Author: The Artisan Duck

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Hannah and I am a jewellery designer and maker living in Nottingham, England with my husband, two children and one very cheeky rescue cat. I have tried many different crafts and styles of jewellery making but I have a particular love for working with polymer clay and bead weaving. I am now fortunate enough to write tutorials for Bead and Jewellery Magazine, I have written online tutorials for Beads Direct and my work has been featured in Mollie Makes magazine. Alongside my tutorial work I run an Etsy and Redbubble shop and sell my jewellery locally at fairs and in shops. I am also an Illustrator with a tendency to lean towards whimsical and magical artwork. I my spend most days dreaming of new projects fuelled by many cups of tea, chocolate and audio books. Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope to see you again soon. Hannah x

Peyote Triangle Pattern – Sunflower and Bees

Read about my newest peyote triangle pattern on Etsy, inspired my the my garden this summer. This pdf peyote triangle pattern features a gorgeous yellow sunflower with bees buzzing around it.

September 3, 2025 0

Brick Stitch Bracelet Tutorial

Learn how to use brick stitch to make this flower pattern bracelet. This video tutorial comes with a free pdf pattern. This is a beginner friendly tutorial as it guides you through all steps needed to bead your own bracelet.

August 12, 2025 0

Moon and Stars Ring Dish Tutorial

A polymer clay ring dish with rings and crystals in it

Watch how I made this polymer clay ring dish with a moon and stars design. I show and discuss the techniques I used to decorate the clay with chalks and mica powder and how I finished with decorative elements.

August 4, 2025 4

Leopard Print Peyote Pattern

A finished peyote stitch leopard print bracelet

Learn more about our pdf pattern for a peyote leopard print bracelet. This post gives an overview of the pattern and the tools and supplies needed. The bead part of this pattern is that it repeats so your beading can be as long or as short as you like. This gives you full creative freedom to turn your leopard print beading from a bracelet into a necklace, belt, bookmark and anything else you can think of.

July 16, 2025 1

Easy Brick Stitch Pansy Tutorial Suitable for Beginners

A beginner friendly brick stitch pansy tutorial. This is a free video tutorial with pdf pattern. This bead weaving tutorial finishes with ideas on how to turn you beautiful beaded flowers into jewellery.

July 10, 2025 0

Create Wire Wrapped Fish with Seed Beads

Learn how to make wire wrapped fish with seed beads in this beginner friendly tutorial. You will learn how to bend and shaped your wire and how to incorporate seed beads into your wire wrapping.

July 4, 2025 0

DIY Seed Bead Sunflower Earrings Tutorial

Sunflower seed bead earrings tutorial thumbnail

Learn how to make stunning seed bead sunflower earrings with this new bead weaving tutorial. This pattern combines right angle weave and peyote to make fun and vibrant flowers ready to use in all of your summer diy jewellery projects.

June 10, 2025 0

Fish in the Sea: Peyote Triangle Beading Pattern

Learn more about my 'Fish in the Sea' peyote triangle beading pattern. This post contains basic information regarding this pdf beading pattern including bead colours. There are also links to learn how to make a peyote triangle and where to buy this peyote triangle pattern.

May 15, 2025 1

A Subscriber Thank You and Discount

In January 2025, I want to expresses my gratitude to subscribers with a 15% discount on Etsy products, valid until February 15th. I share updates on my four newest blog posts covering polymer clay projects and bead embroidery. Upcoming additions include a Peyote triangle pattern inspired by Valentine's Day. Thank you for supporting my work.

February 6, 2025

Bead Embroidery Carrots

Carrot bead embroidery alongside my carrots growing in my garden

An in depth look as to how I made this bead embroidery carrot. I used a range of seed beads and handmade a floral picture frame from polymer clay to display this mini masterpiece in.