close up of clay hibiscus flower
This is a close up of the flower. The bloom is time consuming but not terribly difficult. There are some great turorials online to help you get started. Thanks for looking
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Sculpey clay hibiscus necklace
I posted the necklace earlier without the flower. All the pieces are made from sculpting sculpey clay, baking and assembling
Sculpey Clay Hibiscus Leaf Necklace
This piece is made from Sculpey clay. I used a hibiscus leaf and clay to make a mold. I baked the mold and then used more clay to mold the clay leaf beads for the neclace. I highlighted the leaves with bronze pigment before baking. The clay beads are strung with crystal beads highlighted in…
Traveling Stories
Traveling Stories
It takes a great deal of courage to travel from abuse to healing. There are many things to learn and many stories to hear. Each day brings a new chapter in the story that is the future. This piece is a representation of that.
TADA!
I recently heard a video taping by Amanda Gore. If you have never heard of her – google her and be prepared for the queen of happy. She is amazing. Anyway, she talked about how as kids we were okay with feeling good about great things we had done and let other people know it…
Flight of Fancy
A mini canvas, Femo face, and butterfly wings. The wings were cut on a Cricut. The canvas was painted with a mixture of gloss Gesso and Pearl EX powdered pigment. After the canvas was almost dry I dry brushed several more colors of Pearl Ex pigment ove the top. The face was brushed with Pearl…
Woodland Fairy
This is the side view of the same fairy.
Woodland Fairy
This is my first ever attempt at using a wire armature under clay to make figure pieces. Not bad for a first attempt. The fairy is made from Femo clay and baked and then assembled. The face is painted on after baking. The clothing is made from a re-purposed gift bag and paper leaves. The…
Food for Thought Affirmation Cards
The cards are made from scraps of paper, wrapping papers, twine, embellishments, vellum sheets, anything I found in my drawer.