{"id":1633,"date":"2008-12-05T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T02:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2013-07-07T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T01:55:25","slug":"color-inspiration-polymer-clay-jewelry-crocosmia-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/color-inspiration-polymer-clay-jewelry-crocosmia-flower\/1633\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Inspiration for Polymer Clay Jewelry From the Crocosmia Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crocosmia Flower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2008-12\/05-crocosmia-flower-2008-07-30-006.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Warm and Fresh Color Palette for Your Fimo Bead Making Projects:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These beautiful flowers called Crocosmia &#8216;Lucifer&#8217; (named for their flame-like trumpets), grows wonderfully in the front garden of my home. With Winter<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> on its way, the blooms are now faded. But a month or two ago when this picture was taken, they were in their full glory and an inspiration to behold!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have always loved these fabulous flowers. They bloom forever and are no work at all to keep. The colors are so stunning. You may recall back in the summer I created a color palette of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/summer-sunflower-polymer-clay-color-mixing-recipes\/129\/\">Sunflower Polymer Clay Color Recipes<\/a>. I&#8217;ll do the same for these Crocosmia blooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What I find exciting about this particular group of colors is their warmth and their freshness. The way the deep purple flows to the warm yellow to the fiery coral tips of the flower. The green is fresh and vibrant making a wonderful backdrop for the bright rich colors of the petals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These colors will make a wonderful color palette for your jewelry making projects. Can you envision lovely Skinner Blends and flower canes made with these colors?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">After some experimentation I have come up with 4 color recipes based on this Crocosmia Flower Palette, which I think you are really going to enjoy working with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Coming up soon in the Polymer Clay Tutor Library are the recipes for making the following four flower inspired colors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span> Coral Bells (Orange)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span>Summer Savory (Green)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span>Dandelion (Yellow)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span>Vineyard (Purple)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"background-color: #f2ecd8; width: 512px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span>If you would like more information about the Members Library, here are some direct links:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/recipe-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer Clay Recipe Index<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer Clay <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/video-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Video Tutorials Index<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Library Member Benefits<\/a> and What Others Are Saying<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Order Page for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/purchase-back-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Color Recipe and Video Back Issue Packages<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/become-a-member\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Become A Full Member<\/a> at the Library<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Warm and Fresh Color Palette for Your Fimo Bead Making Projects: These beautiful flowers called Crocosmia &#8216;Lucifer&#8217; (named for their flame-like trumpets),&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">6<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[2688],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-color-recipes","tag-natural-flowers-flora-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}