This week started off with quite bang— hurricane Sandy. I was psyched to have a well attended Fine Craft class Monday despite Sandy, and we made a trio of paper art experiments: tissue flowers, origami 2 piece boxes, and a small hand bound sketchbook. I think everyone was happy to have the …
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Wire Wrapped bead samples
here are two new copper wire wrapped pendants I'm working on... samples for class. Samples are incredibly important, so that students can see what a finished object might look like - I often make several samples for "in process" demonstrations as well. With some wireworking techniques, I have …
handmade gifts of jewelry
It is a bit belated, but needed to share my Mother's Day gifts with you. Two cool things about these pieces: both are personalized for my dear Momma, plus the earrings & cut copper name tags are skills that I teach in my Jewelry 101 class! The copper beaded earrings are a simple 2-in-1 …