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amazing clay techniques -
this is an excellent book giving detailed illustrations of how to create perfect figures in Polymer clay. it is amazing to see how layering up the clay can give the illusion of muscles, to make the figure look real. the guidelines included help to fully understand how the clay works, and how to work with it. i learn something new every time i read it !

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great techniques for doll making -
this book really gave me the guidelines how to create perfect human like bodies for dolls, how to make the details, which tools to use... I thought I knew a lot but learned quite a few new things!

Great buy. -
My wife is a budding artist. She does great portraits and she wanted to get serious about the new medium--clay-- that she discovered a year back. This book provided all the necessary instructions for making professional clay people. A great purchase. Not 'the' reference book, but an essential if you are getting serious about clay.

Cons: Some of the critical instructions, like on the size measurements, is extremely unclear no matter how hard you try to decipher it. My wife created her own measurements, just took some time and trials. Also some instructions, like on half-baking things before finishing them, is mentioned somewhere else, as if in passing. Maybe it is a common practice for professionals but it is critical for new artists. Also they should show better pictures for tools like needle-heads. It makes it easier to search for alternatives.

Good Kicking off Point -
This book is a great place to start sculpting humanoids. I would partner this book with the other once just like it on animals, as it's much easier to be objective about critters than about sculpting a human. The author's approach is great, she encourages you to customize your own tool set and has great gesture and line. Plenty of photos and samples and enough step by step to get the point across while still keeping you focused on the clay, not reading a technical manual.

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Too Bad Osmosis Doesn't Work (in this case) -
This is an amazing book. Katherine Dewey did a great job writing an all-inclusive, clear, detailed, informative book about sculpting polymer clay - which is very difficult to do. She goes to great lengths to demonstrate the necessary tools - and more than that, she shows (in detail) how to make those tools. What a reference book!

The only thing that disappoints me about this book? By reading it, I will not be as talented as Katherine is. I've clayed for years - and I cannot create anything remotely as fantastic as this author does. She makes it look so easy - but don't be fooled. Katherine Dewey is clearly an exceptionally talented clay artist. Although she does her best to share her techniques and tools with the audience, simply buying this book will not make you better with clay. Sorry. I was somewhat deluded by that, I think. I purchased this book thinking I could some how absorb some of the talent and raw skill of Ms Dewey - don't make that mistake. There are definitely many things to learn in this book - and they are laid out in a patient, concise method. However, if you have no skill or talent to begin with, buying this book isn't going to help you. I have practiced several of the techniques laid out in the book - and I'm still just as crummy at clay as I was before. This is not the author's fault - but it's daunting.

As far as claying books go, this is one of the best I have. It covers a vast amount of knowledge and contains technique explanations like crazy. I suppose what keeps me from giving this book "5 stars" is my own disillusionment. Katherine Dewey's skill is a little intimidating - and it is frustrating to follow her direction and not have your piece resemble her final product. If buying a wonderful book like this doesn't help, I should probably give up on clay...but I can't. I love it too much.

Bottom line: you will learn many techniques in this book, from the necessary tools (and how to construct them) to sculpting methods, to finishing to how different brands of clay behave. Reviewer Katherine Canuel made a great point - the amount of information contained in this book is similar to what you would find in a college textbook - it's that good. If you don't have clay talent and natural skill before buying this book, you won't magically gain those qualities. You will get ideas and instruction on how to improve - but then it's up to you to practice, practice, practice. I would say this is book is for intermediate clayers and above - beginners will be frustrated, but advanced clayers will most likely learn a great deal. I would buy this for a friend interested in claying - although the book centers around creating lifelike creations, there are solid lessons to be learned no matter what sort of creations you are interested in making.