Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday once more! Today’s workdesk finds me playing with my Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker. It specifically makes lentil shaped beads, and is a clever design. For quite some time polymer clay artists have been using light bulbs of various…
These earrings are simple to create and completely open to interpretation. I love the idea of making them longer and with smaller seed beads. That would give ’em a lot of dangly movement. Perhaps in a combination of metallic finishes? Maybe with a…
Since I do so much wire wrapping and hammering in my jewelry, I thought I’d give you some of the basics of working with wire. There are two reasons to hammer wire: to harden it and/or to reshape its cross section. In…
With wedding season coming up, I thought these pearls and crystals were the perfect thing for some dangly, sparkly special earrings. No wedding in your future? Make them in any colors you like, how about all the colors of the rainbow? Or…
Happy Friday, all! Today I have for you the second of our question and answer videos. I’m so glad that you all aren’t shy about asking specific questions in the comments on my videos, and I try to address them all. The questions…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday everyone! On today’s desk is another wire work project from Abby Hook’s wonderful book, Wire Jewelry Masterclass. You can also see in the upper left the clay colors I’ve chosen for this week’s dragon. I’m usually further along by this…
These sweet earrings are SO easy to make. All you need to make are 12 wrapped loops and two ear wire inserts. Boom, done! It’s the size and type of rings you choose, plus the colors and finishes of the beads that will…
In today’s video I share several of my favorite resources for learning polymer clay techniques. Whether you’d like to sculpt or cane, make jewelry or mixed media pieces, there’s something for you. Here are links to the books I mention in the…
It’s hard to believe it, but we are now one quarter of the way through 2015, and I am one quarter of the way through my 2015 weekly dragon challenge with 13 completed polymer clay dragons. If you’d like to see my…
In these earrings, the wire wraps aren’t just holding it all together, they play a part in the design. Wire spirals make bead caps for the crackled glass beads and funky messy wraps almost have the appearance of another bead above the grey oval…
