“My daughters loved it – they said it was cool and funky.” ~Cheryl-H
These “Spot” features are for you guys to display your accomplishments and share stories of inspiration. The projects are based on techniques learned from articles here at the blog, as well as from tutorials at the Polymer Clay Video Library. My hope is for these “Show and Tell” features to help everyone get to know each other a bit better, thanks to this wonderfully artistic medium of polymer clay. And… there’s prizes too!
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1) Email several of your photos to me as attachments. My email address is shown in the “From” line of the weekly Polymer Clay Newsletter that gets sent out each and every Friday morning.
2) Include a description and/or story about your pieces, being sure to reference the tutorial(s) or blog article(s) that provided at least some level of inspiration for your work.
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I hope working with clay is like riding a bike because I think it has been over a month now since I have been able to work on my clay. I’m going through some serious clay withdrawal. Uuuuuuuugggggggggggs! ~Peggy-B
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Cheryl H., these beads are beautiful! The colors are perfect. I would buy these if I came across them at a store.
I love those crackled Ink pieces. I agree with your daughters!
gorgeous work well done Cheryl
Beautiful! As always, whether the pieces shown are from Cindy or one of my “classmates”, visiting this site inspires me to try to go higher and work harder in mastering this polymer clay art form. All the pieces shown at this blog are gorgeous, but the mokume gane ones are sending me back to try the technique again, one I sort of put aside because I have never really liked my outcomes.
@Cheryl: WOW! These beads are beautiful and your Mokume Gane is spectacular. It is Mokume Gane that seduced me into working with polymer clay in the first place, although my MG results have not thrilled me. Looking at your photos has me itching to try again.
Beautiful job Cheryl!
I have written about this before and I still can’t get it right. When I do this technique, the colors are dazzling and bright for a few minutes. Then they dry up and there is practically no color left! What am I doing wrong?
Cheryl I agree with everyone’s comments, your work is really lovely! In regards to fixing the lack of translucent around the hole, you could use a small amount of Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) or Bake and Bond to fill the space. Then sand and buff to make it the same level and shine.
@Maria: About your color issues with the crackled leaf technique… are you using the same type of metal leaf and alcohol ink that I did in the tutorial? Maybe it is a chemical reaction or something. Would have to see a photo to really be sure. Email one to me and I’ll see if we can do a post about it.
Cheryl, awesome crackled ink pieces…now I have to try doing some!
Thanks Cindy and all you guys – you made my day!!! I’m just downloading my photos of the faux bone to send on to Cindy.
Two of my favourite techniques! Great job there Cheryl :)
I love your colour choices too.
Cheryl – Stunning! I love them all..! I have to agree with your daughters too…both cool and funky…! I’ve yet to learn these techniques. Soon… :)
Clay On,
~Lisa :)
Oh, my gosh! These are gorgeous! I especially like the set with the silver in the mokume gane. Did you just crumble silver leaf into the holes? It has the look of tiny beads.
Hi Carolyn
Thanks for the compliment. No I did not crumble the leaf. I just put the sheet in between but when i passed it through the clay machine it kind of crackled into bead like pieces that is why i took a silver bead I happened to have that looked very much like the beady crackled part of the clay. The holes I filled up with translucent clay.
Cheryl, Such imagination to create these beautiful art pieces. Love the colors. A true inspiration to all of us. Thank you for sharing. Cindy has how do you say it got your motor running. The sun is shining in Iowa today with temps in the 70’s That is an inspiration for me to take a walk.
Uuuuuggggggs everyone.
Cheryl H., I agree with all the lovely things said about your work here.
What a success you are as well as an inspiration. Thanks so much for sharing, looking forward to seeing the faux bone.
Cheryl H., Really beautiful work!!!!! I seem to have lost all my inspiration for making anything. My grandkids came to visit ages 7, 5, and 2 years old and I put so many things away. Mostly all the sharp tools. They have their clay and tools here to play with and they have a ball, especially with the pasta machines. The day goes so fast and I never get to bake with them. Well anyway, I’m having problems finding everything I put away. Seeing your beautiful work inspired me. Thanks for sharing!!!! Honey
@Helen Sperring (honeyclay): Find that stuff, lady — it’s time to bake! Just kidding. I just hope you aren’t letting the kids have all the fun! You are talented, and you need to get back to having fun with your clay…
Cheryl, I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said. But I can certainly agree with it! All of this jewelry is gorgeous. Your work is so beautiful, in fact I would proudly wear any piece of it. (I’ll even demonstrate, just send it to…LOL) I look forward to seeing your faux bone, as well. I’m sure it’s going to be awesome, too! Thanks for sharing your fun & funky pieces!
WOW! These are all gorgeous, thanks so much for the inspiration Cheryl. Absolutely love the colors you’ve used for the round pendant and earring set.
Wait a minute! What does it mean in the article where it says, “…AND there’s PRIZES!” Does that mean we’re going to have another contest, Cindy? Is it going to be like last time? Or can we send any kind of project? What is going on in that creative mastermind of yours, Cindy???
ADDED NOTE: Here’s a bit more info about my PRIZES reference from the other day :-) ~Cindy
@ Cindy – Thanks for the tip. Will do it .
To everyone – Thank you guys for all the wonderful things you said about my work. I’m on top of the world today even though I’m sore down my back and right side from the test yesterday morning! I’m going to be using the faux bone for a jungle themed competition.
@Cheryl: What test do you mean, Cheryl? Do you know something about the prizes Cindy mentions in the article above? It sounds like it has something to do with the spotlight artists…
@Cheryl: Good luck in the competition, Cheryl. The topic sounds very interesting, faux bone in the jungle….
@ phaedrakat – I have absolutely no idea about the prizes but that’s good cos it can be a surprise for everyone.
The test was an EMG test ; they put these patches down one side of my body and they run an electric current. They move the spots. It feels weird and uncomfortable because the muscles goe into spasm and keep twitching and some of it hurt. It’s to test the nerves as the nerves control the muscles. They read it on a screen like a cardiogram. They also did a check with a kind of hammer on the bones and another instrument which sent pulses into my fingers and then made me do all kinds of movements with hands, finger s and legs so my back is aching.
@joyce- this is a competition by the canadian beading magazine. I placed third last year. I entered the very first necklace I ever made- the theme was ‘on the beach’. this theme is ‘Jungle fever’ so I’m using the faux bone drum beads; it also has to have a sewn item and green so I’m doing a beaded pendant with a faux bone bead in the centreand some green beads and leaf beads. The competitions have one specific thing you have to include in your design
@Cheryl: Oooh, no wonder you’re sore! I hope the test helps you to feel better/get better soon! Good luck in the jungle themed competition — that sounds like fun!
Hmmm, so does anyone know what Cindy meant by talking about the PRIZES? Is there going to be another contest here at the blog?
ADDED NOTE: Here’s a bit more info about my PRIZES reference from the other day :-) ~Cindy
@Cheryl: Your necklace sounds lovely, will you show us after the contest is over? Congratulations on last year’s third place, hope you make it to 1st this year. The best…
Will definitely put the photos up once the contest is done. They take forever to get back to us. I hope i do better this time.
Wow! Those are all beautiful!