Bella Italia, One More Time
I had a fabulous time in Italy, and as they say a picture paints a thousand words, so here are the pictures from my classes at Hobbyland in Milan, as well my trip exploring beautiful places in Italy. Somewhere … Continued
The Chronicle of the Rectangles
My jewelry #DoPositive has won the Award of Excellence from Silver Accessories Contest in Japan. I’m deeply grateful for the winning and for completing this piece :) Technically it’s one of the most elaborate jewelry I’ve ever made, and design-wise … Continued
Spring & Upcoming Jewelry Classes in Summer
April is associated with the blooming cherry trees, the green grass and Easter bunny, the blossoming nature. Well, in Helsinki just a few days ago soft snow still fell in the morning two days in a row. Yesterday I made … Continued
New Year at the Studio
Happy New Year! For many of us, last year seems to be quite a year, I hope you’ve been doing all right and your year has started off well! Thank you for your contacts, either through this website, emails, newsletters … Continued
More on Silver Quilling
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
Colorful Autumn: New Mokume Gane & Italian Renaissance Art
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
Silver 950 Jewelry
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
Enchanting Silver Quilling
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
New Mokume Gane: Claying Silver & Copper
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
10 Years of Working with Metal Clay
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