For
the EarringsEveryday October edition of the monthly We’re All Ears challenge, Erin
Prais-Hintz selected weather ... wind patterns, cloud formations,
precipitation... whatever we would like to represent!
I
remember studying all about weather when I was a child and being fascinated by
clouds. I used to know all the different types, what causes them, what
conditions were needed to sustain them, how gentle or fierce they could be.
Memories came flooding back when I was reading the challenge blog so of
course I chose to focus on clouds
This painting by American landscape painter
Albert Bierstadt shows a fierce rainstorm about to start and was the kickoff to
my design. I did find it a little too dark and chose to work with the lighter
elements of the clouds
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| Storm in the Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt |
I couldn’t quite find the right
beads, shapes or colours, to make my vision come to life and decided it was
time to take out the polymer clay again and play. I made a free form mixture of
a light blue, deep navy and pale creamy pearl colour and made these sets
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| The Storm Above Earrings |
The studs at the top are silver
plated and the drops up front are gunmetal. It took a bit of work to get a
decent rounded shape and remove fingerprints and clay from the sides and backs
but it’s all practice right?
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| The Storm Above Earrings |
I tried to get the look of sky in flux, with churning
clouds and bits of blue sky peaking through. Some much needed touch ups to
remove divots will happen this weekend.
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| The Storm Above Earrings |
Although I tried to keep a close eye, there were hot
spots in my toaster oven and I didn’t take the tray out quickly enough. I wasn’t
quite expecting the temperature to be so uneven. Some of the darkened beads
were at the back on one side and some near the middle of the oven. I may leave
the colours as is but haven't decided yet. They do bring out the stormy look more.
I had enough clay left to make 2
pendants too. Here’s one final photo, a group shot
Thanks for stopping by and have a great
day
Great interpretation of the theme! I actually like the earrings more with the dark spots as it makes it look more natural and more stormy
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I love the stormy palette (and that painting is dynamite!). One of my tricks to get the light to shine out is to mix in a layer of translucent clay, sometimes a very thin layer of white, and a little bit of metal leaf in your favorite metal tone (I like variegated ones the best). Then when you swirl it or carve into it you get such a great vein of light that just pops! Thanks for playing along with me! Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteI think your earrings and pendant turned out great. I love the shades of blue in them. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe earrings are very pretty! Love the swirls of white and blue!
ReplyDeleteThose are so pretty! I really thought they were bezel set stones at first glance!
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