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 cores are wonderful items in...
Do you ever get an idea stuck in your head and you just HAVE to work it out in clay? I'm recovering from foot surgery and was not able to get out to my “deluxe designer studio” (also called the garage) for several weeks. So I asked my ever-patient son, Koji, to go fill a box with some stuff from...
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 the fact that the mug...
Okay, so we all love Premo Peacock Pearl. 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 them. I was liking what I was...
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 since we held our first...
