Cara Jane Hayman
carajaneuk.bsky.social
Cara Jane Hayman
@carajaneuk.bsky.social
Polymer clay artist and tutor. Jewellery, sculpture and automata
www.carajane.co.uk although Instagram and Facebook more likely to be up to date!
I'm taking part in the Totterdown Arts Trail in a couple of weeks. If you are in Bristol do come and say hello!
#totterdownartstrail
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This time last year I was working on this project with @puppetsinprague as part of their Online Automata course.

The ghosts, skulls and bones all glow in the dark 👻

Wishing you all a playful happy Halloween! 🎃

#carajaneuk #polymerclay #automaton
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm busy getting ready for Totterdown Arts Trail next month but here's a seasonal automaton I made a while ago and hadn't shared. The bones and the ghost all glow in the dark 😁

Video on other social media as it gets cropped too much here

#carajaneuk #polymerclay #automaton #halloweenart
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
First 7 days of 50 day faux wood pattern challenge! #polymerclay #polymerclayfaux
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm teaching my polymer clay faux wood workshop in the Netherlands this September and decided to make a pattern sample everyday for the next 50 days to provide even more inspiration! #polymerclay #polymerclayfaux
August 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I've finished another project to hide tomorrow for Game of Shrooms 2025

Polymer clay 🍄 brooch with moving eyes!

See if any art is hiding near you on the worldwide map - yumfactory.com/projects/gam...

#polymerclay #brooch #gameofshrooms2025 #mushroomart #carajaneuk
June 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm taking part in Game of Shrooms again this year 🍄. I'll be hiding a Delft style mushroom in Eastville Park, Bristol

Do check out the worldwide map at yumfactory.com/projects/gam... to see if any art is hidden near you!

#polymerclay #gameofshrooms25
June 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wonderful Wood- Marquetry the easy way! Workshop in the Netherlands 27/28 September 2025.

We will make faux polymer clay wood. Then explore two different techniques: using the ‘wood’ to make a 3D block cane and cutting patterns from thin strips of the ‘wood’.
carajane.co.uk/diary

#polymerclay
June 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New polymer clay puffin brooches!
#puffinart
#polymerclay
May 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here's some of the steps in the process of making my polymer clay cane patterns.
April 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was prototyping for another project when I hatched this idea!

Happy Easter 🐣
#easterart #polymerclay #automaton #automata #puffinart
April 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Pecking chicken polymer clay and tea tin automaton in action
#automaton #polymerclay #automata #kineticart
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I've always loved automata so it was inevitable that from sculpture I moved on to moving sculpture! Pecking chicken - polymer clay and mini tea tin. #polymerclay #automaton #automata #kineticart
April 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I started sculpting with polymer clay in 2021 taking a fish workshop with Adam Thomas Rees. It took me 6 months to finish. He was a lot of work but I'm pleased how he turned out.

It was great to use canes in a different way!

#sculpture
#polymerclay
#polymerclaysculpture
#polymerclaycane
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I started my polymer clay journey with miniatures for my Sindy dolls then started making beads and jewellery predominantly with canes. I love making canes! Here is another of my favourite canes made up into some bold earrings.

#polymerclay #polymerclaycane #polymerclayjewellery #earrings
April 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Finding my way round Bluesky slowly. Will try and share some things. Here is an old polymer cane that is still a favourite of mine - blue and white Delft style polymer clay cane made from Kato Polyclay
#polymerclay #polymerclaycane #Delft #polymerclaycane
April 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM