Saw this link on FaceBook and had to share it with my readers. Looks like an inexpensive way to take great pictures.
http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/268/take-photos-of-your-wire-jewelry-using-a-lightbox/
Build Your Own Photography Light Box
24 Aug 2010 1 Comment
in Interesting Techniques, Tips & Trick, Tutorials Tags: how-to, instructions, light box, lightbox, make, photo, photography, pics, pictures, tutorial
Dora’s Tutorial – Building a Kaleidoscope Cane
18 May 2010 3 Comments
in Interesting Techniques, Tips & Trick, Tutorials Tags: cane, caned, canes, caning, dora's explorations, free tutorials, how to make, instructions, kaleidoscope, tutorial, Tutorials
Follow this link over to Dora’s Explorations for a great tutorial on putting together Kaleidoscope Canes.
Book Review: Complete Book of Polymer Clay
28 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in New Products, Polyclay Artists, Shopping, Tips & Trick, Tutorials Tags: book, Complete Book of Polymer Clay, helpful, how-to, instructions, jewelry, Lisa Pavelka, polymer clay, review, Shopping, Tutorials
I finally got my copy of Lisa Pavelka’s new book – The Complete Book of Polymer Clay.
I’m pretty picky about what books I keep in my personal library. When I buy a book, I look it over and decide if it has anything I haven’t already learned and if it’s something I want to learn. If it meets that criteria I keep it.
Lisa Pavelka’s new book “The Complete Book of Polymer Clay” is a keeper. Yes, it does have beginner info, (what else would you expect with the word COMPLETE in the title) but it also has some advanced projects that even this clayer of 12 years like me hasn’t tried yet and is longing to give a go.
The book is well written, the pictures are very helpful and the projects are fun. There is also a small gallery of pictures featuring other clay artists that will give you some inspiration. Sounds like a complete book to me 🙂
Check out Lisa’s web site www.lisapavelka.com where you can shop, see her amazing work, get some tips on working with polymer clay or watch an instructional video.
Tips on Reducing a Square Cane
15 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in Interesting Techniques, Polyclay Artists, Tips & Trick, Tutorials Tags: Betty Jo Hendershott, cane, canes, caning, how-to, instructions, polymer clay, reduce, reducing, square, tutorial
My pal Betty Jo shared a nice way to reduce square canes on her blog.
Check it out here.
New Tutorial: Golden Lace Heart Pendant
12 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in From My Workbench, Interesting Techniques, Shopping, Tutorials Tags: black, etsy, filigree, gold, how-to, instructions, jewelry, lace, necklace, pendant, polymer clay, Tonja Lenderman, tonja's treasures, tonjalenderman, tonjastreasures, tutorial
Just finished another tutorial called Golden Lace Heart Pendants. Just listed it in my Etsy shop. Great project fro beginners and advanced clayers alike.
Scrap Mokume Gane Bangle Tutorial In Etsy Shop
11 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in From My Workbench, Interesting Techniques, Shopping, Tutorials Tags: bangle, bracelet, how-to, instructions, make, mokume gane, polymer clay, purchase, scrap mokume gane, Shopping, tutorial
Just finished and listed the tutorial in my Etsy shop. It’s a PDF that will be mailed to you after payment is received. Click on the picture to go to my Etsy Shop.
These are some examples of the bangles I’v made using this technique.
Also earrings and pendants
Silkscreens By Tonja's Treasures 