Archive for polymer clay
Morning Coffee with Elaine Robitaille
Good morning! Today I am happy to present the second of three reader interviews. Grab a mug and a chair, and join me for Morning Coffee with Elaine Robitaille. Too Aquarius Elaine is one of a small handful of people who has been actively commenting on my blog since those long ago LiveJournal days. Our [...]
continue reading "Morning Coffee with Elaine Robitaille"Summer Studio
It’s been a few weeks since I played along with Heather’s Summer Studio, so I thought I’d join in today. Here’s what is on and around my worktable at the moment: Beach pendant parts. I think I have shown you various beach pendant parts all summer long… it might be nice to have some actual [...]
continue reading "Summer Studio"Activity, conflictedness, and a grand opening
You’d think with all of the clay rolling, image transferring, baking, re-baking, baking again, sanding, buffing, cutting, twisting, and assembling there has been around here, that I’d have something to show for it. You’d think. I’m not sure what made me think that image transfers could be my “thing.” They have never been my thing. [...]
continue reading "Activity, conflictedness, and a grand opening"Opinions to weigh. maybe.
So, yes, I’m working on this new line of photographic pendants, and it’s going well. Photo transfers are not second-nature to me, so this process has involved more trial and error than I am accustomed to. I do think it will be worth it in the end, but for now I’m working out the answers [...]
continue reading "Opinions to weigh. maybe."Summer Studio Sneak Peek
I’ve been working on a little something. It spent a lot of time just living in my head, turning around, being mulled over, re-inventing itself, until I finally took action this week. It’s not entirely finished yet, but here’s a little sneak peek: I’ve got some research and refining to do, but once I’m ready, [...]
continue reading "Summer Studio Sneak Peek"Summer Studio, look two
I finished both of the projects I showed you on my first Summer Studio post a few weeks ago, so how about a peek at what I’m working on now? I had a very specific quilt project in mind when I bought these fabrics recently, but circumstances may have changed since then. I’m not sure [...]
continue reading "Summer Studio, look two"Yarny things
So this weekend is the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, and I’m heading down there with the yarn shop on their annual bus trip. This is the first time I’ve gone (on their bus or otherwise) so it should be interesting! One of the activities planned on the bus is an “outrageous earring contest” and [...]
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You know how you go through your creative life picking up little bits of information from one artist whose work you admire, a few tidbits from another, an interesting idea from yet another? And all of these inputs take up residence in your brain, waiting for just the right little nudge to make them come [...]
continue reading "The Texture Collection, and other stories"Perfectly Paired + giveaway
I feel so lucky these past few months, to be getting the chance to flip through some very excellent craft books, often before they officially hit the market. Today I have to thank Karin, who is a blog reader and also the editor of Patricia Kimle‘s new book, Perfectly Paired: Designing Jewelry with Polymer and [...]
continue reading "Perfectly Paired + giveaway"Sherri Haab Jewelry Inspirations + giveaway
I have Sherri Haab to blame for all of this. And by “this” I mean the polymer clay supplies that lurk in many corners of my house, the business I’ve built around clay books + videos, and the piles and piles of polymer jewelry mostly gathering dust in my bedroom. (You know how that goes [...]
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