Jun 9, 2019 | Art & Craft Tutorials, Tutorials - sculpture, Work-in-progress
Taking photos of OOAK dolls needs lighting and generally results in boring backgrounds. So for some time wasting creative activity I like to playing with backgrounds occasionally.I have never been a graphic designer and follow step-by-step tutorials on how to add...
Apr 27, 2019 | Art & Craft Tutorials, Tutorials - sculpture, Work-in-progress
The process of design When planning a sculpt, I start with an inspirational flash of something intriguing, challenging and in context to my current series of works. After finishing Madame S. Caterpillar I wanted a create a friend who was modern and eclectic to match...
Apr 27, 2019 | Art & Craft Tutorials, Tutorials - sculpture, Work-in-progress
Making air dry clay figurinesOver the past year I have been creating my first foray into air dry clay figurines. It was been a fun andfabulous creative adventure as I experiment with my progression from dressing other artists dolls to building my own.Much thanks needs...
Jun 16, 2018 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
I have gradually been building the stamina to restart my sculpting. It has been nearly a 7 year sabbatical away from the studio with some minor dalliances in making mini furniture for my blossoming ball-joint-doll collection. However this miniature bug has appealed to...
Apr 19, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
In the previous three posts I covered the planning, background and gold leaf stages of creating this beautiful bedhead. This is the final post in the series and includes the most memorable section of Klimt’s most famous painting .. the sculpting of the kiss...
Mar 31, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
In the previous two posts I discussed the planning and gold leaf stages of creating one my bedheads. The Kiss bedhead takes at least 3 weeks full time work spread over a 3 month period as the many layers of color, paint, leaf, varnish and waxes need to cure. The...
Mar 23, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
58 hand made glass tiles After the design and planning stage in my previous post, I now get into the studio to pre-make some of the adornments required for this bedhead. During this time I had my own small glass kiln in the studio and for the Kiss bedhead I made 58...
Mar 23, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - sculpture
Design-in-Action Over the years I photographed how I went about creating my unique bedheads. I used to call this section of my web-site ‘Design in Action’ so clients could see how I managed the custom design process for any of the Fantasy Dreams artworks....
Mar 16, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
At times I get inspired to pull a cluster of beads together, a ramble of colors which just speak to me usually when I have no time but to gaze absent-mindedly at colors and not think. Times like this I fiddle with the beads, relaxing, and then bag them to be made up...
Mar 11, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
While creating designs for the ArTTable, I was asked one year to be gust artist at the Melbourne Craft Expo along with a beading partner of mine at the time Leeza Silverman. For 3 days we sat beading a vase as part of my series ‘Sharing My Backyard’, there was no...
Mar 3, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery, Work-in-progress
Recently I did a post called ‘Inspired by Wattle’ .. well it was enough to inspire me into making a green and gold bracelet. Whilst I was writing the article I dug into the bead box and pulled out what I had that made me think of wattle .. green and gold...
Feb 2, 2013 | Art & Craft Tutorials, That Creative blog, Tutorials - jewellery
The end result is beautiful! This is my final post in a series of ‘how to make a rainbow bracelet’. I don’t really do rainbow myself, I prefer to select a natural palette, more organic inspired. Rainbows to me are bright, colorful things with...