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I loved this story about a mysterious artist who left ten marvellously intricate paper sculptures in support of Scotland’s libraries.
Even after all the publicity, the artist chose to remain anonymous.
Another project with the Knew saw… It didn’t come out perfectly but I’m pretty proud of it just the same. It’s the most complicated pattern I’ve done so far.
I printed out my paper pattern and used rubber cement to attach it to 24g brass. Each section that had to be cut [...]
Haven’t been blogging as much as I meant to, but I have been busy. Here’s one of the projects I finished.
I used my brand new Knew saw to cut the birdhouse shape from 24g copper sheet, including the interior hole which the bird peeks out of. Using metal stamps and hammers is fun – [...]
I thought this was interesting… Novelist Holly Lisle is writing the first draft of a story, and emailing it out to her fans. She’s also collaborating with her daughter, Rebecca Galardo, who is creating jewelry and artifacts to go along with the story.
I’ve always heard that art sells better with a story [...]
Seems a little backward, doesn’t it? It’s supposed to be quality not quantity… But that’s the idea behind NaNoWriMo and I think it applies to Polymer Clay or any other creative activity.
Saturday is the first day of National Novel Writing Month. The idea is to write 50,000 words in one month. I was reading [...]
I was reading Kathleen Dustin’s interview in Polymer Cafe yesterday and she made a comment about making art personal.
It made me wonder about my own. Is it personal? Usually I just think of something I want to make – an animal I want to sculpt, what I want it to look like, and [...]
How do you get perspective on your art? Step back from it, go vist galleries to see other work, stand on your head and squint one eye?
If anyone can do that last one, I’d love to see it – it would make a great marketing photo. I can just imagine an artist in [...]
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