London Polymer Clay Group Demonstration
I will be giving a demonstration at the next London Polymer Clay Group meeting which is on Sunday 29th January on how I make this background less star flower cane and then form them into cupped flower beads. I must credit Zuleykha for showing me how to make the flower beads but the cane is my own, from a fabric pattern (to match a top, which I might even wear to the meeting if I remember) and I will demonstrate how I make a small flower cane with no background, without playdough!Here are some of my creations using this technique, my own...
read moreCat tutorial is in production!
You may remember these cute little fellows with flowery bottoms. Well I also made plenty in random coloured stripes with odd little scraps of clay …and I did promise you a tutorial.Well I have started working on the cat tutorial and the deal is I will share it with you all as a thank you for encouraging and supporting me when I get to over 100 blog followers – so if you don’t already follow my blog please take a few minutes to do so by clicking on the ‘join this site’ button over on the left. If you are new to...
read moreHearts
Here’s some images of some custom hearts I made before Christmas. They are hand size, so you can hold them in your hand. I made them from hearts shaped out of scrap clay, covered with cane slices.and a couple of close ups of what I think are my favourites, although that changes every time I looked at them.
read moreHappy New Year 2012
I wish all my blog readers a wonderful 2012 full of fun, friendship and creativity!Carax
read moreI can now show you some of Christmas things I made
Here’s a couple of the custom orders I made for people recently. I know both of the recipients of these gifts, I look forward to seeing them being worn.I hope you all had a good Christmas. I have enjoyed the chance to spend some time with family and to have a rest. I was lucky enough to get some new polymer clay books and some resin so watch out for some new creations coming soon! I also treated myself to a few new tools so I shall play with them and tell you about those soon too. Busy baking for a New Years eve celebration with...
read moreSomething new I can show you…
I have been very busy making things, most of which I can’t share here as I don’t want to ruin any Christmas surprises. Thank you to all the lovely people who have placed orders with me, it’s been a pleasure dealing with you all. I did find a photo of a new bracelet I can share with you, it is sat in my stock box til my next sale… or until I open my online shop! It’s based on the technique I learnt from Natalia Garcia de Leaniz last year, she now has it available – Fold It on Craft Edu I see. I have...
read moreRed maids Christmas Craft Market
I will be at the Christmas Craft Market at Red Maids School,Westbury Road, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3AW this Saturday from 11am – 3pm. Plenty of jewellery and little creatures for sale including theseChristmas owl, tree ornamentsChristmas owl earringsBright green and purple pendantI also now have some jewellery and owls and birds – oh haven’t shown you those yet – here they areat Tenderfoot, 100 Wick Road, Brislington. It’s a wonderful little shop packed full of gorgeous handmade treasures so do go check it...
read moreFrom Polymer To Art – Purple – I’m in it!
Hurray I have just received my copy of From Polymer To Art – Purple! I’m so excited because have an article in it! You can see me in the top left hand corner of this ‘contents’ picture. I was asked to write an article about my curing experiments. If you have been following my blog for a while you will probably have read all about my tests to try and cure Kato clay so that thin bangles wouldn’t break. I also did some tests with Fimo soft to see how the curing time/temp effected the strength of Fimo Soft –...
read moreChristmas owls
I suddenly had a seasonal moment last night and made some Christmas hats for a couple of new owlsand a sleeping cat!They came along with me today to Bristol’s Shortest Art Trail (in 2 houses 2 doors apart). We all had a jolly time drinking mulled wine and talking to lovely local Fishponds people. One of the other artists suggested I should put hanging loops on them so they can be ornaments – so obvious, why didn’t I think of that! Watch this space for Christmas owl tree ornaments! All these owls were made from scraps from my...
read moreSome more new jewellery
I have been very busy making things this week. Here’s a couple of my newest pendants. I am trying to always add a little extension chain and dangle, it means the length of the necklace is adjustable to some degree and the clasp is more likely to stay at the back. I wrote a blog post a while ago about keeping necklaces in place – you can find it here
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