I’ve shared my quilling experience in a previous post. Earlier this year, I got my hands on this wonderful form of art. I was so lucky to have gotten my first lesson from Ms. Motoko Maggie Nakatani, a renowned quilling … Continued
I had been so much inside my ‘cave’ making New Mokume Gane jewelry, and suddenly it’s autumn! Usually, I need more time to create jewelry with New Mokume Gane, a technique of combining silver and copper using Art Clay Silver … Continued
Right after my summer break, I got the opportunity to try out Art Clay Silver 950. I looked forward to trying the final version of this silver and copper alloy clay. If you’d like to know about silver clay, you … Continued
Quilling was a new craft to me. Although I had seen quilling works, I had never tried it before. So when in spring this year I had an opportunity to participate in the Silver Quilling Certification training at Art Clay … Continued
There are always new developments around metal clay, such as new materials or techniques. When I started working with metal clay ten years ago, I only found silver clay. Then, different types of metals from different manufacturers started to come … Continued
What is metal clay? A question I asked ten years ago. Earlier this spring I had an opportunity to attend an Art Clay Silver skill up training in Japan. It was wonderful to learn new skills, while meeting old friends … Continued
How do you start making a piece of jewelry? I often hear the question, so I though I share it here. With every piece of my jewelry, I almost always start with sketching, either with pen or pencil, on my … Continued
I thought this might be a snowless winter, but the weather shifted shortly before my trip to Tallinn. It was the same at the other side of the sea, two hours by boat from Helsinki. Browsing the old town was … Continued
It’s been quite a while since I contributed to a magazine so I was glad The Finnish Gem Hobbyists’ Society magazine in December published an article I co-wrote about silver clay and stones. I showed different possibilities to use ready-made … Continued
This summer I had a chance to complete a new piece as an entry for Silver Accessories Contest 2015, organized by Aida Chemical Industries and Art Clay Japan. The contest is held biannually and each time I take it as … Continued