• If you are looking for custom and pre-made book covers and interior book formatting please visit Medeiros Creative.

 

  • The Design and Illustration page will tell you more about my design skills, and has a copy of my digital portfolio.

 

  • To see examples of my art jewelry please click on Jewelry.

 

  • The Pithy Art Blog will return below with updated artsy craftsy good stuff.

 

Website Update

by | Mar 17, 2026 |

A few years ago my website (the previous incarnation of this website) suffered what can only be described as a catastrophic technological breakdown. It went offline when the server it was on also went offline. There was no warning from the folks managing the servers,...

This Blog is Blogged

by | Sep 12, 2019 |

I tried to post regularly, to keep up with all my creations. But it’s clear that I don’t have the time to keep up with this any longer. If you’ve followed my artistic and crafting quests, thank you. I wont stop creating, thats not in me, but I think its time to stop...

Wrapping Planets

Wrapping Planets

by | Apr 30, 2019 |

Wire wrapping little planets When I made my first wrapped orb following this tutorial I immediately thought this looked like a little planet. So of course, I decided I had to wrap planets. I had fun selecting the beads that would represent each of the planets (and yes...

Aluminum Ball

Aluminum Ball

by | Mar 18, 2019 |

I’m not sure if you’ve seen this or not, but apparently, some guy in Japan turned a package of aluminum foil back into a shiny polished aluminum ball, and people went nuts and started doing it too. this is the first video I...

Otto, a Wire Wrapping Challenge

Otto, a Wire Wrapping Challenge

by | Feb 26, 2019 | ,

Vines or as I see it, fancy kelp Let me introduce Otto Otto is a steampunk squid, made for a commission. The squiddy bits are polymer clay, but the kelpy bits were created using the vines tutorial from the book. So this is my contribution for the vine cuff from the...

Enchanted Challenge wrap up

Enchanted Challenge wrap up

by | Dec 25, 2018 | , ,

I began work on the Enchanted Challenge well over two years ago. Like many crafters, I purchased the book Enchanted Adornments more for the inspiration of beautiful projects that I did to actually duplicate the projects. I found that the techniques discussed took a...

Rainfall pendant: Enchanted Challenge

Rainfall pendant: Enchanted Challenge

by | Nov 27, 2018 | ,

I finished the next pendant in the Enchanted Challenge. I followed the instructions as if they were guidelines. The metal clay portion of this – the bail and frame were built ahead of time. Instead of excising designs into the polymer clay I used a stamp to press in...

Creative Gifts: Bath Salts

Creative Gifts: Bath Salts

by | Oct 24, 2018 | ,

DIY bath salts More DIY Christmas. Bath salts make an easy group gift -you know that gift that is easy to make in mass and give to large groups. Most people fall back on baking, I don’t bake much–only unless its as a set up for cake decorating. This was my “group”...

No-sew t-shirt totebags

No-sew t-shirt totebags

by | Sep 5, 2018 |

Crafters have accepted it’s already time to get ready for the gift-giving holidays! These little new-sew bags are great for double-duty gifts, you can eco-friendly wrap your gifts in these. I found this cute zombie t-shirt at Goodwill, and, well we like zombies at our...