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

Quick and Easy Seed Bead Star Tutorial

A beginner friendly bead weaving star tutorial using size 11 seed beads. This step by step, free tutorial will take you through from beading your stars to making a finished pair of earrings with them.

January 7, 2022 0

Easy Snowflake Cane – A Polymer Clay Tutorial

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Learn how to make an easy polymer clay snowflake cane using two basic cutting shapes. Use this lovely snowflake cane on your handmade polymer clay Christmas decorations or whip up a collection of jewellery to wear all winter long.

December 7, 2021 2

Easy and Cute Brick Stitch Ghost Tutorial

An easy, beginner friendly, cute brick stitch ghost tutorial. This step by step guide shows how to brick stitch a ghost with seed beads. This tutorial comes with a free bead weaving pattern download.

October 6, 2021 6

Paisley Duo and Kite Bead Earring PDF

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A pdf bead weaving earring tutorial with over 60 step by step photos showing in detail how to make sea shell inspired earrings using Paisley Duos and Kite beads accented with pearls and size 15 seed beads. Learn with over 60 step by step photos covering as much detail as possible. This tutorial as beginner friendly as I can make is - I have covered basics such as how to knot your threads, how to add the earring wires etc as well as showing every step of beadwork. Happy beading!

September 30, 2021 4

Polymer Clay Rose Cane Tutorial – An Easy Step By Step Guide

A clear step by tutorial showing how to make a polymer clay rose cane. This tutorial begins be detailing how to make a skinner blend so that your rose petals will fade out to white helping to give the impression of the light catching the uppermost parts of the flower whilst the rest remains in shadow.

September 12, 2021 4

How To Make Polymer Clay Vintage Books

Learn how make polymer clay vintage inspired books. This tutorial will take you step by step to make a piece of jewellery reminiscent of old fashioned fairy tales with mysterious worlds and adventures. These lovely books may also be used as home décor.

August 22, 2021 5

New Zodiac Necklaces and a Brief History of the Zodiac

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A concise look into the history of the Zodiac to celebrate the launch of my new handmade Zodiac and semi precious necklaces. I discuss what a Zodiac sign is, the use of constellations in ancient times and show pictures of my Zodiac necklaces.

July 11, 2021 4

How I Use Watercolour Pencils – Colourful Birds Illustration

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An insight into how I use Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in my illustration work and sketch book. I talk though my process on how I painted some colourful, quirky birds.

June 20, 2021 2

Easy Brick Stitch Ice Cream Cone Tutorial

A cute and summery bead weaving tutorial showing how to make brick stitch ice cream cone earrings complete with waffle cone, melting ice cream and chocolate chips. Yummy! This free brick stitch tutorial has an accompanying pdf pattern.

May 30, 2021 0

The Best Way To Add Earring Posts To Polymer Clay Studs

How to securely add earring posts to polymer clay studs

Chances are, if you make polymer clay earrings, the question 'what is the best way to add earring posts to my polymer clay earrings?' will have crossed your mind. It did mine when I began making polymer clay jewellery. Glue just never holds those stud backs securely. This post shows the most secure way to add earring studs to polymer clay earrings.