Nantucket Island Marketing January Small Business Feature: Clay With Style Auburndale, MA January 1, 2022 Clay With Style specializes in contemporary polymer clay jewelry, fashion accessories, household and kitchen accessories; when the holiday season comes, they always carry a selection of hand-made Christmas tree ornaments. Part of the fun is coming up with new ways […]
Artisan Joy Magazine Interview
Artisan Joy Magazine Artist Yuliya Shulman on How Gifting Handmade Jewelry to a Friend Led to a Business August 16, 2021 Yuliya Shulman creates colorful handmade jewelry and home and kitchen accessories made of polymer clay. We recently interviewed the artist to learn more about what motivated her to become a creative entrepreneur and the […]
Tu B’Shevat at City of Masters
Happy Tu B’Shevat – the New Year of the Trees! For this holiday Center Makor, a Jewish educational and cultural center in Brookline, MA, selected four artists to created pieces that accompanied the story of the Jewish holiday that marks the start of spring in Israel. The project was shown as part of City of […]
23rd Annual Artistic Hanukkah Festival
As part of its 23rd Annual Artistic Hanukkah Festival Center Makor presents artists and artisans of our community who include Judaica among their creations.
Interview and Clay Mezuzah Workshop at Shtot Fun Meysterz
This interview and the following clay Mezuzah workshop were recorded for Shtot Fun Meysterz series run by Center Makor, a Jewish educational and cultural center in Brookline, MA. Shtot Fun Meysterz in Yiddish means City of Masters. City of Masters is a new online series featuring interviews and workshops with artists and artisans of all […]
Jookender Camp 2019
Two clay classes for Jookender Camp in 2019: polymer clay pomegranates and refrigerator magnets. Jookender is a nonprofit community organization that serves Russian-speaking Jewish families in the Greater Boston metropolitan area. It supports, strengthens, and sustains Russian speaking Jewish communities in Greater Boston, New England, and the world. Jookender offers many family-friendly programs and activities […]
Bead Crochet
Bead crochet is a crochet technique that incorporates beads into a crochet fabric. The technique is used to produce decorative effects in women’s fashion accessories. […] Published descriptions of bead crochet date from around 1824 although it was probably common before then. Above is a very dry description quoted fro the Wikipedia. However, in no […]
Discover Quincy Holiday Pop Up Shop
Discover Quincy Holiday Pop Up Shop is open daily from Friday, until Saturday, December 22 from 11am – 7pm in the former Payless Shoe Source, 1534 Hancock Street. The shop features the works of 80+ local artisans including Art, Jewelry, Crafts, Gifts, Ceramics, Glass, Fiber and Woodwork, local retailers and nonprofit organizations. In partnership with the […]
Extrudinary Technique
People often ask me how I make those funky, colorful patterns you see in the photo. Does it take a lot of time to paint them? Will the paint wash off? No, and no. It takes no time to paint them and the paint will not wash off because there is no paint. I make […]
Let’s Play Ball!
I gave a friend this cute tree ornament for New Year. * She loved it! But apparently, her toddler daughter loved it, too. So much, she played ball with it. The friend brought me the ball and asked to repair it. I told her I’d just make her a new one. But she wanted to […]