Thanks to Pamela Carman, I’m looking forward to next week-end! I’ll be spending two days with the South East Florida Polymer Clay Guild. One day of Pen and Ink on polymer clay and one day...
I have been taking pictures and videos of several items that I have waiting in line to go in my Etsy shop. I’ve decided that taking 5 pictures of something so that my customers can see the item...
Once again I’m thrilled that a talented artists decide to try the Stroppel Cane and then to top it off was willing to trade with me. I love this piece that Nikolina created just for me using a ...
I’m thrilled to say that Angela/Cleobs sent me her Stroppel Skyline bracelet. She has combined Stroppel Canes with some other polymer clay techniques to create this fabulous piece. When I saw i...
I can’t believe I’ve been home from Fandango for a week already. I have lots to share with you. First I want to thank all the volunteers that help make Orlando Clay Fandango the success t...
I’m thrilled to have the Stroppel Cane featured in the new The Polymer Arts issue. Sage Bray’s recent email said, “The SUMMER 2012 issue is almost here! Just got the newest issue th...
I have been home from Georgia and Creative Journey Studios a little over a week and it truly seems like only a day or two. I am busy getting ready for Orlando Clay Fandango this week and decide to tr...
Angela Natali (cleobs on Flickr) just commented on my Florida Sunshine picture. I went over to her flickr site to see what she has been up to and look what I found. This skyline bracelet is just fabu...
Sometimes things appear when you aren’t expecting them. Well, I guess that isn’t entirely true. I wanted to create something new to teach that could incorporate several skills and still h...
Here’s a pile of colorful fun Stroppel Pins I’ve made for the pin exchange at Orlando Area Polymer Clay Guild’s Fandango. I’m about half way there, even though we don’t ...
I love black and white. I haven’t made any black and white bracelets for sale in awhile and decided I needed to take a minute and create some. These are for the Pen and Ink class I’m teac...
I’ve worked on the arms from the other day (photo above) you can compare it to the arms before (photo below). They still aren’t perfect and the shading just doesn’t look as good in ...
Okay just a quick post this morning, here’s the rest of the legs bracelet. I know, I know, these are arms……….but you can see that they go together can’t you? You can see...
I thought I would try something different on a black and white cuff, black and white legs….. I still have another side to finish and wonder if I should add something in the background on each p...
I’ve finished the bracelet I was working on the other day. Having three spaces to fill is alway a challenge. On the other hand it mean three blank canvases to have fun with. I’m teaching ...
Teia and Mario I received this cutey pie in the mail all the way from Switzerland. She is a Winter Lady and she came in a great little box with her own stash of Swiss chocolates. Speaking of Swiss Sw...
I’ve been neglectful in posting the wonderful things that I have received from other polymer clayers in the last couple of months. I’m always delighted when someone thinks enough of me t...
I’ll be hopping a plane in a few weeks to fly to Atlanta and get to spend some time with friends at Creative Journey Studios and a couple of days with a good friend from forever in another litt...
I record and watch CBS Sunday Morning every weekend and love the suns that mark each segment. I’ve always dreamed of having a sun featured there someday. Just one of those fantasies that are fu...
I’m working on a project purely for the joy of it. Can you guess what this is going to be? Hint, it’s kind of like Appleman but not.
If you are new to my blog and haven’t seen my Stroppel cane video, it’s to your right on this page. Several months ago I share a technique I’d been using for awhile to use up my scr...
Surprise, a second post in one day. I just wanted to share what I’ve done today at my clay table. I’m still working on appleman and the concept. It’s a sweet little cabinet ( Doreen...
I worked on my apple man yesterday, cutting him apart and adding a hinge, a clasp and some little ball feet. Today I’ll finish the inside. I need more experience with hinges and making a really...
You might have to look twice at this apple, my husband did. He came into my studio and said, ” oh I thought you had an apple in your hands, oh it is an apple, oh it has a face! That’s coo...
By the time our two day workshop was over, we were all totally into body parts. Feet and lips and noses and HANDS. The picture above is an indication of the fun we had, you can see it was a crazy ti...
Finally having time to work on my sculpting for my workshop next weekend. I’m going to leave it here and finish during class. I want to start an old man next, wrinkles are fun to make if not to...
I’m working on more samples for my sculpting workshop. What’s on your clay table?
I was making a Stroppel Cane with red, black and white cane scraps and ended up with a cane that looked like butterfly wings. I used a few slices to create the butterfly and then added other cane sli...
I think I might “creep” some people out with this picture of the foot that I did for my sculpting workshop. But hey, we’re doing realistic sculpts in the workshop. I’ve been r...
I woke up this morning to a surprise. Both of the pieces I entered into the International Polymer Clay Association’s 2012 Progress and Possibilities placed. I’m more than thrilled that bo...
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