Nov 10
This was one of the stamped clay tiles I made at Laurie Mika’s workshop this summer. People who are familiar with Laurie Mika’s work may recognize this stamp, because she’s used it often. I added the crown charm from a collection I’d bought on my own. One of my co-students generously let me use her …
Jan 31
This is the crown that Big Critter made. She also didn’t like a radially symmetrical design. She sketched what she was thinking of, and I helped her design it. For the shiny gold parts, she drew a design with hot glue, and then applied gold leaf directly to the cooled glue. It works very well. …
Jan 28
When I made my crown, I made it radially symmetrical, and it didn’t occur to me that the kids would want anything else. However, they are people, and people have their own minds. Little Critter wanted it more like a tiara, and she wanted swans. It took some doing, but I was able to oblige. …
