Wow! It’s been a productive month! My final thing is one of the several brand new canes i whipped up today on a spur of the moment brain wave.
In clay, the ‘translucent mum’ cane is one of the first people do. I was looking for a more realistic version of it or a peony / marigold / carnation for a while. Now, I’m on the way! Yay!
Today… more beads. Here’s a pic of just a few of them, fresh out of the oven and ice bath:
I was happy with how plump the pillow beads look - I sometimes get the flattest pillow beads. And the swirlies are kind of neat done this way, as discs. Much easier to drill holes in, too.
Still working through the stack of blends I made earlier in the month - today was the deep purple and the orange. A violet, a rose, a sort of tiger lily and a random orange flower. The orange was retina burning bright and will be lovely on summer pieces.
I started painting the little lentils from yesterday. The ‘paint’ is actually coloured liquid clay and these are the 3 larger lentils as try outs. The smaller ones are for a project and I will use a paintbrush instead of a toothpick so they look less like scrambled eggs.
And because I was productive today, I made two more canes, a blue flower and a blue rose.
I got a little mini tripod for my digital camera today. I could kick myself for not doing that years ago. Made the low light / bumped up white / macro pics much simpler!
…so I found some more hearts - bigger ones this time and made some pendants.
There is a mix of genuine Venetian glass, Chinese millefiori glass, handmade glass, rose quartz, green aventurine, and rubyite.
I must admit I cheated and used some ready made ribbon necklaces to hang them, but I think they are pretty.
I’ve had these cute little millefiori glass hearts hanging around for a while so I deciced to make some simple little earrings for Valentines Day.
These cheap little earrings should appeal to kids - I hope to sell some at the Kirribilli Art and Design Markets on sunday.
I made 18 pairs!