Category: Digit[al] Craft
The Price of Silver
The last few of months have not been a happy time for silversmiths and those who work in precious metal clay (PMC). On 22 August, the Perth Mint spot price hit AUD42.27. Other than a spike in April earlier this ...
Bluebottles
I have become quite fascinated with Bluebottles or Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) since completing an assignment for the Master of Design Design. It seems their form is a good foundation for silver clay and wire jewellery design. The pictured ...
Handmade Markets, Canberra
The exciting news this week is that applications opened for the Handmade Markets in Canberra. The fours dates for 2010 have been announced: Sunday March 28 Saturday June 5 Saturday September 11 Saturday December 4 Handmade - Canberra's quarterly Upmarket brings together talented artists, designers, stylists, craftspeople ...
Firing Disaster Continues
Still not having much luck with the firing. As a recap, I planned to refire a number of pieces of bronze clay which were under-fired first time around. In the same tub I included two copper clay "bags". This is the ...
Firing Disaster
As I mentioned in a previous post, these holidays I have been working my way through Hadar Jacobson’s books. I put quite a bit of work into two bracelets and they came out look like this! I wanted to give ...
Another package arrived
My first order from Whole Lotta Whimsy in a couple of years arrived on Friday. It was no where near the number of items in the FMG order but two thirds the price. It contained metal clay! I used the Gloves ...
What’s on my workbench?
Well, the coffee table actually. One of the things I like about beading and wirework is how portable they are. Recently, no project has travelled further than the living room but it is nice to join the family and string a ...
Christmas in January
An order arrived today from Fire Mountain Gems. I had planned the contents to be my holiday entertainment but I ordered a bit late. I go back to work tomorrow:( Thankfully there are only a few days to get through ...
Old Bronze Clay
One of my holiday goals was to use up the open packet of bronze clay I had in the fridge. I opened it in mid 2008 and was rather pleased I had some success firing my first batch. I fired ...
Polymer Clay ‘Turquoise’ & Gun Metal Art Wire
The main lesson from this project was that making polymer clay turquoise is rather time consuming, although I was pleased with the results. I also discovered that wire wrapping is fun. It is easy to pack and go, unlike working ...
