Those of you who have heard me give my spiel at my market stall* know that when you ask me about how I make my jewellery, you usually can’t stop me. All I can say is “Don’t get me started!”, I get all excited about the details and the process . . .sorry about that, I just can’t help myself. . .I ‘m passionate about using Polymer Clay - I am a Polymerholic! (if there is such a thing).

The name ‘Sal’s Studio’ came about because people call me Sal (obviously) and I’ve always created in a studio - whatever I’ve created. The name leaves me enough room to grow into whatever else I choose to create and sell, besides my jewellery. Right now though, it’s all about the Polymer Clay jewellery, but who knows in the future.

It is most certainly all about the colour too! As you can see from my earlier works pictured here, there’s not really anything subtle going on, I have always loved bright colours. Saying that, I am learning to be a bit more subtle  colourwise in some of my clay designs for jewellery. I know, it’s one thing to hang a brightly coloured painting on a wall, but quite another for some of you to embrace colour in your jewellery. Thankfully though, there are plenty of you who do love colour too, wherever you can get it, which includes jewellery! Well, you’re definately in the right place.

I used to paint with oils on canvas and also create ceramic pieces, I’ve always loved alternating between the two. I have also studied drawing, sculpture, photography, painting and Art history in college after high school...only a couple of years full time, and I was ready to carry on experimenting myself. I’m not the University type, so I went to work instead, creating fine art in my spare time. Since then I have dabbled in watercolours, created mandalas using sacred geometry and collages using anything I could get my hands on!

Whilst creating in my spare time, I was working as a Graphic designer and Art Director for fifteen years, which has probably made me a bit more organised in my business, if nothing else. In the end, I just had to say goodbye to all that commercial art stuff... they took my coloured pens away and gave me a computer to work on instead...It just wasn’t enough of a creative outlet for me, so I quit.

I used to do all types of other creative stuff too - and then along came Polymerclay - definately ‘my thing’ I think. Now I really don‘t have time to focus on much else creative, it’s been just over two years now and there has only been a few days where I haven’t touched my clay. That reminds me, I still haven’t finished that (I’ll just do one in this lifetime) quilt in the top of my wardrobe . . . it can wait.

Having sold my kiln which I used for ceramics before I left Australia for overseas, I came back to Queensland (instead of Sydney) looking for a clay that could be cooked in a conventional oven. That is how, in September 2010, I stumbled upon Polymer clay - and I’ve been absorbed ever since. . . so much for inbetween painting, more like no more painting for now.

All that’s past has lead me to this website, spreading my enthusiasm - I hope. None of my other passions have ever quite pushed me enough to do the same.

I hope you enjoy browsing here and maybe even purchase one or more of my designer jewellery pieces. Please don’t tell me you only where the one silver or gold necklace, this jewellery of mine is meant to be fun! Just one necklace can turn ‘casual’ into ‘smart casual’ and give the right outfit the WOW! factor. It’s so light weight too and most of them can be just thrown on over the head at the last minute before you leave the house. Anyway, If you don’t see any design you like, come back later because I will be regularly adding new designs in both clay and jewellery, as I am constantly creating them.