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This week’s featured artist is Ana Maria Andricain. Ana shows us how strong design and contrasting color creates a bold yet elegant statement. In addition to the layering the Woodland Chic Textures, Ana uses a rolled snake to a nice detail. To see how to roll a snake check out this video.
One of the reasons I love teaching is creating an environment of sharing. This works both ways. I learn so much from my students. I learned this tip from a couple of my students in my Rio Rewards Certification Workshop at Spring Beads. I fell in love with this idea, it was simply brilliant! One
Oh where does the time go?… I’ve been busy travel teaching leaving little time to update the blog. My apologies. However, this week is a good one. Melissa Cable gives us a treat by making 3 cuff bracelets. These are a superb way to show the diversity of using texture sheets beyond the usual press
In case you’ve always wondered how to measure a gemstone this handy chart shows where to take the measurements from. Found this on the Rio Grande website. I know I’m a little bias here, but gotta love Rio Grande! Source: riogrande.com via Rio on Pinterest
Veteran’s Day Sale save 20% on Woodland Chic: Metal Clay Jewelry as Nature Intended by Patrik Kusek. Offer good til November 13, 2012. This offer only good on at the following link. Use code: VETS2012 Offer not good on Amazon, or other outlets. Only available on Lulu.com.
A few weeks ago I was cleaning up the studio and found a box of old projects that didn’t turn out the way I expected. Projects that no longer represented me as an artist, and projects that I would get around to “some day”. I decided to collect everything together and send them to Rio
The day started off with an overview of the actual casting process. Kim did a great job showing us step-by-step how to clean the silver, melt it in the crucible and how to pour it into the mold. Everyone was VERY exited to see the results of our labors. Although I’m very comfortable using a
I’ve been noticing some great info on PMC has been systematically being added to the Rio Grande website. Check out the “Videos, Projects and More” tab When you click on it your find that there are back copies of Studio PMC and Fusion, White Papers, MSDS sheets, Instructions of how to use products, some how
I just adore this fab tea pot! Simply stunning! Now lets use the same technique in a metal clay piece! Source: kozzza2004.livejournal.com via Vickie on Pinterest
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