Hi everyone, Who’s up for a challenge? We are in very trying times at the moment, with communities in lock down, people self isolating and lots of “unknowns”. I’ve seen some amazing gestures of kindness in our polymer community with artists offering free tutorials to help those with lots of time on their hands and…
Product Review – Cake Decorating Tools for Polymer Clay
Using cake decorating tools for polymer clay has been around for ages and I’ve seen many posts where people have said they’ve purchased numerous cake decorating tools for use with their polymer clay. I have so many tools in the studio at the moment and I didn’t really think I needed any more until……I found…
Art Projects – Griffith National Contemporary Art Jewellery Awards 2018
The selection process for the Griffith National Contemporary Art Jewellery Awards 2018 has just taken place and unfortunately my piece wasn’t selected. I can now share my entry with everyone. The National Contemporary Art Jewellery Awards are part of the Objects Art Forum being held in August this year. I’m heading over to Griffith to…
Tutorial – Easy Polymer Clay Bangle
Hi all, I’ve been busy lately organising files, samples, laptop images etc and came across a bangle tutorial I created for Australian Beading magazine about 10 years ago. I’m going to share the images here but must point out they’re not the best quality!! You’ll get the basic idea. Now I’m sure many of you…
Tutorial – Scrappy Stripes
I recently posted a video tutorial showing how I created a veneer using scrappy stripes, embossing powder and texture. You can access the YouTube video tutorial here: Polymer Clay Veneer with Embossing Powder and Texture and this is what you’ll end up with. It occurred to me some of you may not know how to…
Tutorial – Embossing Powder and Texture with Polymer Clay
Hi all, This is a very quick blog post this morning to tell you about the new free tutorial on YouTube. I managed to find time to get this one done yesterday – after a few full-on weeks in the studio playing with embossing powders and polymer clay. Gosh who had any idea there was…