A Beautiful Polymer Clay Necklace To Inspire Your Creativity

How This Necklace Came To Be… From Burnt Clay:

Admiring jewelry pieces from other artists is a great way to inspire your own creativity. Now I don't condone that you copy their work exactly. But you can allow yourself to be inspired by the way the artist uses certain colors together, or by the way they have strung the beads.

For example, here's a beautiful polymer clay necklace created by Maureen Thomas at Maureen Thomas Designs. The photo was sourced from Flckr.

I love this necklace for a few reasons. First for it's name, Burned Leaves Necklace, which reminds me of many years ago when in the fall we used to burn big piles of raked leaves. Of course now that is an environmental no-no and so today we compost. But the cold and smoky air was "Everything Fall" to me and it brings back many fond memories.

Another thing I like about the necklace is how it got it's name. I understand that Maureen the artist had accidentally burned her leaf shaped beads… but then ended up loving how they looked and used them anyways. Sounds like something I would do. :-)

Lastly, just the shape and texture of the necklace is stunning and I can see that it would be very dramatic lying against the skin. Beautiful!

Oh and by the way, if you missed yesterday's Polymer Clay Tip #22, here's a link:
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