Feb 19, 20151 min read
More Fortuny inspiration…
My ring collection just keeps growing and growing! My previous post showed the first ring in what is fast becoming a series of Spanish...
Feb 16, 20151 min read
Fortuny Violet…
You may think Fortuny Violet refers to a particular sub-species of the violet family, but it is the title of this ring and named thusly...
Feb 14, 20151 min read
Love is in the air!
One of the best things about having a wedding anniversary (our twentieth!) on Valentine's day is that so many others are celebrating love...
Feb 11, 20151 min read
Lucky me!
I’ve had a second project accepted for publication by Interweave Press! The first project accepted was my “Sea Flower” Pin/Pendant, which...
Feb 9, 20151 min read
Heads up...
I need a few days of play time so I'm taking a brief vacation away from the business end of art, which means I've temporarily deactivated...
Feb 4, 20151 min read
Revamped...
When I created my polymer clay “Water Lily” ring two months ago, I was very pleased with it. I wore it constantly while making more rings...
Feb 1, 20151 min read
More from the archives...
Turn on the Way Back machine…I found another tutorial from “way back when” while rummaging through my computer files. I designed the ...
Jan 30, 20151 min read
More hours in a day...please!
Often the business end of art takes far too much time away from the hours required for the creation of art. I have been dying to work in...
Jan 26, 20151 min read
From the archives…
I had totally forgotten this tutorial! I discovered it while going through files on my computer and there it was…”Cleo’s Serpent Hoops”...
Jan 23, 20151 min read
Adieu, but not forever!
I recently sent this piece off to the photographer who does work for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. My step-by-step project...
Jan 20, 20151 min read
Pure enjoyment!
Until recently, creating rings has been my least favorite of jewelry items. But I’m discovering they are really fun to make…in fact, they...
Jan 13, 20151 min read
For your viewing pleasure…
I have just finished a new collection of “Cosmic Cabochons”, named thus because the miniscule particles of dispersed glitter (a.k.a....
Jan 10, 20152 min read
Creating resin cabochons...
I'm busy at it...I need a cabochon for my next bead embroidery project so I'm making several others at the same time to have on hand and...
Jan 8, 20151 min read
Seashells galore in three colourways...
There are several Seashell Collections listed in my Etsy shop now with colourways comprised of Gold/Copper , Plum/Mauve , and Blue/Green...
Jan 7, 20151 min read
Time to stock the shop with more seashells…
I’ve had recent inquiries from bead embroidery entuhusiats asking when I’m going to have more Polymer clay seashells available for sale....
Jan 5, 20151 min read
Sometimes you have to live with a piece for a while…
I thought my “Sea Garden” cuff was finished when I posted a photo of it a week ago or two ago, but the more I wore it, the more I felt it...
Jan 2, 20151 min read
A new tutorial to start 2015!
I’ve just finished writing a tutorial for a mixed media bangle I’ve titled “Climbing Roses”. The bangle armature is made of 16 gauge...
Dec 22, 20141 min read
I'm becoming a wire wrangler!
During the past few weeks I've been honing my skills with my NTAJ (Now That's a Jig!). I purchased the starter kit, which includes the...
Dec 16, 20141 min read
A new finished cuff!
I'll be adding Polymer clay to the steel bangles I've just finished making, but I first wanted to finish the steel cuff I made last week....
Dec 13, 20141 min read
Having fun with the NTAJ!
Granted, these bangles could be formed with a variety of round-nose pliers, but the NTAJ (Now That's a Jig), makes the process far more...
