I’m all set up for the Fan Expo here in Calgary! It turns until April 28 and I’m at booth A5523 in the artist alley with little stacks of adorable polymer and ceramics. If you’re at the show, swing by and say hi! This means, alas, that I’ve got no video for YouTube this weekend but NEXT week we’ll have a dogwood flower cane ..read more

Another flower cane I haven’t done as a cane before – the bead I make for this is one of my most popular in my shop though! – and I am taking some liberties and making this a simpler version of the tiny little viola odorata or wood violet ..read more

April 25 to 28 I’ll be back at the Calgary Fan Expo selling my nerdy little clay things – some cute ceramics and lots of adorable polymer things – in the artist alley. The artist alley is in the Big Four building on the Stampede grounds and I believe that the whole outside area is still under some construction even if the bulk of the work on the BMO Centre is finally completed. So there’s some chaos yet because there’s often thousands of people milling about for the show and that’s a bit wild. You can check out the whole event at their website. There’s some pretty great guests and there’s al ..read more

I have made a lot of forget-me-not flower beads in the time I have had my Etsy shop – most years it’s in the top 5 most popular flower beads I make – but I am pretty sure I’ve never made a forget-me-not flower CANE… so that’s what we have this week. The classic little blue wood flowers ..read more

A long time ago I did an ivy cane while doing a camera chat with friends. I wrote up the results as a tutorial and never did the cane again. After a few requests I figured it was about time to take another crack at this and here we go… my updated English ivy leaf cane. I may update the written version in the future, as well, but for now it can stay as it is for posterity sake ..read more

While I love making canes the reason I started making clay stuff was to make cool beads for my jewellery making side hustle and making my own headpins was a bonus. I use little flower canes to make floral headpins that can be turned into links and charms easily. The cherry blossom version turned out particularly cute especially once I toned down the centre of the flower to be a better mix of cherry blossom colours. This video is also my 50th long form video on my channel! I’m kinda impressed even though it has definitely been an off and on again type thing the whole way through ..read more

Every fern I make turns out a little different but I’m starting to get the hang out of it these days. This is a variation on my regular one – a bit longer and more feathery – and it’s a useful little cane! Basically, you make a base leaf unit then reduce and combine to make a more interesting pattern… like a lot of other cane making! You can find this cane in my Etsy shop at: the long fern cane And the how to video is right here ..read more

My art day job is making and selling my artwork and that includes online. Online, I mostly crank out canes and beads. I’ve been making little stacks of canes, mostly for the shop, but here’s a few pieces I did use them in! Spoiler: it’s beads. It’s all beads, all the way down. And if it isn’t round beads, it’s little slab tile beads that become earrings ..read more

This cane friend ended up much more vibrantly green than the silvery, muted green the actual plant is and my stripes are much spikier than necessary…. but the process worked out pretty well so I’m conflicted a bit. It’s a success but I could do it cuter probably? I think I have in one of the other batches I’ve done. Still, have a peperomia leaf cane video and another entry in my houseplant series! The little earrings in NEXT WEEK’S video are an example of what I make with tiny leaves but there are some artists doing absolutely fantastic minis with theirs and I should… but oh goodness it’s sup ..read more

I needed a leaf to go with my cherry blossom, in a nice springy green, and a chance to basically update my previous fall leaf video from 4 years ago. I’ve also got a written tutorial for this cane if written words work better for you! They do for me. This exact design is what I use for most of my standard leaves in my shop and it’s flexible… I do them in all sorts of shades. This specific one will show up in the shop during the next mini-update on March 2nd or 3rd but if you need a piece ahead of that let me know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BwyWH-lNII ..read more