Burning Questions

What a crazy, busy weekend!  I was so happy with the way the show turned out.  They portrayed me exactly as I am, and all the embarrassing things I did that day are lost in the editing room forever.  Thank goodness!!! 

We watched and taped the show Friday afternoon, while in the middle of finishing up things for the Market that was downtown on Saturday.  At the market I felt like a real celebrity. As we were setting up a woman came up and asked if I was on TV yesterday!!!  I'm famous.  So the day was filled with people recognizing me from my big TV appearance.  My Mom and I giggled about it all day long.  What fun!

So, now I have received so many emails asking me the same questions, I just thought it'd be easier to address them here and then pass the link on to those who have been wondering about the materials and tools that I used on the show.

All the materials on the show can be purchased from Dick Blick.  You can also do a google search for PMC and find suppliers around the country.  The little Hot Pot is a commercially sold kiln, made just for precious metal clay.  The gel used to heat it is sold with the kilns or you can use fondue pot gel fuel, sold at Target.  The kiln is a great way to start working with clay, it costs under $50, the only draw back is you can only heat up a few small pieces at a time.  I think the weight is 16 grams, which is one small package or 4 dragonfly wings at a time.  I'm not sure about thicker pieces, but I do know they sell a Hot Pot ring kit at Dick Blick, so you can fire rings in them too.  I've never made a ring myself, so I can't offer any other advice on that.

The PMC Guild has lots of information and a forum on their site, if you have further questions.

For polymer clay, my favorite resources are the Glass Attic and Polymer Clay Central.  They have everything thing you could ever want to know about polymer clay on those two sites.  The PCC site also has a forum.

For the printmaking segment, the linoleum is block printing linoleum, it's unfinished and it's an artist material, the ol' kitchen floor stuff will not work.  I like using the golden color one, it's softer than the battleship gray variety.  All the materials for printmaking can also be found at Dick Blick.  One extra tip, if you are carving a larger piece, you can put your linoleum into the microwave for a few seconds to soften it up, it makes it easier to cut. But just a few seconds or it will get crumbly. 

Have fun creating!

Comments

[donna]

Hi Heather,
I was so excited to see your segment. I have been following your blog for a bit but didn't think I would catch the show, but to my surprise...I watched it at 30000 ft! Jetblue, gets HGTV :) oh, joy!
Not only 6hrs of HGTV on the long flight back across country, but I actually got to see the very show I hoped to catch!
Keep up the good work!

[Cindy Ericsson]

I'm glad you were pleased with the way your spots came out after editing -- I thought they were great. Thanks for sharing the info on the kiln, PMC, etc. I wish I had known about nuking the linoleum during the printmaking class I took in college ;)

[violette]

Congrats Heather! How exciting! I only wish that i was in the States so i could see you on tv! Kudos to you my dear. I'll bet you were smashing!

Love,
Violette