Libzoid Blog

Over the last few months I’ve managed to make a pile of silver bezels. It takes the right kind of mood for me to get into the groove of filling them. Fortunately, I’ve been in the mood lately:

Simple shapes, patterns, textures and colors. Half of me thinks I am in a rut […]

Do you ever feel like you have too many ideas? Lately I’ve got so many rough ideas running around in my head that when I sit down at my work table, I am really unsure where to start. The ideas are just crowding each other out. Usually, I will get at least […]

I am feeling a bit like a hamster on one of those wheels lately.  It feels like I am busy, busy, but I don’t seem to be getting anywhere.  The days just seem to be full of stuff, work for the guild retreat, details & activities to do with E’s upcoming high school graduation, the […]

Here are the photos I promised. These are pieces I recently completed using some of the silver components I was working on. I really enjoy pairing polymer clay and sterling silver. I like the look, and I enjoy the different processes. Combining these materials can be both freeing and challenging. Working […]

I have a serious weakness for gadgets. My dad’s a bit the same. (that’s one of my excuses: the weakness is genetic, LOL) I have loads to do this week, and I am letting myself be distracted by my new toy, an Apple iphone. This is my Mother’s Day gift, […]

I am in a very grouchy mood.  I ordered some Argentium wire and sheet from Rio that was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but UPS messed up.  According to the tracking info, they delivered it to my local hub and then sent the package out to California!  I love the message I got, which explains […]

A bad pun… I feel like I have been creatively sidelined. Getting completely away from the studio and computer for a family vacation was lovely, but it has really put me off my creative game. (to continue the lame metaphor) Add to the mix the peculiar phenomenon that is Spring school/sports activities […]

Ok, so I dropped the ball on my “Creativity Homework” yesterday. I never went down into the studio to blend a new palette of spring colors. I let the imaginary invisible force field keep me out of the studio and rooted to my chair in front of the computer. I have this mental […]

I need a Filing Fiend. Anyone who works in polymer clay has probably remarked at some time or other about how great it would be to have a “Sanding Slave”. Now that I have moved into metalwork, I have to say I’d rather have a “Filing Fiend”. I hate filing. […]

I am coming down to the wire on items for the Bead Bazaar this weekend. Today I finished riveting 3 pendants I had made a couple of weeks ago. What sets these three apart is that they are shiny, really shiny.

I used Colores resin from Rio Grande to coat them with a thick coating […]