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Did You Remember To sign Your Work?

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Did You Remember To sign Your Work? Do you know what the number one reason is for not being able to identify a work of art? The number one answer is a missing or illegible artist’s signature. Imagine if you will hundreds of years from now maybe in a gallery store room or attic, perhaps [...]

Tags: art, artisan, artist, arts, artwork, Handmade, identification, identifying art, inished artwork, painting, sculpture, signature

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Polymer Clay – It’s What You Do With It

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

By Beverley Start August 2012 Polymer clay’s sculpt-ability and low curing temperatures make it ideal for a wide variety of craft and art projects. Many people talk about giving polymer clay a try but if you’re still on the fence here’s a whole laundry list of reasons to climb down and just Go For It! [...]

Tags: accessories, art, art supplies, artisan, artist, artistic jewelry, arts, buy handmade, clay, craft, craft supplies, crafts, Creative Handmade Artisans, handcrafted, Handmade, Handmade Products, jewelry, material, materials, medium, polymer clay, tutorial, tutorials

Posted in Handmade, Handmade Artisans, Handmade Harbor, Handmade Mode, Information | 12 Comments »

Taking Your Online Store to the Street – Finding a Show

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Now that you’ve determined how much you’re willing to pay for a booth fee, what your target market is, how far or if you can travel, and how much of a show you want to do, it’s time to find that perfect-fit show! There is absolutely nothing wrong with your first show being “tiny.” For [...]

Tags: application, art festival, arts, arts and crafts show, Handmade, search, show

Posted in Handmade, Handmade Harbor, Information, Selling Tips | 9 Comments »

I Beat those Handmade Button Blues

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

By Beverley Start, March 2012 I’ll be enjoying one of those afternoons where I will be cruising the internet and finding inspiration again and again, meeting new artists, and just loving the access we have these days because we’re all online. I mean, it’s such a wonderful thing that we can interact with artists across [...]

Tags: accessories, adornments, art, arts, button, buttons, craft, crafts, handcrafted, Handmade, kneedlecraft, knitters, knitting, original, personalized, polymer cane, polymer clay, unique

Posted in Handmade Harbor | 4 Comments »

Lynn Frederickson, Seams Incredible!

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

By Beverley Start Saturday November 19 2011 I would like to introduce you to Lynn Frederickson, a very interesting woman and a wonderful artist. Lynn lives in Orillia Ontario and enjoys many forms of arts and crafts from knitting to gourd-carving. OK, this next part is amazing! So amazing in fact that people don’t get [...]

Tags: artisan, arts, crafts, hand knit, Handmade, Handmade Harbor, jewelry, knitting

Posted in Handmade Harbor | 3 Comments »

This Is Not A Turtle Tutorial.

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

A Simple Polymer Cane With Reductions By Beverley Start, Polymer clay artist October 30, 2011 What is a polymer cane? I get that question a lot, so I decided to make a short video demonstrating how a polymer cane is made from beginning to end right before your eyes!. I had to speed it up [...]

Tags: arts, cane, cane work, caning, clay, crafts, jewelry, polymer cane, polymer clay, turtle, video

Posted in Handmade Harbor | 2 Comments »

What Are Polymer Canes? How Are They Made?

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

What are polymer canes? How are they made? By Beverley Start, Polymer Clay Artist October 14 2011 Like tubes of cookie dough with pictures in them that you can slice up into a dozen identical treats, polymer canes also have pictures or patterns running through their entire length, only they’re made from clay. Click here [...]

Tags: arts, clay, crafts, information, polymer clay, sculpting clay

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Featured Artist – Suzanne Stevens Creates

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

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My entire life has been built on a creative foundation. I’ve always enjoyed creative arts, whether in writing (which I did professionally for most of my life), painting (which I’m looking forward to taking up again), jewelry design and, occasionally, acting. I feel a life without art is not really living. Jewelry design is [...]

Tags: art, arts, beaded, Creative Handmade Artisans, crystal, eyeglass chain, Handmade, jewelry, jewelry design, stone

Posted in Handmade Harbor | 1 Comment »

Featured Artist – Hoshikaze

Friday, July 31st, 2009

I’m Claire Goverts and I’ve been doing various arts and crafts as long as I can remember. I started beading back in middle school, working primarily with seed beads I even had a bead loom. When I went away to college I didn’t do any beading, I did mostly graphic art at that point [...]

Tags: arts, beading, beads, crafts, Handmade, pendants, polymer clay, seed beads, wire, wire wrapped

Posted in Handmade Harbor | 1 Comment »

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Did You Remember To sign Your Work?

Polymer Clay – It’s What You Do With It

Taking Your Online Store to the Street – Finding a Show

I Beat those Handmade Button Blues

Lynn Frederickson, Seams Incredible!

This Is Not A Turtle Tutorial.

What Are Polymer Canes? How Are They Made?

Featured Artist – Suzanne Stevens Creates

Featured Artist – Hoshikaze

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