SheepFest is coming

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I have been making sheepy things in preparation for SheepFest in Sedbergh. These polymer clay earrings will soon be going to Craftworkshop.

Faux ivory sheep earrings.

Cross stitch sheep earrings.

How to make mobius Christmas ornaments

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Here are some videos of the demo I did at Craftworkshop making mobius Christmas ornaments.

The first video has some information about using metallic clay, and I made a jelly roll cane.

Next I made a surface sheet with an Easy Peasy Extruder Cane thanks to Ron Lehocky (see this article about him – he’s made over 24,000 hearts to sell for charity!).

Finally I make the ornament and… it all goes wrong!

I used a different brand of clay for the second try ornament and I had some issues when I baked it 😦 I’ll try to do another post about that with images, but in the meantime I suggest you do the following:

1. Put a drop of liquid clay on the tips before you pinch them to make sure they stick together
2. Don’t rest your ornament on a tile to bake – suspend it from a bead pin or try to support in some way (perhaps with balls of foil).

* Edit: see my follow up post about the problems I had *

Getting real

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Following my previous post, where has all my time gone? And where is my Zibbet shop stock? The answer is a new co-operative craft venture, Craftworkshop, based in the Sedbergh Cafe.

There is a selection of beautiful handmade items for sale, artists on site demonstrating their work and a variety of crafting workshops for small groups in planning. See our Facebook page for details on how to find us and upcoming events.