Polymer Cafe Monthly Challenge

I just got my December 2012 issue of Polymer Cafe and was thrilled to see that I won fist place in their monthly challenge whose theme was Black and White.  The three intricate main beads were created using two techniques from my tutorial "Jan's Jacob Ladder Variations" which is a fun, and easy way to create highly patterned polymer clay designs. 

If you are interested in giving it a try, the tutorial is for sale in my Etsy shop www.jangeisen.etsy.com

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

I wrote an article for Polymer Cafe magazine - "An Introduction to the Principles of Design".  I just got my copy of the magazine.  They did a nice job.  The article runs for six pages and includes both the article on the principles of design and also the excercises I created for exploring those principles.  It looks like they didn't edit anything out.

http://www.scottpublications.com/pcmag/