When I received a set of templates and textures designed by polymer clay artist Melanie Muir I was thrilled about the possibilities. I usually make my own templates and textures but choosing from pre-made textures and shapes was quite freeing. I chose “Beach” and “River” texture themes. One would think that I would have chosen […]
Metal clay: New ideas and design explorations Read More »
With the launch of my new jewelry line MiraVos SF some of you had questions about marketing, branding, graphic design and web design. I do have a background in graphic design. As a matter of fact I’ve spent my entire professional career in the creative industry in one way or another. In the 80’s I
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I’ve been busy designing a NEW project to add to my upcoming workshop on sand casting jewelry. Sand casting is perfect for making one-of-kind designs. However not only can you recycle scrap silver, PMC etc but you can use one master pattern to create many different iterations of the original design. The technique is
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Don’t miss tonight’s FREE LIVE online webinar, I LOVE Tools #5 Join us at 7:30pm ET Click HERE to register. Even if you can’t make it, make sure and register so you get a link to the recording. You will get to see some amazing tools plus get lots of coupon codes to use for
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I’m pleased to be presenting another CraftCast e-learning workshop! Check it out now, there is still time to sign up! Sign up on CraftCast.com Renaissance Replay with Patrik Kusek Wednesday March 6, 2013 Join us March 6th, 2013, LIVE at 8 pm as Patrik Kusek once again pushes exciting new design boundaries creating keepsake metal
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Some of you might know that I’m a collector of beautiful aged weathered things. Anything with rust, or fox spots, or stains is a certain addition to my stash. Anything with cracks moves to the top of the list. My friend Paulette gave me an old resin shield with cracks. I love it! Ended up
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Love the colors and texture on this. Especially love the flanges or gills. NICE! I think I might try to introduce this type of feature into my hollow forms. Source: elemenop123.blogspot.com via Lorie on Pinterest
Eye Candy Woodland Chic Style Read More »
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
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Here are a few pics of some of the things I made in Celie’s pre-conference class on PMC Sterling. For the most part I used dry to dry construction techniques, in addition I used molds and hand carving for the branches. Keum Boo for the gold. I also used Celies ring making technique, and her
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Show and Sell: My Favorite Product – ArtGlass Clay I was lucky enough to run into Paula Radke during registration. She recommended that I stop by to see her new colors and reformulated ArtGlass Clay. I took a ArtGlass Clay class a few months ago, it was so much fun and we learned a lot!
PMC Conference recap: The loot! Read More »
Argh I feel like a pirate! Will all of the great stuff I got at the PMC Conference! I was able to sneak out between sessions to peruse the vendor hall. Although their were not as many vendors as in years past, the pickings were still great. The show and sell was a feed frenzy
PMC Conference 2012 Re-cap; My booty! Read More »
I am thrilled and honored to be a featured artist in the July 2012 issue of Ornament Magazine. Last year I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Carl Little while I was teaching at Haystack in Maine. My head was spinning with the fun and excitement of the whole Haystack experience. The creativity of
I’m so honored to be featured in Ornament Magazine! Read More »
My facebook friend and fellow CraftCast Intructor ( check out her fab tutorial ) Melanie Muir entered some pieces in the Bead Dreams Competition at the Bead and Button Show. Turns out she was in the same display case that I was in! Of course she WON! What place did she win?… drum roll please……….wait
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Yesterday I walked out to get the mail and was pleasantly surprised. It was a postcard from Rio Grande promoting PMC Sterling featuring my ring was in my mailbox!! Sooo cool! It’s always so exciting to see my work in print and on the web! Of course I knew that they were going to be
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For Mercedes. Bronze Buddha sculpture that I got on a trip to Thailand. Candle shelf with mirror from Marshalls. The rest from other trips, offerings from the garden. Here’s a what a quick google search turned up. Buddha click here.
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I’m always looking for interesting things to blog about that I think my readers will find interesting. A couple of weeks ago I looked out of the door of my studio and saw it. The first signs of Spring, and the welcome sight of my garden coming back to life. One of the first things
Design concepts obversed: complementary color Read More »
