- Jul 4, 2011
- 1 min
The metal clay firing is finished…
and I have lots of new goodies listed in my Etsy shop! Bronze metal clay components galore are being offered. I love the tiny urchins...
- Jul 2, 2011
- 1 min
It’s here! My new kiln…
just arrived and it’s ready to fire up! The pieces I’ve been making with bronze metal clay over the past few days in anticipation of the...
- Jun 30, 2011
- 1 min
The Evenheat Sierra 360 Kiln…
that I’ve been using for firing metal clay for the past five plus years is starting to become temperamental. My last three firings of...
- Jun 28, 2011
- 1 min
This is the third pendant…
in a series that I’ve made using various components anchored on the egg and/or bird’s nest theme. I’ve used a curved fine silver cast...
- Jun 25, 2011
- 1 min
Patina Basics…
is the title of Tim McCreight’s latest DVD . It just arrived in my latest order from Cooltools.us and I can’t wait to watch it! Most...
- Jun 22, 2011
- 1 min
Bird Land…
Perhaps I’m being influenced by the fact that we have bird’s nests in several areas on the outside of our house. Mrs. Robin has built a...
- Jun 20, 2011
- 1 min
Making Fine Silver Metal Clay Rings…
was the last class I took at Bead & Button. It was taught by Katie Baum and she has all the qualities a great instructor should have! ...
- Jun 18, 2011
- 1 min
Faux Bone, brass, and copper…
are the materials we used in Richard Salley’s “Ancient Shield” class at the Bead and Button show last week. I like and am very familiar...
- Jun 16, 2011
- 1 min
As promised…
this is the second piece I made in Susan Lenart Kazmer’s “Non-traditional Forms in Wire: Bird’s Nest” class. It’s a bangle of hammered...
- Jun 14, 2011
- 1 min
Susan Lenart Kazmer’s classes…
are always tremendous fun and the class I took from her at Bead&Button was no exception. She is a blast! The class was titled...
- Jun 12, 2011
- 1 min
Ooooohhh! What wonderful goodies…
I’ve returned home with! My s tash includes the tiniest seed pearls I’ve ever seen plus luscious, large keishi pearls in the most...
- Jun 9, 2011
- 1 min
I must admit…
that I love jewelry making t ools, especially these beautiful hammers made by Bill Fretz. In my eyes, they are works of art in...
- Jun 6, 2011
- 1 min
Off to Bead&Button…
and I am really looking forward to my metals classes and shopping the floor show. It will be an exhausting week – it always is! Classes...
- Jun 3, 2011
- 1 min
Silver is…
still horrendously expensive with daily prices fluctuating between $35 and $40 per ounce and that price does not reflect the additional...
- May 31, 2011
- 1 min
Square stitch…
is such a very sturdy stitch – one that I should definitely use more often! I do love working with right angle weave, peyote, and...
- May 28, 2011
- 1 min
Just one week…
before I leave for the Bead and Button show! Fair warning…my Etsy shop will be put in vacation mode while I’m away so if you’ve been...
- May 25, 2011
- 1 min
Bronze metal clay and sparkly seed beads…
this is a sneak peak of th e materials for the next project I have in mind! It will be a cuff – I am definitely enamoured with...
- May 22, 2011
- 1 min
Voila! The finished product…
turned out just as I had hoped! The clasp is substantial – one and a half inches in diameter. No doubt this will become part of a new...
- May 19, 2011
- 1 min
I’ve been playing with bronze metal clay…
again. This time I wanted to make a clasp that plays on the same theme as my flower disk embellishments. To accomplish this (shown top...
- May 18, 2011
- 1 min
It’s always interesting…
to see what others make with components and embellishments from my Etsy shop. One person who bought a collection of my bronze flower...