Bummer of a show
Well, at least it wasn't just me. The first three days of the Jazz Festival turned out to be a losing proposition for the artists with handmade goods in the Artisan's Village. The crowds were far...
View ArticleFlower Shawl Sticks
I've been away from home for about three weeks caring for my 90-year-old mother. While I was at her house, I did manage to do a bit of claying and here are the results: shawl sticks which can also be...
View ArticleMy new tent
Some of the best shows in my area are outdoors, so I have made the investment in a tent. Not just any pop-up for me. No, I splurged on a LightDome tent that is actually waterproof instead of merely...
View ArticleMokume gane pendants and earrings
I'm preparing for some shows this fall and these pendants and earrings are some of my new works. They are in the Julie Picarello style of mokume gane technique. For those who don't know, you make a...
View ArticleAdventure at Balls Falls
I just completed the four-day Balls Falls Thanksgiving Festival (Canadian Thanksgiving) and it ended up with an unusual adventure. After three beautifully sunny but cold days, it rained on Monday and...
View ArticleMy new website
Finally it's finished. I took my new website live today. You can check it out at:www.cynthiablanton.com
View ArticleA Bevy of Bracelets
I recently watched a session of Craftcast with Alison Lee called Patina Playtime where she made some cool bracelets from brass cuff blanks. I decided to make some of my own, and I'm happy with the way...
View ArticleNew Shawl Pin Design
Here is my latest shawl pin design. I made them using my new "Now That's a Jig". I choked on the price of the jig, but it works beautifully and is easier to use than my homemade jigs of nails...
View ArticleA little bling
I didn't design this bracelet but Malliga Nathan, a talented designer who works at my favorite bead store, BeadFX, graciously gave me permission to reproduce it for sale. It is made with metal beads...
View ArticleWorking with stones
I've been very busy preparing for my spring shows. The Toronto Knitters' Frolic went well, and I have the Milton Farm Craft Show this weekend, the 2nd and 3rd. The Milton show will be my first...
View ArticleI'm published!!!
My first "how to" article was just published in Easy Metal 2015, a special issue from Step by Step Wire Jewelry. The design is a brooch made from copper sheet and polymer clay. The paper edition...
View ArticleBack to the Wrap
My very first jewelry pieces, years ago, were wire-wrapped stones, but silver wire became very expensive so I turned to other media. Once I discovered polymer clay and the ability to make my own...
View ArticleAdventure at Kempenfest
Kempenfest is a very large, three-day craft show and fair held each year in Barrie, Ontario right on the shore of Lake Simcoe, and it seems that every year there is some form of bad weather. Last year...
View ArticleAnother adventure in Craft Show Land
If it's not one thing, it's another. This time it was dust. Lots and lots of very fine dust seeping into every nook and cranny of every display and piece of jewelry. I didn't realize how bad the...
View Articleand yet another adventure...
Here is a Craft Show problem I never thought about: laryngitis. I had it bad for 3 days out of a four-day show. I had a cold last week that went away but left me with a frequent cough. I coughed so...
View ArticleMy homage to Jackson Pollock
I've always liked Jackson Pollock's paintings, so I decided to emulate him in some of my own work. These post earrings are polymer clay with acrylic paint splashed on them.
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I had another fun day in the studio - incense burning, big band music blaring and paint splattering.
View ArticleCrushed Velvet Technique
I've been playing with a polymer clay technique called Crushed Velvet. It is a mica shift technique where you run the metallic clay through the pasta machine a bunch of times to line up all the mica...
View ArticleFinally populating my Artfire online shop
I've been lax about blogging and very lax about putting my products up for sale online. That is changing as of today. My shop is on Artfire which is an online marketplace similar to Etsy. I've...
View ArticleLapis Lazuli and Gold
I love Lapis especially the stones with lots of golden flecks of pyrite running through them. I saw this fan of rough-cut stones and had to buy them, but then I had to figure out what to make with...
View ArticleFaux Stone Necklaces
These unique polymer clay and sari silk necklaces make quite a statement. The gold crackle suggests seams of pyrite running through the stones which have hints of color. Although the faux stones look...
View ArticleFaux Raku
I've always loved Raku pottery in all its many varieties, but I'm particularly fond of this vase that I've owned for years. I used it for inspiration in designing this Faux Raku necklace.
View ArticleMore items added to my Artfire Store
These unusually shaped stones are set in necklaces with handmade gold-filled wire bails on gold-filled chain. They are available in my Artfire store. See link on the right side of the blog.
View ArticleFor those who love purple
This necklace with one large amethyst bead and many smaller ones has a variety of shades of purple along with gold-plated filigree beads and seed beads.
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