In today’s video I show a fun technique for surface effects on polymer clay. Although putting pigment through a stencil seems fairly basic, there actually are quite a few small details to attend to and understand in order for your pieces to…
Tube clasps (also known as slide clasps) are a nice way to finish multi-strand bracelets as they are not only secure, but keep the strands of beads separated rather than gather them down to a “V” shape at the ends. Also, you don’t…
This idea has been kicking around in my mind for quite some time. I imagined it would be a simple and elegant way to use cup chain and it turned out to be so. I was quite pleased with how easily these went…
I have to admit that for many years I thought cup chain was rather tacky. I suppose that’s because overused cheaply made rhinestone cup chain can be tacky. 😀 However I started to see it being used in beautiful and tasteful ways in…
This week I have for you part two in making this cute autumn themed candle holder. It was really fun going through my selection of small cutters and finding ways to combine the shapes to make just what I needed. I spent…
There are so many different types of jewelry supplies and beads out there available to use. That’s one of the things I find so fascinating about creating and designing jewelry. In order to use any particular material to the best advantage it’s…
Here’s a fun fall project for you without anything ghoulish or gory, just cuteness! I’ve always been fascinated by silhouette designs and thought it would be fun to create a candle holder with the silhouettes as the primary focus. For the candle…
One of my strongest held beliefs about craftsmanship is that whatever medium you choose to work in order to get really good at what you do you have to have an excellent understanding of the material. Whether you work in fabric, wood,…
It is so satisfying to take a simple blank piece of metal and with the application of a few tools turn it into something quite unique and beautiful. I suppose it would’ve been more satisfying only if I had mined the ore…
Conditioning polymer clay is one of those things you read about in any polymer clay basics section of a book or article. But what exactly is it, why exactly do we need to do it and, more importantly, how do we know…
