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Bead & Button 2010: Class 4 – Sherri Haab

June 9, 2010

Today’s class was “Going Green for Easy Etching in the Home Studio” with Sherri Haab.  Here is one of the sample pieces I made in the class:  (the left side used a toner transfer resist and I used a paint pen on the right side) It was a cool class.  Sherri and her electrical engineer [...]

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Bead & Button 2010: Class 3 – Robert Dancik

June 8, 2010

Oh, what fun I had today.  Today’s workshop was “Concrete: It’s Not Just for Sidewalks Anymore” with Robert Dancik.  Here’s what I made (not fully cured in the photo): It was a delightful class, as expected.  Robert is an excellent teacher.  I appreciate his enthusiasm for both the techniques he’s teaching and for the act [...]

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Bead & Button Show, class #2 – Rio Grande Flex Shaft 101

June 7, 2010

Flex Shaft 101, taught by Mark Nelson of Rio Grande was today’s class.  I’ve had a Grobet flex shaft for a couple of years, but I didn’t really know too much about using it for more than drilling and basic polishing. The class was really helpful and interesting.  I can now say, I am no [...]

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Jewelrymaking iPhone App

March 17, 2010

I’m working on a resource list for my Guest Artist visit to the Philadelphia Area Polymer Clay Guild this weekend.  I’m giving two demos:  Scribble Beads and  Combining Metal & Polymer Clay.  After compiling a list of online sources for various tools, supplies and reference books, I was trying to think if there was any [...]

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New Name Stamp

August 14, 2009

I’m not sure when I started signing my work, but I know it was after I started adding silver to my polymer clay work.  When I worked exclusively in polymer clay I never settled on a method of signing my work that felt right.  I’m not sure I felt the work was worth signing either.  [...]

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The Bad and The Good

August 13, 2009

The Bad: I was rushing to finish a few new pieces before the Klay Karma polymer clay retreat and I should know better.  I got an email when I got home from the retreat because one of the pendants I had sold was cracked, and the crack was located right at the point where the [...]

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