{"id":11784,"date":"2010-10-18T03:13:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=11784"},"modified":"2011-02-01T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:38:55","slug":"kato-polyclay-color-recipes-poinsettia-cottage-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/kato-polyclay-color-recipes-poinsettia-cottage-palette\/11784\/","title":{"rendered":"Kato Polyclay Color Recipes | Poinsettia Palette [Sue-F]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Poinsettia1:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Garnet
<\/span><\/strong> 2:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>Ruby<\/span><\/strong>
3:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Poinsettia Leaf Dark
<\/span><\/strong>4:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>Wild Wasabi
<\/span><\/strong>5:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong>Poinsettia Leaf Light
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<\/span>Today’s post is for all the Kato Clay people who follow this blog. Sue Fisher, a valued member from Australia, has provided another one of her original, Kato Polyclay color palettes. For obvious reasons, she calls this one, Poinsettia<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Cindy,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You said “keep ’em coming”, so here’s another Kato palette for those who want to start doing the Christmas thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last year a friend gave me a poinsettia that had the most beautiful rich ruby red bracts. After several months of not accidentally killing it, it occurred to me that it would probably be a good idea to match that colour in polymer clay in case my temporarily-green thumb turned brown again. It took more than 30 attempts and can’t be done at all without Kato Red Concentrate, but I finally came up with a colour I was satisfied with. This Poinsettia Palette is built around it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Garnet is the deep brownish red of the oldest bracts, and Ruby is the wonderful showy red of the bracts in full display that caused me so much trouble to match. Poinsettia Leaf Dark and Pointsettia Leaf Light are taken from colours of the foliage, while Wild Wasabi is the colour of new buds as they form. (I was originally going to call this last colour [plain] Wasabi, but you’ve already used that in one of your palettes so I changed my colour name slightly; Wild Wasabi is actually the name of a cheese flavour here!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PoinsettiaSince this palette is based on something real — most of my palettes are just a selection of colours that I think look nice together — I’ve attached two pictures to illustrate it. The first has the colour chips overlaid on a photo of the poinsettia that inspired them, and the second is just the colour chips in the usual arrangement for anyone who wants to see them all presented the same way.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(And yes, the poinsettia is still alive! Needs re-potting though. :D)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

~Sue-F<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

SF-005-1 Garnet<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n