I love computer design programs and the computer-driven tools like the laser cutter. But when it comes right down to it, I’m a visual-tactile learner. I need to see the real thing, not just an image on the computer screen. For one thing, my ability to tell what...
Doesn’t everybody need at least one crown? I think I’d like a whole shelf of them, so as to choose what I’d like to be for the day. Princess, Faery, Empress, Beauty Queen? Ruler of the Quantiversal Realms, perhaps… There is an old quote about...
My beading friends meet together to work on projects and share techniques that we figure out. All of us have worked together in stores, shows and events, and we all have varying styles, techniques and levels of experience. We all have beads in common, though! At the...
Last year I bought a small disc cutter set for metal, and a Euro-tool hole punch in 5 sizes for metal also. In addition, I have an even smaller euro-tool punch that fits my 20 an 22 gauge wire very nicely. I’ve used the disc cutters at school, but now that...
This is the 100th post on the blog portion of the Polyclay Gallery. There are now 69 pages as well. In April 2007, I began this version of my website; transferring a large site done in FrontPage with html into a wordpress template and using their CMS (content...