Dress Up Fun Faces

Previously I posted about the two millefiore face canes that I just made using Kato polyclay. I spent a couple of days playing “dress up” to create Victorian style ladies, dancehall girls and some honkytonk angels (as well as miniature masks for the...

New Faces For Spring

I’m in polymer clay mode this May, making lots of new beads and pins and faces–both in cabochon form and canes. I’ve made face canes before, but only using Fimo and Premo brands of polymer clay. Here’s a picture of some of the ones I’ve...

Hot Fun!

During the fall, winter and spring months, I get to stay warm and toasty at school–having the ceramics kilns running and getting up over 1800 degrees insures that the art room stays cozy many days! Now that the spring semester at school is over, I’ve...

A Glass Clay Play Day

Actually, it was two play days! I had a lot of fun when my friend Mad Margie invited a few of us over to her Meltorium for a little fun with frit. We haven’t gotten to the hot fusing part yet; glass is not a fast medium and there are lots of steps, but we sure...

Cabin Fever

The winter is barely started, but Cabin Fever is coming right up! Cabin Fever Clay Fest, that is–February 18-23,  2011 in Laurel MD. This fourth annual celebration of polymer clay has a fantastic line up of instructors including: Christi Friesen Cindy Silas...

The Sun And The Moon

It’s still feeling very summery here at 95 degrees this August day…but at night there’s a hint in the air that Autumn is coming. And it’s here right now in this picture! Pictures, pictures,  all day long…I edited them all morning, and...