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So I neglected to post the last few days but I’ve been busy making things despite that!

The bookmarks I prototyped earlier in the month are done now, and flying east:

My daughters bridge project for her grade 3/4 class:

And a tool to use to make more even cuts in my clay bead making. The spaces between the blades can be widened to make tube beads instead of heishi beads (which they are set for now) and it will make precise sized cuts!

Today I got sick of slicing inconsistent little slice beads so I jury rigged a slice bead cutter by putting some of my test blades into a lump of clay at even intervals (it’ll make about 3 1/2 - 4mm thick beads). This should work until I get a flexible tube / slice bead cutter figured out! The pic really isn’t an alien bug.

Most of my ‘crafting’ had little to do with real clay today. I spent the bulk of my making time, fixing up and finishing up a tutorial for sunflower and aster canes. A few more pics to edit and I will be so done that mess.