A Visit from the Creative Goddess
Vicki O’Dell is The Creative Goddess Delight in a Creative Life!™ Web site: Vickiodell.com Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/vicki.odell Q: If you could learn to create art in any medium you have not tried (or have not mastered), what would it be? A: Fine Art Painting Q: What artist you would like to study with (living or [...]
Shaking Up 1959 France
This Flickr Friday the ICE Queen brings you “Shake It Up” by Kathy of Katalina Jewelry. Betcha somebody in 1959 would have been thrilled to wear this mixed media creation. We love it! She used rhinestones, salt shakers, what looks like a French postage stamp or maybe a page from a map book, and ICE Resin® [...]
No one knows why she married the rooster.
This is an older work of Susan’s featured in her book Making Connections. See how she marries fiber (horse hair), found objects (spark plug), crystal and metal. There is a story behind each work an artist creates and sometimes the viewer sees the same vision and other times, another viewere may see something different. Each piece of [...]
“Flight Shrine Box” by Jack and Cat Curio
Jack and Cat Curio, aka Creative Team members Lesley Fisher and Jack Putnam, wanted to create an altered piece that would highlight the process of casting with Ice Resin®. “Flight Shrine Box” evolved thusly: “We created a mold from a vintage heart ornament. Using the heart as the focal point we created a shrine box [...]
ICE Queen interview with Terri Ouellette
Craft and Hobby Association Spokeswoman Terri Ouellette (also of Super Simple) interviews Susan Lenart Kazer about ICE Resin® in 2011. Susan will be posting live from CHA 2012 later in January.
Hammered Hobnail Sale
A “hobnail” is a a small allover pattern consisting of small tufts, as on fabrics, or of small studs, as on glass. or hobnail bezels crafted by Susan Lenart Kazmer. The ICE Queen promises to bring you lots more inspiration in the new year, but for now she hhopes you get inspired by hobnails. Selected Hammered [...]
Merry Christmas from Susan and the ICE Resin Team
I adore Christmas! Business is not going on, worries are distant, handmade gifts abound, and even though I try to scale back I feel busy. Each night I make the time to sit and look at the tree with its sparkle of lights and lovingly placed ornaments, go into myself and take a break and [...]
Special Gifts Are Handmade Treasures
Special handmade gifts are those we treasure for a lifetime upon receiving, or hum in gleeful concentration as we make a gift to give to someone beloved. This year my sister Cheri, who is an artist in glass casting, made me a cracked glass heart. She knows that my symbol right now is a heart (a [...]
It Started with a Kiss
Carla of Quimera Designs lives in Africa where she longs to make mixed media jewelry as her full-time occupation. (By the way, quimera is the Portuguese spelling of chimera.) Get out the mistletoe because “It Started with a Kiss” is all about love. Carla told us that the inspiration for her necklace did start with a kiss! “I was [...]
Tip for: No Leaks in Open Backed Bezels
Dear Ice Queen: What is the best way to keep ICE Resin from leaking out of an open-backed bezel in my mixed media jewelry project? Thanks for asking. You have three options: Duct tape, contact paper or clear packing tape. I her book, Explore, Create, Resinate, aritst and author Jen Cushman writes: “My preference is clear [...]
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