Two weeks Today I’m 2 weeks post op from my hip replacement. The last two weeks have been painful, emotional and exhausting and that’s an understatement. I’ve cried more in the last two weeks than I have all year – safe to say it’s been a journey! It’s a journey however, that has been made possible by the kindness of family, friends and complete strangers … Continue reading Hip Replacement Surgery
Hello fellow ‘clayers’. I’ve met so many amazing people over the last couple of years, thank you all for your support. My previous booklets have ben well received and lots of you have asked if I would share my ‘recipes’ ie how did I layer my clay, what colours did I use, how many times did I run it through the pasta machine… so I … Continue reading Recipes for Polymer Clay Mokume Gane
Having worked with Polymer Clay, especially using the Mokume Gane technique, I’m always on the look out for items I can use to make patterns in my clay. I discovered a while ago that wooden printing blocks work really well. You have to be prepared to have an abstract feel to your work but that’s part of the appeal of this technique, you never actually … Continue reading Wooden Printing Blocks for Mokume Gane
I have had many defining moments in my life but in my career as a teacher the one that stands out is from 2006. I had a year 11 group of girls who were studying GCSE RE. It was Charity week and I’d suggested we could raise the £60 that the Oxfam Unwrapped catalogue said was needed to provide a school pack for a girl. … Continue reading The Kingstone Uganda Project
I shared some tips yesterday on the Facebook Mokume Gane group so I’m just sharing them on here. Mainly so I know where to find them! Canva has a free version or a Pro version. I use it regularly for limbBo booklets and leaflets which I then have printed by Doxzoo who I would really recommend if you want any printing. Texture mats here are … Continue reading Displaying your Polymer Clay Work
I’ve been working with Polymer Clay for a while now. Having done a Lino Printing course a few years ago I decided to experiment and see if I could create my own texture mats. I still had cutters and a range of lino so set about carving some abstract patterns. I love the Mokume Gane technique (lots of posts on here about how to do … Continue reading Using Lino Printing with Polymer Clay
Every so often I have to challenge myself to try something new. I’ve had a gelli plate for a while and done some basic printing but saw an advert on Instagram for an online Gel printers summit with courses by 15 amazing tutors arranged by Drew Steinbrecher. This was such a brilliant idea, one session every day for 2 weeks with access to the videos … Continue reading Gel printers summit 2023 – printing on Fabric
I realised today that I’d not written a blog post for a couple of months and since it’s a wet Saturday in Barnsley I decided to write about using poppy heads as a ‘stamp’ for creating a veneer made using the Mokume Gane technique using Polymer clay. I tried this when I’d just started out using clay and loved the result. However, when you are … Continue reading Polymer and Poppies
Having worked with Polymer Clay for around a year now, I’ve met some incredibly talented and generous people who are always willing to support others. I had a lady message me the other day saying that when she started learning a different craft it was like a ‘secret society’ where people didn’t share. The Polymer Clay community is so different and it feels like there … Continue reading Using Polymer Clay Scraps
Its been a busy few weeks but today is a ‘free day.’ Once I’d done my Team LimbBo admin I decided to have a play! I’m working with some online Instagram friends to put together another free ebook – using scraps in Polymer Clay. I have a large storage box full of scrap clay – I basically throw everything in there for Tommy, LJ and … Continue reading Polymer Clay – trying surface treatments on Scraps
Jane Hewitt 