Polymer Clay

Here's a polymer clay three-toed sloth I made with the guidance of Christi Friesen's excellent "Welcome to the Jungle" book. Her books are excellent and have the most brilliant step-by-step instructions that mean it's relatively easy to produce something that looks good.

Lampwork Beads

Here are some lampwork beads I've made.
The tiger style beads are Corina Tettinger's design and I like making them very much.

Polymer Clay Necklace

This is a polymer clay necklace I made from some beads I really liked. Some of them ended up looking a bit like the "Scream" mask which I thought was quite clever. My polymer clay beads get sanded in my rock tumbler then buffed with my little dremel type thing.

Beadweave Necklace

This is a variation on a Mary Davis creation and I like it very much. I wanted it to have an antique feel and think I achieved that with the colours I choose.

Lampwork Bead Necklace

Here's a photo of a lampwork bead necklace I made. I wanted a way of wearing lots of my lampworks beads at once and something that was a bit versitile.

I wear this necklace very long or wrap it once to create two strands. Unfortunately it looks wierd as a bracelet because I think there are just a few too many beads for that.

I've used a bit of leather and just tied simple knots between groups of beads so the lampwork isn't too overwhelming.

Crochet Rope

This is a crochet rope I made a while ago. It's a simpler version of something that was in Bead and Button sometime ago. I liked how it went from light to dark and wanted to have a try myself. Picking the colours took ages.

It's just a long rope that I either tie once or lots of times weaving in the ends to give a big knot as is in the photograph.

Beadweave Bracelet

Here's a bracelet I finished recently and am very fond of.

I've had some commemorative coins for years and have been lucky enough to go to a few different countries. I had these coins and liked the look of them but didn't really know what to do with them. I decided to work on a way to wear them as a bracelet.

An old copy of Beadwork magazine had a pattern for circular peyote which I used and expanded to get to the right size for the coin then went to right angle weave for the sides.

I beaded around each coin individually then sewed them all together at the end and added a clap which I designed to fit in with the look of the bracelet. Unfortunately I made it slightly bigger than I would have liked but, luckily, not so big that I can't wear it. It was a tricky one to size correctly and I was so excited to finish it I probably didn't pay enought attention to making sure the size was spot on.