Technique: Knit Texture PendantWin: Yes Challenges: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 8/10 Notes:This piece feels like a tiny wearable quilt stitched together from clay instead of fabric.  The combination of texture, patchwork, and stitching details gave it a soft handcrafted charm that was really satisfying to create.

Day 75 was like one of those “beautiful detours” days, where the technique wandered off the map and the piece decided to become its own creature anyway Technique: Shattered clay pendantWin: No, but yes Challenge:• To try the shattered clay technique to create an uneven finish• To colour the layer with mica powder to enhance … [Read more…]

Technique: Marbled Hair TieWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 9/10 Notes:

Technique: Faux Tiger’s Eye necklace and earringsWin: Yes, finally Challenge:• To get better stripes in the faux stone Lessons Learned:• I need to find a better way to finalise my pieces that need a shiny finish• Buffing with my little battery-operated tool works, but not entirely• Using ultra fine sand paper also doesn’t give the … [Read more…]

Technique: Faux denim keyringWin: Yes Challenge:• To create a denim-look keyring• To add a flower on one side• To add a pocket with an initial on the other Lessons Learned:• I mixed my own shade of blue which turned out beautifully, even if it leaned more “fantasy denim” than classic jeans• I am still learning … [Read more…]

Technique: Faux Tiger’s Eye Take 2Win: Almost Challenge:• To create faux Tiger’s Eye Lessons Learned:• I am still not getting the lines right• The colours are tricky to blend to look realistic• Getting the lines by scraping a tool along the slab didn’t seem to work for me Even though this didn’t turn out quite … [Read more…]

Technique: Seascape PendantWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 9/10 This one felt like a tiny pocket-sized coastlineLess “miniature precision surgery,” and more “wandering barefoot along an imaginary beach with a pocket full of blue clay.”

Technique: Faux Tiger’s EyeWin: No Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 7/10

Technique: Simple dangle earrings with leaves and textureWin: Yes Challenge:• To create a simple circle dangle earring with contrasting colour studs• To create a stem and leaf design that matched the contrasting stud colour• To create a symmetrical set of stems and leaves without them looking too stiff or identical in a “factory clone” sort … [Read more…]

Technique: Homemade leather-texture clay pendantWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 8/10 Notes: