For those of you who attended the CraftCast event, thank you so much! Some of you have asked about the cuff that I featured. The cuff is made of FastFire BronzClay using my current favorite texture tool. The textured rolling pin from Aftosa. Find it at this link www.aftosa.com Also inquiring minds asked about the […]
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You can only have so much slip, then what? I found this technique a couple of years ago for reconstituting metal clay and I love it! I recommend it to all my students. I used to HATE reconstituting old dried metal clay projects that didn’t work out. The main reason was because I didn’t have
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Ripped from the pages of my new book Woodland Chic: Metal Clay Jewelry as Nature Intended and plopped right in the middle of Milwaukee, now you can learn to make this wonderful ring, step-by-step, “hands-on, in one day. Plus you’ll learn lots of tips and tricks to make metal clay jewelry making easy, fun and
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This video is one of the supplements to Woodland Chic: Metal Clay Jewelry as Nature Intended. It shows my method of rolling snakes. [wpvideo M9u6X6X0] Here is a quick video of how I roll snakes. The best way to learn how to roll snakes is to practice. Practice, practice, practice. If you are having trouble,
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Motif: Faux Bois. Found this cool template on-line. Print it out on a heavy card stock to make a faux bois box to package up your jewelry!
[wpvideo 9YI3hXY7] This video shows how to make a 2 sided texture plate using 2 part silicon mold compound. You can use this texture plate for polymer and metal clay.
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Excited to be on CraftCast next week. I’ll show you how to make a cool new texture PLUS you’ll get a preview of my new book AND we’ll be giving away prizes. Tune in to www.craftcast.com See you on-line!
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Two Part Silicon mold compound has a variety of uses. Molds can be made from just about anything, of course my favorites are sticks, leaves, and other natural items. However, you can make molds of antique buttons, old toy parts, and even potato chips, the list is endless! [wpvideo 9YI3hXY7] If you are interested in
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[wpvideo teHZ8ysc] There are many ways to fire metal clay, each has its advantages. This video will give you a quick overview of the 3 ways that I use in my studio. The best way, of course, is the kiln. It offers the most accurate way to fire metal clay pieces and offers the control
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On page 23 of Woodland Chic I talk about one of my favorite techniques. Faux Bois. These are some examples of Faux Bois on some of my jewelry designs. However, Faux Bois has been around for quite some time. I even have faux bois wood molding ( I know it sounds redundant ) in my
I love just about anything visual. When I was younger I fell in love with photography. I was so thrilled to get my first camera. A Yashika 35mm. I would develop my own film and even had a little mini darkroom set up in the closet. When I was an art director, photography was a
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Sometimes it’s great just to see unique things. Often times it can give you ideas to use for your next projects. I was recently interviewed for Fusion Newsletter for the PMC Guild about inspiration. They asked where do I find inspiration? Well for me it can strike me just about anywhere.
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I’ve been busy organizing a workshop for my local guild. I contacted Barbara earlier this month because she was going to be here in the San Francisco Bay Area in September. As luck would have it, she has agreed to the do a workshop for us. A little bit of a bummer because it’s during
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I haven’t taught my gold class in a couple of months. It’s always fun to add real gold to your jewelry and this one day class is perfect to learn the basics of Aura 22 and Keum Boo ( the ancient art of fusing gold to fine silver) It was nice to some familiar faces
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