Creative Connections

Creative Connections

Hot Fun!

raku-spring2011

During the fall, winter and spring months, I get to stay warm and toasty at school–having the ceramics kilns running and getting up over 1800 degrees insures that the art room stays cozy many days!

Now that the spring semester at school is over, I’ve brought my load of goodies home and taken a [...]

Upcoming Classes

home decor with polymer clay

Want to learn more about polymer clay? In addition to the upcoming Cabin Fever Clay Festival event in February, I’m also teaching four one-day classes at Front Range Community College, through the Continuing Education Department.

For full class listings and online registration links, click here.

This series of four classes can be taken together [...]

You Know The Drill…..

babushka faces before antiquing

I’ve been making babushka faces and lentil beads all week. Sounds like a horrid recipe, doesn’t it? but the “lentil” part refers to the shape, and even though I’ve been sticking my heads in the oven all week long, things are looking good here. I’m committed to using up old scrap clay for “bead [...]

Mothers’ Day At Nomad Beads

Bag Lady--hand painted on canvas by Sarajane Helm

I’ll be bringing my hand-colored textiles, ceramic and polymer clay faces, beads, baubles, bags, and books to Nomad Beads at 1909 9th St., Boulder, Colorado for a special Sunday Sampler from 12-4 PM on Sunday May 9th.

Celebrate the memorable moms in your life with components for making Spirit Dolls, Hand Beads, Face Pendants, [...]

Bagged And Beaded Babes

bead the doll with its head in a bag to keep hair out of the way

Sounds like some sort of adult video title, doesnt it?? But its really just about a doll whose head and feet are bound up while she’s decorated.

Hmmm, maybe that doesnt really sound any better….perhaps its time to show pics instead.

Last week I saw the beaded spirit doll (using my polymer clay face) [...]

Spirit Dolls and More!

Judith Skinner and I will be at the 37th annual International Quilt Festival in Hoston Texas October 14-18 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

We’ll be there in booths #1848 and #1850, with Fun Polymer Clay Jewelry By Judith Skinner and Sarajane’s Polyclay Gallery. We’re bringing jewelry, beads, faces, spirit doll kits, face [...]

My Favorite Time Of Year!

oh, I do love the time of year when summer is over, winter isnt here yet—and the fall weather starts to make  inroads into the garden. There are wonderful holidays at this time, including Halloween, when I’ll be in Houston Texas at the International Quilt Festival again with Judith Skinner, taking lots of [...]

When the Spirit Doll Moves!

I’ve been having fun playing with face masks, dolls, and beads. All the cotton jersey that I’ve previously dyed has been cut into fat quarters for making into doll bodies and spirit doll kits. I’ve got some premade bodies that were dyed as well, and I’ve put together dozens of kits. Now I’m ready [...]

Front & Center

I had fun with my creative co-workers  decorating the Christmas window of the local bead store here in town. We just kept adding more and more…fused and slumped glass bowls, hand dyed silk scarves, dolls, the miniature quilt store, (which we decorated  for Christmas too),  a polymer clay covered wagon and even Golde in [...]

Handmade Holidays!

There’s a movement afoot this year to promote handmade items for decorations and gifts during the holidays. Now, this is something we’ve ALWAYS done here at my house, because I love the excuse to bring out the creative opportunities. Lots of homebaked cookies with colorful icings, an almost historical archive of all the years’ [...]