It started at home with the Northern California Bead Society, went on to Tucson AZ for the Best Bead Show, and is rolling out to Synergy on Thursday. Synergy is the conference of the National Polymer Clay Guild, and it runs from Feb 21-23 in...
I've put all my bead secrets (save precious few) down on paper and out in the world now. I worked hard for this information and now I'm giving it away. How will I stand out in the crowd if the crowd suddenly all looks like...
That's right, they don't get any better than the Best Bead Show, which begins a week from today in Tucson AZ. Every February, the city hosts the largest gathering of bead, jewelry, gem, and mineral shows in the world. Fifty shows are officially scheduled for...
[gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="medium" ids="1507,1510"] Duly famous for her exquisitely finished polymer clay handbags, Kathleen Dustin is also a talented and expressive beadmaker. She is a craftsperson par excellence, producing work of a quality made possible by years of devotion to her craft and a painstaking...
I am very fortunate to have been able to publish a book full of my own work. I am at least as lucky to have the participation of an amazing roster of polymer clay beadmakers. Each is a specialist in their own...
It's the sparkle that gives life to my clay work and might have helped bring about life on earth. Mica is a flaky mineral that organizes naturally in layer upon layer in thin sheets. That feature is what allows me to create controllable chatoyant...
The good news is that the book is now shipping. The bad news is I received my first shipment and it was less than ship shape. The end of the box was ripped off completely, having been replaced with an "X" of transparent...
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