Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Border Cane Jewelry

Now that the weather has cooled a bit and I can work in the yard I am feeling much better. Nothing like pulling weeds and trimming trees to get the blood flowing again. I even bought mum plants to replace some of the summer flowers in my pots that are looking straggly.

I go back to my surgeon for a final check up today.... at least I hope it's final.  Everything looks and feels fine to me.

On the clay front I made a few pieces of jewelry with some of the Border Canes.

This is a matched set... necklace, bracelet and earrings.  Click on the photos for a closer look.


Close up of the bracelet.


Another view of the bracelet.


Close up of the necklace, I'm not crazy about that chain, I may have to change it.


When I trimmed the ends off the last Border Canes I used the scraps to make a couple pendants.

This pendant with matching bead is from the yellow & blue Border Cane.  I finished the necklace with waxed cord in a complimentary blue.


I used scraps from the red and dark silver Border cane for the next pendant.


I love this chain, I got it on sale at Michaels a while back,  now I wish I had bought more!



I also made a stamped tile highlighted with PearlEx and sealed with liquid Kato.  Not sure if this will be a brooch or pendant.... or maybe both.


So you can see I have been having fun with clay again.

Right now I am playing with Mica Shift.  The theme for Clay Pen Chat this week is Mica Shift , I hope to have several new pieces to share.... Chat is on thursday, hope you'll stop by and say hello.

That's it for today.

Thanks for stopping by.

BJ

5 comments:

  1. Everything is absolutely gorgeous. Your work is so perfect and precise. You must have the patience of a saint and I'm not sure who the saint of polymer clay is but I wish she would visit me and leave you alone for a while. LOL

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    1. Thank you Bonnie you always say the nicest things! I'm an old lady.... patience comes with age, or at least it did for me. I learned it from crocheting, it was better to slow down and do it right the first time than to go fast, make a mistake and have to rip it out and start over.

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  2. Absolutely beautiful!! Love the unique design of each one, your work is exceptional!

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    1. Wow Trina, thank you! That was a pleasant way to start the day.

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