I’ve had a box of Kato Polyclay that I’ve been meaning to use for more than 8 years (sometimes the to-do list gets long…) as well as a tray full of left over colors kneaded up and ready to go, and a box of floral canes. I got the clay meaning to do a...
I’m making a new shape that we’re calling “Twisters” cut from 24ga copper or 26 ga brass, to which I apply a patina. Then we finish the edges (I grind, my husband sands) and protect both sides with a coat of Renaissance Wax. Then comes the...
That’s also a coffee mug, a tote bag, a t-shirt….I just LOVE using the design functions in the Print On Demand companies that I have been exploring. Read more about the POD exploration here. Taking my own artwork (and that of artists like Ian Helm and...
One of the treats I gave myself during the changeover months of the end of 2017 and the start of the 2018 was to put together a new batch of designs to make on the laser cutter at Tinkermill, the makerspace in Longmont CO. I came up with almost 100, narrowed it to my...
In addition to the jewelry studio, I’ve been having a great time at TinkerMill in Longmont learning how to use new tools like the laser cutter. I’ve never had the tools available to me to work with wood before, so I’m having fun learning more about a...
I’m having my own little patina party, getting a big new batch of earrings, pendants and jewelry components ready to wire wrap. I’ve done lots of electro-etching on sheets copper, brass, bronze and nickle silver over the past year, marked and cut the...
