with simple, step-by-step instructions that can't be better. I am a Polymer Clay Instructor, and I found this book to be invaluable! The one area with which I had trouble in sculpting polymer clay, the human form and face, are now no longer a mystery to me. I highly recommend this wonderful book to anyone even vaguely interested in dollmaking for fun and/or for profit.

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Summary: A Sheer Delight To Read
Review: Ms. Carlson was born to do this and is gracious in sharing her techniques with the world!