Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a day that celebrates deceased friends and family members through prayers, remembrances, and shrines decorated in their honor. Our September/October 2014 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine featured a number of projects inspired by the festive holiday, including this textured metal sugar skull necklace designed by artist…
Rubber stamps and polymer clay. Make a variety of items
I hand-wove and hand-dyed this soy fiber. Then I added a string of beads and some plaster crafted shapes!
"Be Free" is a mixed media necklace featuring a peyote-bezeled butterfly pendant with an ink-jet printed face and wings incorporating acrylic free-forms.
This little metal candy box was altered with bits of old jewelry and cloth – inside is the same – a place for secrets.
Pink and purple heart necklace made of cloth, blanket stich embroidery, and beads, attached to a black cord.
Pink and purple heart necklace made of cloth, blanket stich embroidery, and beads, attached to a black cord.
I enjoyed the article on Faux Lampwork Beads in the new issue of CPS. I decided to give it a try with materials I had on hand — colored polymer clay instead of white, modpodge instead of UTEE (though I think UTEE would have been more effective), and regular seed beads instead of micro beads. …
I remember when my Grandmother would bring out her piece of Mica rock and let me play with it. I would slowly peel away a piece and then would peel each little layer apart as well. So you can imagine the memories it brought back when I started designing this vintage necklace. I also used…
