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Purple scrap swirl

Purple scrap swirl

Here’s a pendant I made with some scraps from another project. I was rather taken with it, the little crystal dangles in just the right shade of purple (took the pendant to the shop to buy them!). It was sanded to a beautiful high gloss and felt wonderful. Needless to say about the 3rd person to see it bought it!

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Pasta Machine Thickness comparison table

Pasta Machine Thickness comparison table

Since I started improving my polymer clay work by following tutorials and going to workshops I have found it very confusing when people give you a pasta machine thickness as the different brands (particularly Atlas and Imperia the main 2 quality machines) don’t compare easily. I have an Imperia machine which I love, it is easy to take apart to clean, only requiring to remove the end plate on one end (the one without the knob) with 1 screw...

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Autumn flowers

Autumn flowers

I had a custom order of a crochet hook in autumn colours. I decided to use my now firm favourite spliced flower cane. I started making this cane thanks to a video from Cindy LeitzI decided to use the flower cane to make a few other bits…Autumn colours cabochon pendant – super shiny!Autumn owl (with glow in the dark eyes) – flew straight off my sale table!

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Gingerbread men

Gingerbread men

My friend Moe has been making some super cute Hawaiian gingerbread men and hula girls – like this…I got inspired and made some more traditional gingerbread men Christmas earrings.

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‘From Polymer to Art’ a review

‘From Polymer to Art’ a review

I have now received my copy of ‘From Polymer to Art’. It is the first edition, a sneak preview before the sale launches in 2011. Each edition will have a colour theme, this first one being Red.It feels and it looks nice. The paper is a good quality paper and the magazine has been set out beautifully, interspersed with the articles and tutorials are snippets of poems and pictures of things red. There is a page of photographs of...

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