Matthew, I've recently been encouraged by some forum members here to 'roll' some clay :-)
Here's a little background. Several years ago, I thought I wanted to make some stuff from clay. This was before I discovered the world of Wire. Anyway I bought some Sculpey III clay, a blade, a plunger deal, and a little book. Well long story short, I never did anything at all with it. So it set in a shoe box. Then we moved, and it has been sitting in another box in the garage for almost two years. Through the inspiration and encouragement from folks here, yesterday, I found 'the box', and the clay is still good! Funny thang is there was a receipt from Michaels dated 2-26-99 for some of the clay. Anywho to finish the story. I'm gonna practice/play with this old ,cheap, not recommended Sculpey III and see how I like working with clay.
I've always wanted to make my own glass beads...can't afford all the supplies for it. Also wanted to cut some rocks and make cabs. Again, can't afford all those supplies. So that being said, clay seems to be something I can afford...a little at a time, and thus make my own beads, and cabs! So to me that's really exciting and something I look forward to.
I'm rambling, but the bottom line is, I wish you success with your new DVD and know you have made some beauties with your clay and wire. So hopefully one day, I can invest in your instructional materials. I've been told by the PC artists here that clay is very addicting. Oh no, this may mean I will have two addictions...wire and clay :-)
BTW. On another thread you posted a link to an artist you admired. I'll have to check for sure the thread for her link, but WOW her work is awesome, and after reading her BIO, seems she got moving pretty fast in the art of clay..Maybe there's hope for me after all!