Art Blog
TITLE: Pink Tentacle Beach SIZE: 5″ x 7″ MEDIUM: Polymer clay on wooden base with glass beads This was a fun piece. It’s smaller than my last one. I normally paint my wooden mounts black, but this piece screamed for something brighter. I may never go back.
Read More ››Portuguese-“Meh”-of-War. 11.5″ x 21″. Clay. Wood mount. Meh. While Kevin was finishing up his cool painting today, I was trying to finish up this piece. I started it well over a month ago after my friend Chris posted a jellyfish photo from the beach. I got all these fantastic ideas about transparent clay and jillions…
Read More ››Playing around with photography, making earwires, creating patterns, and new shop tools. Polymer clay and silver wire.
Read More ››Magnets. I keep making them. I just needed something smaller to take a break during my next BIG piece. They are 1.5″ across.
Read More ››TITLE: Blue Green Bracelet SIZE: 2.75″ across; Inside circumference: approximately 7″ MEDIUM: Polymer clay TECHNIQUE: Magnetic clasp; Mica Shift After my last “heavy thinking” piece I wanted to work on something that was more frivolous and fun. I chose some colors I loved and started working! I started with a mica-shift technique on the green…
Read More ››TITLE: Sweet Offerings SIZE: 13″ tall x 7″ wide. Base is 1.5″ thick. Overall thickness: 6″ MEDIUM: Polymer clay, wood, gold foil Sugar is the god we worship without realizing it. This is a very personal piece for me. I wrote more below all the images. The lighter side of this art is that I…
Read More ››TITLE: Entwined SIZE: 13″ tall x 3.5″ wide. Base is 1.5″ thick MEDIUM: Polymer clay, glass, copper, wooden base I needed a better title and picked “Entwined“. Everything I picked sounded too serious. I loved the idea of doing something in all silver that was organic. Then it needed something to offset it, so I decided…
Read More ››My headache oil needed some fancier containers! I used lots of translucent polymer clay and metal leaf and created some fun patterns.
Read More ››TITLE: Workshop Beetle SIZE: 7″ x 5.25″ MEDIUM: Polymer clay, found objects, Wood base MUSIC: Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars Because of miscellaneous, benign life events, I have been on an art hiatus kicking and screaming. I finally started this little guy a few weeks ago and was happy. Then I spent a little too…
Read More ››SIZE: 1″across (Except for Princess Maya of the Royal Golden Garden. She is 1’5″) MEDIUM: Polymer clay, copper wire MUSIC: Sophie Milman, Ces Petits Riens Gold Bug: Princess Maya of the Royal Golden Garden Purple Bug: Sylvie Blue Bug: Floyd Orange Bug: Tango Green Bug: Hopper I went bug crazy. Lots of bugs. Lots of…
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