Paper Scissor Stone Shop in Bristol
I am very excited to announce that you will be able to see and buy some of my jewellery in Paper Scissors Stone from the 5th July 2013. Paper Scissors Stone is a pop up shop in the beautiful Quaker’s Friars shopping area in Bristol, UK, run by Made in Bristol. It has been open since Spring 2012 and is organised in volumes each with a fresh selection of talented artists & designers from Bristol, Bath and the surrounding countryside. There’s a diverse range of products, all handmade and the shop is staffed by the artists....
read morePaisley Cake Forks 2013 – using old canes.
Way back in March 2010 I made a set of Paisley cake forks – it was the first time I had attempted such a big and complex cane. I had a lot of fun and learnt a lot and had a fair bit of the cane left over due to a miscalculation and lack of experience (blog post about making the cane here). Here’s the cane after reduction (blog post about that here) And here’s a picture of the cake forks I made in 2010 (blog post about making the cake forks here) Earlier this year I was commissioned to make a pair of similar...
read moreBreath of Gold Brooch
I’ve just realised I never did show you my Breath of Gold Brooch! There is a step by step tutorial of how to make your own published in the Wind Edition of ‘From Polymer to Art’ published in March 2013. I was recovering from Synergy when it was released which is how I forgot to show you! I have some beginners workshop in Bristol, UK this month and a more advanced ‘little ball of flowers’ pendant workshop which will take place on Saturday 27th July in North Wales. I am just sending details to people on my...
read moreNew Polymer Clay Ring Bowls
I have been practising the intricate kaleidoscope cane I learnt on the workshop with Sarah Shriver recently. I have used some of them to make little polymer clay ring bowls. You may remember the one I made for my sisters birthday last year – you can see it here. I have some new bowls and they will be available for sale this weekend at the Southbank Bristol Arts Trail. I will be in the Southville Centre in the Beauly Room from 11am – 6pm tomorrow and Sunday. I also made one with a red flowers from a cane I reduced to many different...
read moreSouthbank Bristol Arts Trail coming soon
I am busy making some new jewellery for the Southbank Bristol Arts Trail on the 18/19th May. I will be in the Southville Centre along with plenty of other talented artists including Emily Ketteringham who designed the brilliant posters. If you are local to Bristol do come along and say ‘Hi!’ I am going to be doing a little market research over the weekend and will draw one of the participants at random to win a Cara Jane prize to say thank you! I have recently finished a couple of the pieces I started in pre/post Synergy workshops...
read moreSarah Shriver workshops
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 On Sunday we made big beads. The process is complex and rather involved but produces...
read moreSynergy 3 – Wonderful!
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. My work was already heading in a slightly different direction through the course I was taking on...
read moreDemonstrating at the NEC
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 people in the craft industry hadn’t even heard of polymer clay before! Here I am in the Decoman...
read moreBlue Thing a Days – Delft inspired cane
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 – the bits you get at the corners or the sides of the main delft pattern – or on the corner...
read morePolymer Clay turtle for my challenges…
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 adventurous so mainly followed the turtle that Christi made in the book. I didn’t happen to have...
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