Friday, May 20, 2011

Terracotta with a touch of Copper

I bought some terracotta colored clay and made these lovely butterflies.


Material Used: Recycled copper from renovation, DAS clay - terracotta

Marble Magic

I wanted to make one of these since December of last year so I ended up making two. One as a teacher gift and another for a relative with a birthday coming up. The one that you never know what to buy.

Working with metal and glass to create this key chain bringing all the elements together. I have been researching on how to make some wire wrapped jewelery.  Learning the techniques for personal projects so I come up with this with a help of a book called "Wire Style". It has great ideas and project to practice. I posted a picture with the "Apple Delicious" design if you are interested in finding the right one.

Material Used: Recycled copper from renovations, marble
Measurement: 9 cm 

"Apple Delicious" Key chain

For those hard to buy for teachers that got it all. This unique key chain will surely be a hit. Given as a class gift or just to show your appreciation. Perhaps a birthday gift for a teacher you know.... I have just the thing for you. "Apple Delicious" hand forged metal with hand molded apple makes this a truly one of a kind gift.

I really liked the look of this pendant but thought it would also make a great key chain. I added on of my polymer clay apples to the design instead of the beads shown in the book. I made the design bigger so it fits snug in the hand while the apple floats about.


Material used: Polymer clay, copper, stainless steel.
Measurement: 9 cm

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Wool Fairy Tutorial (Waldorf Inspired)

DURATION: Approximately: 2 hrs
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner// No previous experience required
SIZE: 9” / 23cm tall without hanger 


I have uploaded the PDF file. I finished the file earlier today so I thought you might want to get a head start on getting your supplies for a weekend project.


I am not an expert with wool or needle felting. This is truly a basic lesson with many steps explained. Read through the directions and hopefully I can make time to create the video for this tutorial as well next week. I like to have the option to print something out when following a tutorial. So I am creating the two types of tutorials. 



PDF FILE: Wool Fairy Tutorial 
Video Tutorial: Wool Fairy Video Tutorial

* Download the the original file.  File >> Download Original file

I would greatly appreciated if you give feedback on my tutorials to make sure the quality of the document is good and easy to follow.  Also, I would really like to see the creations you make. Please post a link so I can see what you can make. Happy Felting!!

I am posting these videos also on my YouTube channel I created.

Posting date begins: May 6th - May 14th. The videos are between 8 mins to 12 min each.
  
Click on Tutorials for further details. I have created a Tutorial page which will list all of the tutorials I will create. 

Psst... Here is a sneak peak at the tutorial coming...

"Winter Bliss" Wool Fairy Tutorial (Waldorf Inspired)

Here is a sneak peak at what is coming next week. I have almost completed the PDF file for this in-depth tutorial on how to create this lovely fairy.

UPDATE: I completed the file earlier than expected and have posted the PDF.

PDF FILE: Wool Fairy Tutorial

* Download the the original file.  File >> Download Original file