{"id":3867,"date":"2009-04-27T03:22:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T10:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2009-04-26T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T20:52:47","slug":"polymer-clay-color-recipes-curiosity-cactus-flower-premo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-color-recipes-curiosity-cactus-flower-premo\/3867\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Curiosity Cactus Flower (Premo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Curiosity<\/p>\n

1B – Curiosity
\n2B – Lime Margarita
\n3B – Cactus Pollen
\n4B – Rosita<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This gorgeous cactus flower photo was taken by Jeanne Collins from her back yard in Arizona. Jeanne follows this blog and is<\/span> also a subscriber at the members library. Last month in another post, she brought up some great ideas about doing custom color palettes. Here’s how our conversation went:<\/span><\/p>\n

JEANNE:<\/strong> Beautiful colors! I’m glad you can envision colors. Nature is a great source for inspiration and living in Arizona I enjoy the earth tones of the desert, the wonderful colors from our cactus and wildflowers, the color influence from Mexico and of course the sunsets. Trying to duplicate them is a tough one for me. Have you ever considered doing a southwest color palette? Wouldn’t it be fun to do a series on colors from around the world, tulips from Holland, the waters of Aruba, colors from the rainforest! Wow one could stay a wake all night just dreaming up colors. As a very new clayer I find your website very informative, you’re a very gifted person.<\/span><\/p>\n

CINDY:<\/strong> Jeanne doing color palettes from around the world is a wonderful idea! I’ll have to dig through my husband’s photos of Europe and see if I can find ones for inspiration. If you have any colorful Arizona photos I could post I would be happy to make up a palette for everyone with it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

JEANNE:<\/strong> I will go through my photos and send you some. Another idea would be doing a wildlife series, tropical birds, lions, tigers etc. I would be very interested in learning how to make canes in animal skin designs for a “Safari” look. :) What do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n

CINDY:<\/strong> That would be great Jeanne! There are all kinds of animal print canes that can be done. Am hoping to make some tutorials on those sometime!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well as you can see by today’s post, Jeanne did send some cactus flower photos. The actual recipes for each of the 4 colors in this B-Series custom palette will be released during the month of May [Volume-012]. Everyone who is subscribed to my Polymer Clay Guest List<\/a> will be able to download them for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, the cactus in today’s photo is commonly know as the Curiosity Cactus. And it’s Latin name is Cereus Peruvianus Monstrose<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For those of you who are not very familiar with cactus’, they are prickly desert plants that bloom after there has been heavy rains in the spring. They are a oasis of delicate beauty in a harsh and hostile environment. Breathtaking to behold!<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you imagine what it would be like to have such a stunning flower in your own garden? Jeanne sent a few other cactus flower pictures as well. I will use them for additional color palettes down the road. So stay tuned….<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks again Jeanne for sending your pics. I know they will be such an inspiration to everyone here!<\/span><\/p>\n

The colors I chose for this Curiosity Cactus palette, were based on the flower’s petals and the brightly colored stamens<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n