Felted Jewelry and Beads.
I had said in an earlier post that I had been in a felting frenzy. I made a few felted Christmas ornaments. Here are some of the beads and jewelry […]
Category Archives: Bracelets
The Best of Step By Step Beads
I got a nice surprise this week when I learned that my Tokyo Rows beaded bracelet project made it into Interweave’s collector’s edition of The Best of Step By Step […]
Bargello Exercise (and Bracelet!)
Here is my take on the Bargello Bead exercise from Polymer Clay Color Inspirations. I started the exercise by picking three three colors from my collage. Then I located them […]
New Products and Old Favorites
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Pardo Clay and Precious Metal Paint from German Company Viva Decor. At the time, no one I knew of in the U.S. carried […]
I’m a Fool for Faux
I love to make faux beads from polymer clay and have been obsessed with it lately. Here are four of my favorite books. They contain plenty of recipes for making […]
Beading on the Copacabana
I am so cold! I disagree with T.S. Eliot. February is the cruelest month. It was 14 today in Philadelphia and I wish I was below the equator where […]
Klay Kismet
A couple of years ago, I spent a few days at Arlene Groch’s house claying nonstop alongside Arlene, Ellen Marshall and Melanie West. During the course of the claying frenzy, […]
Beading from Las Cruces to Cape Town
It’s a long way from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Philadelphia where I live, and an even longer trip from Philadelphia to Cape Town, South Africa. I like to bead […]
Some Web Sites I Like
For interesting takes on Metalsmithing and Metal Jewelry, check out the work of David Paul Bacharach, Barbara Briggs and Connie Fox’s wonderful site, Jatayu To learn to make just about […]
More Bracelets
Here more results from a bunch of bracelet experiments from about four or five years ago. I made the tile bracelets after watching Gwen Gibson’s bracelet video and the cuff […]
