easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in jewellery on Feb 7th, 2010
My friend Sarah saw the stamped Fimo pendants I made a few weeks ago, and asked whether I could make one for her Mum. The brief was simply “pale yellow, with an angel”, and this is what I made. The pendant is just less than two inches long, and made from pale yellow Fimo. The [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 8th, 2010
Just a couple of tiny little pictures to show you what I’ve been up to today. I’m still playing about with Fimo, trying out some techniques that may or may not work when I move on to using the silver clay. Both pendants are imprinted with a rubber stamp. The Piglet has been painted with [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 7th, 2010
Today’s another snow day, so I had to cancel all the things I’d originally planned. Never short of something to make, I decided to dismantle a veritable mountain of old jewellery, and put together a new necklace. Once it was finished I thought it would be a nice idea to take some pretty photos of [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 4th, 2010
I was given a starter kit of PMC (silver clay) for my birthday, but decided that I’d rather try out a few techniques with polymer clay before I dive up to my elbows into the silver. I had a few blocks of Fimo in the house, so I’ve finally found some time to have a [...]
I was in a jewellery making mood today, so I’ve just finished putting together this necklace. It’s a leather cord, with twenty purple sunstone beads attached – they’re a very dark purple colour with a glitter sparkle when the light catches them. The beads are hung in pairs, so that they hang in bunches and [...]