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Jewelry Update
I felt like going through my photos for the past couple of months and compiling the bits of jewelry news and photos that I maybe didn’t already share, or only shared on Instagram or Facebook. For...
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Beads in Paris
When I was in Paris (that sounds simultaneously super pretentious and fictional), my host and I took a stroll up Rue du Temple. We were looking for a specific list of bead shops – which we never...
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Plier & Wire Basics – The How-to of DIY Jewelry, Part I
With the advent of my new venture (The Adventure, if you will), I’m taking a page out of the book of one of my favourite Youtubers (Chef John from foodwishes.com), and including a blog post with every...
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Clay Molds & Stamps
Tomorrow I head back to Victoria County Creates, to spend the day doing a Pop-Up Studio in their utterly gorgeous art gallery space. Victoria County Creates in Baddeck, Nova Scotia While I had a...
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Watching Paint Dry – Lumiere Halo Paint Effects on Polymer Clay
Back when I was in Knoxville for one of my JTV appearances, I found a Hobby Lobby and managed to keep from dragging home the entire store. I did, however get some new carving material – it’s very thin...
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Mica and Ink on Clay – Making Alcohol Ink Shine
My last video yielded some interesting results with the Lumiere paints – but what you didn’t see was a side effect of using just mica powders and alcohol inks – no Lumiere. The mica powder I was trying...
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Medallions & Evolution
There’s something always happening in my head – evolutions, adaptations, innovations – that keeps me constantly making changes to the art I produce. Every time I learn a new technique, see a new...
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Inspiration & Buttons
A while back I was lucky enough to find and purchase this fantastic lot of vintage metal buttons online, and it has been a source of inspiration and new projects ever since. I immediately (as in,...
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Making My Own Metal!
Metal clay is something I’ve been aching to put into production for years… And this past November, I did it! My gorgeous wee secondhand kiln was incredibly simple to use. Two half hour sessions at 1500...
View ArticleVideo up: Simple Wire Wrap with Accidental Asymmetry Lesson
Yesterday I declared to my husband that today I would shoot and publish a video if it kills us all – me, him, the cats, the neighbours – whatever it took, I was getting this done. I think we’re all...
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