Lifeus Interruptus

I intended to get in the studio and stay there all weekend, but several things happened to prevent me from being able to do as I planned. I did make a few new vintage look floral pendants and brooches, and I finished a custom order for a client. Since the styles and techniques are so far apart, it was a little jarring to go from one to the other, and it took me a few minutes to wrap my mind around what to do for the client.

Several months ago, when I first started experimenting with using embossing powders for texture, I made a series of beads I called "Gunpowder and Gold". They were made from Black and Gold clay, and I rolled some Gold snakes in black embossing powder to make this little pendant, which measures about 1 1/2" by 1". I made myself a necklace from it, and my friend Catherine saw it, she asked me to make a necklace for her with a bigger, more squared pendant in the same pattern.

This is what I came up with, after my mind shifted gears from image transfers. I hope she likes it.

These are the image transfers I cured Saturday, and sanded and buffed yesterday. I think I am going to have to take a course on flower names, though. Does anyone know if the purple blooming flower is really a delphinium? That is what I have been calling it.



Tangerine Lily Pendant











Burgundy Carnation Pendant











Watercolor Butterflies Series - Red Gold and Blue Black

The Saga Continues

Here are my latest efforts in the Bird Bead series, good but still working on the color. I wanted to try a little darker background than the original beads, but think the next ones I make will be with much lighter backgrounds. Overall, I'm pleased with these, but I've still got some ideas I want to try. I think I'm going to wait for my new embossing powders to arrive, though. Hopefully, they will be here by the weekend and I can play with them.





This pendant was made with the last little bit of the original colored clay. I really like it. I call it Ghost Bird because he's a mere shadow of his former self!