Meet a Maker: Lisa Polderman, Sewist
Yesterday, you saw the terrific wedding dress made by Lisa Polderman, Chicago area sewist and blogger. Today, let’s learn more about her and what motivates her as a maker. How did you get into sewing? I started sewing in the summer of 2010. I was planning to...One of my favorite tools for metal clay: alphabet tool
This is a tool that I used to manufacture and sell, and you can make it yourself, if you know how to make photopolymer plates. Here’s what it looks like when you use it write in the clay: Here’s what I wrote about it back in 2007, when I first started...Hammermarks is Blog of the Week!
This post by Wendy Edsall-Kerwin typifies what artists should write about on their blogs — she writes eloquently on why she makes what she makes. http://hammermarks.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/turbulent-flow For this and other excellent posts where she shows her...Blog of the Week: Ask Harriete
This week’s Winner is Harriete Estel Berman for her very informative blog, Ask Harriete. You may not know that Harriete is one of the minds behind the excellent Professional Guidelines at the SNAG website (Society of North American Goldsmiths). When I discovered...Artist Profile: Lorena Angulo
Lorena Angulo is a Mexican metal clay artist living in Texas whose work is influenced by her Mexican heritage. Above is one of her calaveras, or skulls in the style of El Dia de los Muertos. Below, here’s a view of her flickr set of a number of calaveras,...« Older Entries
