new releases

Prolific Interweave Press is at it again! I’ve received review copies and oh my!

I was not prepared to so thoroughly enjoy Cynthia Thornton’s writing. Her illustrations and prose are entertaining and fodder for the imagination. The materials include metal clay, wire, resin, polymer clay and mixed media.  The ‘enchantments’ are not overly sugary, refreshing in fact.

Chain.

What can be done with chain that has not already been done? Ask Jane Dickerson. Simple, clean designs.

Some ideas for those chain bits sitting in my jewelry drawer I cannot just toss.

From Germany I finally received Bettina Welker’s book. I adore her work. Published as beadworx, Bettina pushes the envelop of polymer clay. Many of the techniques will be recognized, many not as they are original and published here for the first time. There are translations offered in English, Spanish and French.

I have the English translation and it is very well done. The translation is sent as a pdf to accompany the book in German.

Well done Bettina!!

Valerie