Big Hollow Beads

I'm taking an online class from Christine Dumont at All Over Creation who also does Voila! She has done a great job with the videos, and the forum discussions with other participants have been terrific.  We are all doing the class at the same time so we can learn from each other.  Here is my first big hollow bead:

It is about 34mm or 1 and 1/3 inches

Potter at an Art Fair - Funny Video

I'm sure most artists who sell their work at shows and fairs will sympathize.

Who knew???

It never occurred to me to look on YouTube for information about polymer clay until I saw a link to Maggie Maggio's wonderful color scale tutorials.  After viewing her three tutorials, I searched YouTube for "polymer clay" and found 236 videos on all aspects of clay - sculpting, covering pens, making beads, mica shift, and making dollhouse miniatures, to name a few.  I also got a lot of matches for "wire jewelry how to" and "silver metal clay".  Not every match was what I wanted - I got a Clay Aiken song called Silver Bells, for example, and some of the videos were nothing more than sales pitches for jewelry.  The quality varies enormously, but still, there is a lot of good information out there.

Go to  http://www.youtube.com/  and then search.  Searching for Maggie Maggio will take you to her tutorials.  Happy hunting.