SJ Designs Jewelry August Honey Do Challenge

Well the colors for this challenge are so right up my alley for gardening. I call it Sunset. I have some tulips and lilies that are somewhat colored like this.

When this picture is sitting on my desktop and small it looks like a sherbert orange so I was influenced by that too.

All of my beads are Polymer Clay.

These are coin beads, they sit just like you see them or can be strung as a small focal. I love coin beads foe bracelets. I really like the more orange one at the right top. At the bottom is green for leaves. 

I made pendants of the flower itself.

This one's a fatty but I still like it.

 Here's that peachy orange with flowers and petals.

I was somewhat frustrated with trying to create the striation of the petals going from pink through yellow with out too much yellow so I ended up with this color palette. It is softened down colors and swirled. I ended up liking them for the colors which remind me of Florida. 

 So now I address Erick's beetles!  I was trying to do an ancient scarab style beetle and these turned out with a Raku like finish. 

 

 This one was roughly carved and then pigmented.

 Thanks for the inspiration Erick!

Still working and creating things for the Art Bead Scene August Challenge and I came across an inspiration from Pinterest. I know it is an ancient spear head but I thought that I read thar it was fossilized coral. Well I took me right to the painting

I adore it and usually if I can spot some red in a challenge I'll go for it! So here is my polymer clay fossilized coral spear head and beads. My young six year old friend asked me if it was a carrot!  

The white speckled beads are from Marsha Neal  and I have been looking for the perfect thing to use them in and I think I found it!

A more rustic  bead.

The whole necklace! 

Art Bead Scene 

August Challenge

Twelve Princesses on the Way to the Dance

Kay Nieslen

Published in 1923

Watercolor and ink

This is what I saw

                               For some reason I am very interested in this shape and was playing around with  them and lo and behold here comes the ABS August challenge 

First necklace with the polymer clay bead focal that I made. I also had been craving some cherry quartz from Lima Beads so since this one is for me I thought it was a happy addition. The lighter pink are from a site that I have to find again, hammered silver ring and the toggle from Fab Beads  on Etsy.

Eric's Honey Do Challenge

Every month Sarajo Wentling, from SJ Designs Jewelry , puts up a challenge from her husband, Eric, who posts a picture. 

This month is a peacock. You can read about  it on her site.

As of late I have had lesser amounts of energy and missed a few but I was determined to make it this month.

I have discovered that as much as I do like making jewelry because really they are sculptures, I really LOVE making the beads!

One day I will get back to ceramics until then I am happy to play with polymer clay.

Thanks again Eric and Sarajo!

Pendants

(not finished)

Bracelet bar

Charms or small pendants

Pendant and charm from another challenge I thought fit this challenge.

Charm

 

Copper and embossing enamel jointed charms, they move and are great for earrings!

 Bracelet bar, copper and clear embossing enamel.

 Copper links and charms.