Technique: Faux Tiger’s Eye Take 2Win: Almost Challenge:• To create faux Tiger’s Eye Lessons Learned:• I am still not getting the lines right• The colours are tricky to blend to look realistic• Getting the lines by scraping a tool along the slab didn’t seem to work for me Even though this didn’t turn out quite … [Read more…]
Technique: Seascape PendantWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 9/10 This one felt like a tiny pocket-sized coastlineLess “miniature precision surgery,” and more “wandering barefoot along an imaginary beach with a pocket full of blue clay.”
Technique: Faux Tiger’s EyeWin: No Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 7/10
Technique: Simple dangle earrings with leaves and textureWin: Yes Challenge:• To create a simple circle dangle earring with contrasting colour studs• To create a stem and leaf design that matched the contrasting stud colour• To create a symmetrical set of stems and leaves without them looking too stiff or identical in a “factory clone” sort … [Read more…]
Technique: Homemade leather-texture clay pendantWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 8/10 Notes:
Technique: Silkscreen pendantWin: Yes Challenge:• To use a silkscreen to decorate a pendant• To achieve a clean, crisp transfer without smudging or overloading the paint Lessons Learned:• The silkscreen gives a beautifully sharp, almost “printed” look that feels very satisfying• Less really is more when applying medium—too much quickly muddies the detail• Adding small bead … [Read more…]
Technique: Sculptured dragonfly with translucent wingsWin: Absolutely Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 8/10
Technique: Texture Roller ChokerWin: Mostly Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 7/10 A tiny clay plot twist: the mica shift quietly exited stage left, but the texture roller wandered in wearing a beautifully quilted coat.
Technique: Mica powder through a stencilWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Notes: Confidence Level: 9/10
Technique: Asymmetrical Mica Shift Pendant with Matching EarringsWin: Yes Challenge: Lessons Learned: Confidence Level: 9/10