Green the new ???

I've been playing with foils lately. After a demo at my local guild I got hooked. After you apply even a small piece of foil to clay you end up with a good size piece that goes on forever. So, I now have a new series of jewelry, beads, bracelets, earrings and pendants. I had seen a list on one of the HGTV-Carol Duval shows where Donna Kato was demonstrating some beads, anyway, she gave a list of different shades of green and how to get them with little receipts. I had to give them a try and ended up with seven different beautiful shades of greens from blue greens to yellow greens. Thus the new Green/blue foil series. With all that I have done I still have some foiled clays left. I think I posted the earrings in my last post. Here are a couple of the pendants. I just love the colors.

The new series is no mas and foil, my new best friend.

Just a note about my new black and white series posted below on June 11. They were all damaged in a oven mishap. Sadly they were cooling and my husband turned on the oven on at 400 degrees to get ready to cook a roast. The rest, as they say, is history. Luckily I have photos of all of them so I can go back and try to make some. They won't be exact but with the same general feel. I did like them. However, there were things about them that I had wished I could have changed. So, now I get to change them.

Today I played with the foil again and made some earrings. I love the look of foil on the different colors of clay. I put the foil on both sides. I am working on a bracelet and pendant to go with them. Hopefully someone will love them at my Etsy shop. I made some beads also but those are still in the ice bath. Now, I feel a nap coming on. Claying is such hard work.......LOL

New Chrysanthemum cane

I made a new Chrysanthemum cane yesterday. I tried to plan this one out a bit more and really love how it came out. I used a skinner blend. The colors are really soothing and turned out just like I wanted them to. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this cane. The hardest part is making those groves. I had to have hubby come in and put some muscle behind this one. I was in there grunting and groaning and he came in to see what was wrong. Hee, hee, works every time.

The new series

I've been playing with some pendants that I call my White and Black series. They are little pieces that I just sit and natter with. I like how they are turning out and hope that someone else will like them enough to purchase one at my new Etsy shop. They are very calming to make. By the time I got to the tenth one I finally had a process going where I could do them without any finger prints or gouges. Sometimes my fingers just feel so large.......

Dipping my pieces

I finally got around to trying dipping my finished clay pieces in Future instead of painting it on. Wow, what a difference. I love the look and feel it gives. I have wire shelves in my studio closet so I just set up a little dipping station in there. that way I can close the doors while it dries and keep the dust off of the pieces. I used paper clips to attach the stuff to the shelves and put a pan underneath. I used a loop of wire around my cuff bracelets and that worked well too. When I got ready to bake them I just hooked them on the rack in the big oven. Check the photos of the bracelet and heart below, those were taken before I dipped them.

Pop can bracelet

So, after much talk on the clay-polymer Yahoo group about the pop can bracelet I had to try it. It was first done by Sydnee Holt in a segment on Carol Duval, I found it on the DIY site under Polymer Clay. It really is quick fun decorating it. The only work I need to do on it is to sand the edges, they are a bit sharp. After it's sanded I can dip it in Future acrylic floor finish and then it will be done.