Right angle weave is RAW by nature
I tend to think myself as a person who is not afraid to ask when the situation calls for it. One thing I have hesitated to ask though is meaning of RAW. It sounds like, [...]
Dare to tear!
Not every piece of handmade jewelry can be perfect. Sometimes it just happens that your great idea doesn’t look as good in practice as it did in your head. Then you go and think of [...]
Uskalla purkaa!
Yksi vaikeimpia juttuja koruharrastuksessa on ollut purkaminen. Kaikista koruista ei voi tulla mestariteoksia, sen tietää jokainen, mutta paljon vaikeampi on myöntää, että on juuri itse tehnyt keskinkertaisen korun. Tai joku koru on saattanut aikanaan olla [...]
Tubular peyote necklace
Peyote is a piece of cake to me these days; it was time to go beyond flat peyote. I have tried tubular peyote a couple of times before but I was unsuccessful - until I [...]
Kaulakoru peyoteputkesta
Yksinkertaisin siemenhelmipisto on peyote, ja sitä olen käyttänyt monessa korussa ja esitellyt blogijutuissa. Astetta haastavampi temppu on tehdä peyotesta putkea (tubular peyote), josta voi pituuden mukaan tehdä kaulakorun, rannekorun tai korvakoruja. Ei ollut ensimmäinen kerta, [...]
I bought lapis lazuli, I got sodalite!
I planned to write you some facts about lapis lazuli and what was it like to work with it. As I read in books about its qualities, I realized that I had been sold sodalite [...]