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January Doll, Final - Bead Journal 2010

6.5″ tall, polymer clay, Toho 11/o round beads, Toho bugles, ceramic hands, nickel face plate

I’ve finished my first month’s journey with Bead Journal 2010 and it’s been quite a learning experience.  The January Doll took the whole month to design, build, and finish properly, though it was interspersed with other jewelry-making and marketing tasks.  [...] [...]

Putting together a polymer clay workshop

After arriving in Bern and checking out the local scene, it seems clear that what the city needs are some polymer clay and beading courses!  I’ve been wanting to teach a course on making polymer clay charms for a while, and I developed a new project just for the class.  Here’s a photo of an [...] [...]

January Doll, Stage III - Bead Journal 2010

Though I’ve had a cold over the last couple of days, I couldn’t resist working on the January Doll between sneezes. Her new sleeves are white iridescent Toho Treasures, and silver 11/o round beads.  They match the skirt, which is coming soon.
The sleeves, incidentally, started out with dangling beads instead of ruffles on the edge, [...] [...]

January Doll, Stage 2 - 2010 Bead Journal Project

After the decorative polymer clay layer
Progress on January’s doll continues with the addition of several more polymer clay layers. I embossed the white clay with a rubber stamp and brushed the top of the stamped area with pearlescent white acrylic.  Then I rolled it flat again after stamping and painting, and then stamped and painted [...] [...]

January Doll, Stage I

The polymer clay foundation for my January 2010 doll.
Here’s a photo of the first stage of my January Doll, created for the 2010 Bead Journal Project.  The dolls for each month will share the same face, though colors vary between silver, copper, and gold.  January begins with a polymer clay foundation in Fimo doll porcelain. [...] [...]

Bead Journal 2010

My first post of the year is about the wonderful Bead Journal project, founded in 2007 by Robin Atkins.  This project invites artists to keep a journal in beaded format, with one entry a month.  Members are given great freedom in the forms they can choose, and I’ve decided to use that freedom to the [...] [...]