Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Polymer Clay Explorations and New Jewelry
I've been dabbling a bit in polymer clay with the goal of making my own beads and having another way to add color to my jewelry (because I'm a jewelry control freak and I want to make everything myself!) Now I know that there are REAL polymer clay artists out there making crazy amazing stuff, so don't scoff at my sad little beads, but I do like the color combination possibilities they open up. Here are a few samples, soon to be available in my etsy shop!
Your beads "speak" to me more than a lot of the other polymer clay beads out there because they look so simple, organic, and yet precise all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteYour beads are absolutely beautiful! I really like your patterns, as they remind me of old ceramic tiles. Well, yes there are amazing stuff you can do with polymer clay but what I like most is to keep it simple and clean. A cool thing to try is to mix polymer clay with herbs like verbena, sage or cinnamon. The result is beads with color, rough surface and a distinct nice smell. You also can try the faux-lava technique where you add salt, bake and then leave the beads into hot water to dissolve the salt. The output is really funny :) Keep up!
ReplyDelete"Control freak" made me giggle! I find myself wanting to learn new techniques all the time so that I can creat my pieces "from scratch". :)
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