Dora’s anemone cane
I had a few minutes today and wanted to try something new. I went to Google Reader which I now use to follow all those lovely blogs people write and found some of my items tagged ‘want to try’. I decided to have a go at this anemone cane from Dora’s Explorations blog as it looked like I would get it done in the time I had (lovely husband has gone to pick up the kids from school for me).I went with rainbow as I wanted to try out the method of doing a rainbow skinner blend we did with Lindly Haunani at Polymer Play Days....
read moreMade a bracelet with the pearl spliced flower beads
Finished braceletOriginally uploaded by surfingcat claySo they have been growing on me and now I love this little bracelet! I hope my friend does too.I started making spliced flower canes when I watched Cindy Leitz’s tutorial
read moreNew twist on the Bam Bam
For my latest Bam Bam bracelet I tried putting twists of extruded clay around the end of one of the parts to disguise the join. This would have worked well if I hadn’t of snapped one of the pieces whilst sanding a bit too roughly! I repaired it with Kato Paste but I can’t get the elastic through so I guess some paste must of got in hole. I may try poking some wire down to see if I can clear it. This is what it would look like if I could assemble it. (you may notice that it isn’t quite round – did a bad job sanding the...
read moreZebra spoon
Zebra spoonOriginally uploaded by surfingcat clayAnother birthday present this time a funky zebra print tea spoon.
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IMG_2844Originally uploaded by surfingcat clayI made this bam bam bangle (follow the link for details of the tutorial and my first attempt at a bam bam bracelet) a little larger than the others and therefore it slips over my wrist without needing to be in 2 parts. I covered the join with a little extruded string. I made another curved tube bead and have strung it on a simple cord. After sanding I buffed them with my home made muslin buffing wheel on the Dremel -they are beautifully shiny now!
read moreSpliced Flower Cane with pearl and round Natasha bead
I am going out for afternoon tea to a posh hotel in Bath on Saturday for one of my friends birthdays so I thought I would make her some jewellery as a gift (I don’t think I have told her about this blog yet so it should remain a surprise!). I haven’t made a spliced flower cane for a week or so now so thought I would make some spliced flower beads, funny how I didn’t think I liked them till I made one and now I love them.I always seem to make small spliced flower canes and then wish I had made them bigger so this time I...
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Whilst at Polymer Play Days I saw some stunning jewellery both for sale and being worn by the other participants. I shall perhaps try to feature some in the coming days. One of the pieces I admired had been made by Irene Hoiles using the Sutton Slice technique. She was kind enough to describe the process to us. I couldn’t wait to try it out so had a go in my hotel room (luckily I was given some stamps in the goody bags we were given when we registered).I used a tiny flower from a larger stamp, pressing white clay into the stamp and then...
read moreBlog Candy on Hickydorums
Besides learning lots from all the wonderful tutors at polymer play days I also met lots of great people. I am working my way through all their cards that came with beads from the swap or from their shop displays to check out their blogs/webpages etc.Tonight I came across Neet’s blog and she has some great pictures from the Polymer Play Days weekend on her blog and also a blog candy giveaway – go check out her blog to see the photos and enter the draw for the blog candy.
read morePolymer Play Days – Nottingham – June 2010 – using the techniques at home
Here are some things I have made at home this week after learning some techniques from Donna Kato and Lindly Haunani at Polymer Play Days.I had another go at a spinner ring and was a bit heavy handed and broke the shank – luckily Donna had taught us a lot about mending so I fixed it! It isn’t perfect but I know what I need to do to make the next one better. This one is a more practical size than my first and I think if I could make it stick out a bit less (I have a idea how to do that) I would actually wear it. I am getting bold...
read morePolymer Play Days – Nottingham – June 2010 – more photos
Here are a few more photos of my creationsSpinner Ring I made in Donna Kato’s classBubbles patterned sheet I made in Lindly Hanuani’s classHollow balls made in Daniel Torres Mancera’s class A fizzy ball (you’ll understand if you were there;)
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