Monthly Archives: January 2012

January 31, 2012

Look what came in the mail today!

I wish I could find glass like this from a simple walk on the beach. Thick, rounded, and well tumbled by sea and rocks; matching the size and shape of the beach rocks I love to collect. But, I might … Continue reading →

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January 30, 2012

Today’s mix

The necklace I worked on today is a combination of  handmade lampworked beads, (bought from *artists on Etsy) local beach rocks, my own fine silver PMC beads and some local bits of sea glass. Lampworked beads by Sue Kennedy and … Continue reading →

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January 29, 2012

Mixing it up

With some of the beach rock beads and glass beads from yesterday. The hollow rock beads, of fine silver PMC, are from a batch of beads I made a few years ago.

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January 28, 2012

A good day for beads

I never did get on the mailboat this morning. I played it safe and stayed home when I started feeling like I was coming down with some kind of bug. I slept and read for the morning and found some … Continue reading →

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January 27, 2012

Adding to Etsy

I’ve just uploaded a few new things to my Etsy shop, check it out! If I didn’t have to go off island (again!) tomorrow, I would stay up later to add more.

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January 26, 2012

Embedments

As part of my translucent clay experiments, I embedded bits of hammered wire and opaque clay between rolled layers of translucent clay. The layers were rolled to #3 on my pasta machine. Discovery: Unless using the wire in a mechanical … Continue reading →

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January 25, 2012

Playing with polymer

After checking out the recent blog of my friend Holly Kellogg, and her reference to the polymer clay work of Katrin Neumaier, I decided to get out some of my own translucent Premo clay from last fall. I also ordered … Continue reading →

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January 24, 2012

A whole day in the studio!

And no photos to show for it. Yesterday, I combined different brands and colors of polymer clay together, working with a variety of green colors. I  hoped to get a layering effect with some of the translucent clay.  The colors were … Continue reading →

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January 24, 2012

Deciding what not to make

Today I got out some polymer clay so I could experiment with translucent clay and alcohol inks. I wanted to make some beads and earring components to combine with silver, but I didn’t have a definite plan in mind.  I … Continue reading →

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January 22, 2012

Yay for the early boat ride home

I’m glad I pulled in at the dock in Northeast harbor before I gave Brenda a ride back to her house. My timing was perfect to get a ride home an hour earlier than the regular Sunday ferry. Thank you … Continue reading →

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