No new techniques but two dear friends just got married and I finally thought of a gift for the couple who has everything- a handmade, personalized ‘First Married-Christmas’ ornament in their wedding colors. I made four of them before I […]

This idea is just clever enough that you may want to try it in your studio, too.I decorate a lot of hanging ornaments and there are many shapes I repeat in clay which can be tedious. I drew a page […]

Old beads made useable with some new wirework.

Here are my entries in the NWPCG Artist’s Swap at the end of May. The theme is ‘Things with Wings’. All of the clay is Cernit, along with mica powder, miniature metal ‘gears’, magnets, and a lot of patience. (Click […]

A simple tutorial to mirror (Natasha) beads and how to turn them into cylindrical beads.

I’ve created the best and easiest polymer clay faux dichroic glass you’ll ever make. It’s not made of exclusive or expensive materials. It’s not made with alcohol inks that may fade over time. If you follow my techniques, all you’ll […]

I studied a lot of opals from around the world before deciding that Australian opals from the Coober Pedy mines were the most beautiful- and the ones I wanted to ‘recreate’. Plus I was intrigued that 60% Coober Pedy residents […]

For the last month I’ve been creating polymer clay turquoise. After eight attempts to perfect my former technique, I think I have it now! I made a tutorial for making the beautiful turquoise with as many or as few inclusions […]

Since April, the Northwest Polymer Clay Guild is meeting on Zoom twice a week. I had a space downstairs set up while I’m getting my clay studio ready. Here’s a few dining table creations…

Scraping, sanding, spackling, sanding, priming, sanding, painting, cleaning… finally finished! Hung new curtains, moved in a few things but like all new studio configuration, it’s subject to change to what works best.