Black and Grey Flowers
A good friend of mine was making a new dress to wear to a wedding – so I offered to make her some new jewellery to match. It turned out just beautiful! Here it is If you are familiar with the polymer clay work of Ayelet you will notice my inspiration! I made the grey beads and textured them with salt, they match the colour of the dress. I’m busy working on some Christmas gift and ornament designs, I hope to be able to share some soon. I hope you are having fun whatever you are doing.
read moreSt Werburghs Arts Trail this weekend (discount for readers!)
I will be exhibiting at the St Werburghs Arts trail this weekend. You will find me in the Jack Brimble Centre on the corner of Lynmouth Road and St Werburghs Road from 11am – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.It’s a lovely little hall and there are a couple of other artists exhibiting there too but there is still plenty of space so hopefully I will be able to do some demonstrations of how I make some of my polymer clay jewellery.Do come and say hello and if you mention my ‘blog reader discount’ you can have a 10% discount on...
read morePolydays 2012 – can we do it all again?
Wow what a weekend! I had the best time! I learnt some new skills, I bought some new tools, I met some new friends,I had a great time with some of my favourite polymer people. I really didn’t want to come home! I was a bit worried before I went as I have been having pain in my arm and wrist. Amazingly it got better whilst I was away so I need to do more clay at home too! It turns out it’s tennis elbow and using the computer makes it worse, as does writing and driving. Thankfully most polymer clay things are ok! So if I am a bit...
read moreWorkshops in September and October 2012
I am pleased to announce my workshop dates for September and October 2012. All these workshops will take place in Bristol, UK. If you want more information please do get in touch – carajaneuk(at)gmail.com There will be more workshops in November and December which will have a festive theme – we will be making Christmas decorations and presents. More details will follow. If you want to be one of the first to know you can sign up to my email list here Workshops Dates September/October 2012 Workshops take place in a small group in a...
read moreFrome Market This Sunday
I am excitedly preparing for taking part in the Frome’ Super Markets’ this Sunday 2nd September. I have a posh new gazebo just in case it’s wet but the forecast isn’t too bad just now.I went to visit the ‘super markets’ in August – it was pouring with rain but it was amazing. There were so many market stalls – over 150! – selling everything from wonderful food to vintage goods. There was plenty of handmade inspiration too. The market meanders through half of the town it seems starting at...
read morePeacock Cane
I started this peacock cane ages ago. I looked at several images of peacock feathers to get the colours and the shapes. It has to be simplified a little as I didn’t want to replicate a feather exactly – too delicate. I did the centre fairly easily but was then uncertain how to deal with the outer green and gold layers. I wanted to hint at the feathers structure but didn’t want to get too complicated. Finally I tackled it and I’m pleased with how it worked out. Here’s the cane I then decided I had better make a...
read moreGreen Mokume Gane Set
I made this set of jewellery in Mokume Gane from several custom mixed green shades of Kato clay for a friend’s birthday. I was delighted with the result and was dying to show you but couldn’t post them just in case!! She’s had them now so I can show you too. Couldn’t resist a little owl with the mokume gane shavings! As you can see I am making good use of what I learnt from Melanie Muir in her workshops.
read moreFaux Lapis Lazuli demonstration
On Sunday I went to the wonderful London Polymer Clay Group and demonstrated a way to make faux Lapis Lazuli from polymer clay. The focus of the meeting was faux techniques in the colours of the Olympic rings. As well as my demonstration there were brilliant demonstrations on faux malachite from Sue Margetts and faux bone/ivory from Debbie Carlton. There were handouts available for some other techniques.Here’s what I had a go at from the demos/handoutsFaux cinnabar , faux malachite and faux Lava rockI spent a lot of time playing about...
read moreBettina Welker’s Pixelated Retro Blend Cane
I was so excited when I saw Bettina Welkers Pixelated Retro Blend Cane Tutorial – it looked so cool! Loads of people have been trying it and it’s great to see all the variations popping up on flickr and facebook.Finally I found some time to try it. Here’s my first caneI then decided to use it to catch up with the earrings a week challenge on Flickr and made these earrings Which ones do you like best?They are all available to purchase direct from me. Please email me if you would like more details.It is the school summer...
read moreNew Online Mailing List
I have been running a mailing list for sometime to keep in touch with local people about when I am teaching workshops and selling my jewellery. It has been getting a little cumbersome so I decided to investigate Mail Chimp as a tool for keeping it a bit more organised and most importantly keeping everyone’s data safe!Mail Chimp has lots of tools and enables me to make subgroups within the list of people interested in different things. So I am now opening my mailing list up to people who live further away but may want information on when...
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