Polymer Clay

My Designs Featured In Marie Segal New Book

by anna November 15, 2013 Anna's Blog
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                And so it came in a big yellow envelope – a long awaited wonder. Since I was very young, international mail for some reason puts me in a wonder expectation mood. Maybe because when I was little, my Mom’s friends used to send me toys and sweets […]

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The taste of recognition

by anna August 10, 2012 Anna's Blog
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A few days ago I received my award ribbons from the 2012 Bead Dreams contest, for which I want again to thank the judges for picking me.I have also had a few of my works published in the Polymer Cafe magazine. I also had my comments and reviews published in the ABA Journal and Rio […]

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Art Week

by anna July 23, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Last week I made and kept a challenge for myself – to create a project a day. Using any media and any technique, but without planning them ahead. The reason for that – with all the administrative work I had to do lately I didn’t get to create anything really new for a few weeks, […]

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I Will Shine Free Necklace Tutorial

by anna July 16, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Hello, my dear readers! I have another free tutorial for you. No one can say I don’t spoil you, can they? 🙂 But there is always a nice award for being loyal to somebody; unless the one to whom they’re loyal has no brains :D. So, thank you for staying with us and reading our […]

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Rose Garden Ring Tutorial

by anna June 28, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Hello there! 🙂 In the previous tutorial I showed you how to make realistic roses and calla lilies. Although they look very good, they wouldn’t work on a micro-scale, unless you have micro-hands :). To use roses, let’s say, in rings, there is another simple, or as I call it, cheating 🙂 way of making […]

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Polymer Flowers – Free Tutorial

by anna June 18, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Hello, everyone! If you want to learn how to make consistent size polymer roses and calla lilies using a few simple tools and a simple sculpting technique, I have just uploaded a free tutorial on this very topic :). The tutorial is in video format (as usually) and you can watch it here(our new Vimeo […]

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A Happy Mix

by anna June 6, 2012 Anna's Blog
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So many things have happened since I last posted in my blog!  Not that it justifies my shamelessly abandoning my readers :), but still I’ve been quite busy. A few days ago with Ken we returned from a business trip to Pittsburgh, PA. We’ve met many people, seen many places, and, what’s important, tried many […]

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Happy Geek – Free Tutorial

by anna May 5, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Hello, everyone!!! 🙂 Wow, it has been a while since we last talked! During this time I’ve been busy as a bee. I’ve recorded and processed a free tutorial for you, which you will see in just a minute, I was learning to compose music to go with my tutes (just some success here :)), […]

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Hall of Memories – Part 4

by anna April 10, 2012 Anna's Blog
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Brought to you by the AGTV, next series of our clay opera is here! 😀 As I shared a couple days ago, my Sea Homes necklace was juried into the 2012 Bead Dreams contest. And who could have thought, when it all started so badly! 🙂 I was alone, in a foreign country, stuck with […]

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Bead Dreams

by anna April 7, 2012 Anna's Blog
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I received a letter from the Bead & Button magazine yesterday notifying me that one of my works, Sea Homes, has been juried into the 2012 Bead Dreams competition in the Polymer Clay category. I am very happy and very thankful and want to share it with you. I am also very glad that I […]

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