Recently I was lucky enough to attend some workshops with Sarah Shriver organised by the London Polymer Clay Group. It was a real treat as I have admired Sarah’s work for many years. On Saturday we learnt how to make Intricate Kaleidoscope canes. They are very intricate but Sarah did a great job of teaching how to make these magical canes. Here’s the canes I made I am very pleased with them! They were made from Kato polyclay     ...

I am just back from Atlanta where I have been attending the IPCA conference – Synergy 3. It was wonderful!!! The seminars were excellent. I have many new ideas to take on board. My head is still rather muddled from the travel and tiredness (didn’t sleep a lot whilst I was away for many reasons – excitement, noise, different time zones, parties….) but I shall sit down and read through my notes again in the next few days....

As you are probably aware I am a huge fan of Kato polyclay so I was over the moon when I was asked if I could demonstrate with it at the Craft, Hobby and Stitch International trade show at the NEC last weekend. I spent 2 whole days showing people the magic that is polymer clay – I can’t think of anything better to do (well apart from spending 2 days being shown how to do new things with polymer clay!). I was amazed at how many...

It’s all been a bit rushed this week but I have managed to make some canes for my Thing a Day Challenge. I chose blue as a theme as the lovely Sarah of Beadscrumptious was challenging herself to create something blue this week too. Here’s the canes I’ve made over the last few days – inspired by my recent trip to Delft! Day 1 I made a fairly simple flower cane with a crinkly centre  Day 2 I made what I call a flourish...

For my Thing a Day challenge and also my personal challenge to actually use my books and tutorials I made a turtle today.Father Christmas brought me the Christi Friesen ‘Under the Sea’ book this year so I decided to try a turtle. I like the way Christi does these ‘beyond projects’ books: there’s a whole heap of ideas to help you customise your own creations. I’m tired today so didn’t want to get too...