I’ve been interested in automata for a long time. I used to visit Cabaret Mechanical Theatre when I passed through London in the late 80s and early 90s (it’s now based in Hastings). More recently, I visited the MAD museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, which reawakened my interest. I got the book ‘Making Simple Automata by Robert Race’ and whilst I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, all seemed a bit complicated; the materials used (although I...

Puffin brooches! As you may have noticed, I love puffins! I always like to have some puffins with me, and I’ve collected some lovely brooches from other artists. Making my Easter puffin made me realise I could make my own brooches – it was the first time I’d made a flat puffin, as previously I had only made 3d sculpted puffins. I used the puffin eye and beak canes I’ve made to use with my puffin sculptures, which is why...

I’ve added a quick tutorial onto my tutorials page showing you how to make a bail from polymer clay for a pendant. I love this way of finishing the back of a pendant as it means I don’t have to add any additional findings. I use a 6mm knitting needle to form my bail which means I can thread most things through it so I can change the cord I hang my pendant on easily. You can find the tutorial here

Welcome to 2021, I hope it will be a good year for you all (or at least an improvement on the last one!2020 was a strange year and I really didn’t make anything very much from polymer clay, I just didn’t feel like it. 2021 is a new year and I hope to get back to spending lots of time experimenting, learning and creating with polymer clay – I do still love it really! I don’t do it every year but I do try to make a new...

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Instructions for disc pendant as seen on Jewellery Maker TV on the 21st June 2017, click here to see the demonstration.