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Syndee Holt – Jenny Sorensen – Rachel Hateley – Anke Humpert – Claire Maunsell – Sherman Oberson – Krithika Parthan – Teresa Salgado – Mo Tipton – Lynn Yuhr – Amy Koranek – Maria Saracino
Read their blog posts and enjoy their projects, tips, techniques and creative uses of clays, tools and accessories. Their varied specialties and work styles will educate and inspire you.
This past Friday I participated in a local craft fair at Bowdoin College. It is called the Sunsplash Festival and it is to celebrate the last day of classes for students and faculty. It is also open to the public. This fair has been going on for the past 15 years so it is really
Hello! I am so happy to be here on the Design Squad Blog! I really enjoyed Patti's post about her family Christmas tree. It was fun to see the photos of her many polymer clay ornaments from over the years. I thought I would continue on the ornament theme as I am getting ready
Generally, after our Thanksgiving turkey is picked clean, it's time for my middle child to get on our roof and string up our Christmas lights. He gets this job because my husband doesn't like heights and my son is 14 and fearless. I intended to avoid Black Friday (don't like shopping or crowds) but
We've been invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with friends at their home this year. So I'm not making the turkey, just a few dishes to bring to take the load off my host and hostess. Since I'm not pressed for time or really busy in the kitchen, I can play with clay instead!!
I've been spending a little time each day lately cleaning in my studio, tackling different counters, drawers, etc. until I get distracted or better, inspired. There are two types of organization for creative people, I've heard… those who have a place for every supply and every tool and everything is put away. And those
November and December always find me knitting. I have a long tradition of making a hand-knit sweater for my husband for Christmas. I've been doing this for almost 20 years. The sweaters are almost all original designs, and depending on my timeliness, sometimes they are vests! The past two weekends marked the end
I love the season of Fall. I don't get into Halloween much, and I'm relieved now that my kids are a little older that I don't have to deal with costumes and trick or treating anymore. But I love the changing seasons, the leaves changing colors, then making piles that crunch underfoot. (Thankfully, we live
Who knew that you could take little pieces of clay (these are only about 2-1/2 inches high and overlap them and create a shortened version of a Skinner Blend? Just overlap each piece with it's neighbors and I added a thin sheet of Premo Gold underneath to add shimmer and help hold it all together.
I was so bummed to have to leave my clay table last weekend, but fortunately this week just flew by. A couple of chores to do and I'm back to the table! My friend Jen buys an jewelry that features owls. It's like a free pass – she's got to have it. Sort of
So I was going around the house changing all the empty papertowel rolls (other people obviously think little elves come in the night and change these because they certainly don't bother to!). I reflexively put the empty cores in my "studio pile" of stuff to go to the studio next trip out. Paper towel
Inspiration is truly everywhere we look. I remember vividly when I first started doing clay back in the olden days of the 20th century, I once grabbed a coffee mug in a coffee shop and said to my friend, “Look! We could do this in clay!” Needless to say, I wasn’t inhibited at all by
Okay, so we all love the new Premo Accent Peacock. But it has even more tricks up it's pearlescent little sleeve! I was cleaning up my clay table and I happened to end up with some Peacock and some Premo Silver in my hand. They were equal parts, so Why not? I started to mix
Greetings from Sandy Camp! I've made it to our retreat location finally! Fortunately, I missed the rain storm on Weds, that caused some flooding in the tent. I had a blast yesterday doing my demos. "But wait! check this out!" It's so fun to hear people go "Ohhh DUH" when I show them the
No, I don't mean the all the Fall holidays and the ensuing friends and family… I mean Sandy Camp! For 13 years October has meant getting together with all our clay friends and family here in San Diego for Sandy Camp, our annual San Diego Polymer Clay Retreat. I can't believe it's been thirteen years
