Beautiful Bags for Kamers

The needle work for the beautiful bags for Kamers this year was accomplished by the very competent women from the Breytenbach Sentrum in Wellington. Look further..

Kamers has been on for four days with another four days to go and 7000 people have already passed through....

At Kamers

Kamers Vol Geskenke Cape Town

Some of our work has been selected for sale at the Cape Craft Design Institute's pop-up shop at Kamers vol Geskenke (Rooms full of Gifts) to be held from 5 to 10 November in Stellenbosch. My operations manager i.e. Molly...more about her another time...and I have been preparing for Kamers for the last couple of weeks. And yesterday we packed the last of the Christmas decorations and ceramic necklaces to be sent off. Phew!

Dotty Heart Gift Tags

A few dotty perforated heart gift tags to brighten up a gift or two..

First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Over on Art Walk Etsy Team blog, its First Friday Art Walk Weekend. Do take the time to check out all the great art work offered by Etsians through this monthly blog hop event. There will be discounts on items offered here and there too. I will be giving a discount of 10 percent on everything in my shop this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with coupon code FFAW1 at check out. Enjoy!

Natural Riverbed Coloured Ceramic Beads

Natural riverbed coloured ceramic beads, smooth,worn and ageless. I took a little time to burnish these beads with a soft cloth to create a smooth look.

Recycling Clay

The beauty of working with clay is that it can be recycled many times over as long as it has not been fired in the kiln. If the clay piece that I am working with is not to my liking I place it in a container, add enough water to seep into the clay without making it too soggy and leave for a day or two, covered. Once the water has been absorbed and has distributed itself evenly and the clay feels creamy, without too many bumps and lumps I know that I can scoop it up usually onto a plaster of paris batt. Although in this case I just used a piece of hardboard and the clay dried easily enough in the warmth of the winter sun.