Unique Jewelry Pieces

One might wonder where the word Jewelry came from. Well, here is what the encyclopedia Wikipedia tells us:The word jewellery or Jewelry is derived from the word jewel, which was Anglicized from the Old French "jouel" circa the 13th century. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word "jocale", meaning plaything. Jewellery is one of the oldest forms of body adornment and the recently-found 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells are thought to be the oldest known jewellery

I have found some unique jewelry pieces that I thought you might enjoy along with the links to these wonderful Polymer Clay Artists.



Cindy Lietz - This wonderful butterfly-heart pendant was featured on Cindy's blog in January 2009. The wings are fashioned from a cane giving them the look of a Monarch Butterfly. You can see more of Cindy's beautiful creations and tutorials at : http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/

Celilne Charuau, a French Artist, created this unusual wire and polymer clay pendant. Celine has been working with polymer clay since June 2007 (per the Daily Art Muse).

Carly Seibel (LuBelle) created these delightful beads that are wrapped around the middle with bands of variegated gold leafing and a second strip of multi-colors on black.
You can see more of her beautiful polymer clay bead work at: http://webspace.webring.com/people/vb/bellelu/beadspage.html

Polymer clay artist, Karen Lewis, also known as Klew, is well know for innovative bead designs. You can visit her gallery at: http://klewexpressions.com/jewelry.htm

This particular necklace caught my eye because of the beautiful colors and design.

This Pandora bead is created with a beautiful cane in various colors and hanging from the bead is a Chihuahua charm. The Chihuahua is all white and sits on a periwinkle heart and has a tiny butterfly in one ear whose wings match the bead. http://nanjodogz.blogspot.com/2011/01/chihuahua-polymer-clay-dog-pandora-bead.html

My Guild was fortunate to have Victoria Hughes (Tory) give a demonstration on her innovative hinging techniques with polymer clay. She was loads of fun as well as inspirational.

This beautiful piece of hers has two different hinges. You can see more of her wonderful creations at: http://www.thebeadhouse.com/Victoria.html

The cane work and innovative designs of these Polymer Clay Artists is simply awesome.

Some Great Information!

So many Polymer Clay Artists want to know
where they can buy some of their supplies.

I have come up with a list that is sure to help.

Canes - The Pleasant Pheasant
If you are looking for beautiful canes, I recommend The Pleasant Pheasant. Jackie's work is exceptional as you will see by visiting her Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePleasantPheasant?section_id=6779566


Molds - Best Flex Molds
This shop offers a large variety of molds. Penni Jo runs the shop while her husband makes the wonderful Urethane Rubber polymer clay molds which are all from Penni Jo's original sculpts. They also offer polymer clay tutorials and polymer clay classes. You can visit their shop at: http://www.bestflexiblemolds.com/



Clear Stamps - Tonja's Treasures
Every polymer clay artist needs stamps. At this time there are 75 original clear stamps available in Tonja's shop, plus she makes custom stamps The "Make your own design" stamp or your very own "Signature Stamp". You can visit her shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tonjastreasures


Texture sheets - Ornamentalelements
This shop offers a variety of 13 texture sheets for one low price and they come in many colors. you can see these textured sheets at: http://www.etsy.com/listing/54673623/set-of-13-texture-sheets.

Jewelry Supply: Imjewelee
Julee is the designer and creator of the XO Brand™ Jewelry Finding products. As of this time she has sold a whopping 11,320 items. You can visit her shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Imjewelee?ref=pr_profile

I think you'll love reading about the testing that Garie Sims did on polymer clay.
I found it to be very informative and it may help you pick out the type
of clay you want to use on a project.

Compression Test: by Garie Sims

Which types of polymer clay are the strongest? Garie did tension, compression and flexibility tests on the different types of polymer clay and came out with some astonishing results.
You can see his tests and results at: http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/clay/shop/tension_test.htm


A book of Masks: by Sarajane Helm

Last of all, I want to tell you about Sarajane Helm's Polymer Clay "Mask" Book that has just been published. There are so many wonderful pictures of masks all created with polymer clay. I was in awe of the creativity of the artists and I think Sarajane did a fantastic job putting together this awesome book. It is on sale at Amazon and you can see it by clicking on the following link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0980031222?tag=sarajanspolymerc&camp=213381&creative=
390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0980031222&adid=1MF4QPXJ3CP62BKYNWMS&

Happy Claying!

Pretty in Pink

Pretty In Pink

Picked by mstp

I was very excited to create a 'Pretty in Pink' treasury.

It reminds me of my Granddaughter, Melissa. There was no tomboy to be found in that child, she always loved dressing up. Her favorite movie was 'The Wizard of Oz' She would dress up like Dorothy and carry around a basket with her little stuffed puppy, Toto. She would watch that movie over and over and over. One day when she was out shopping with her mom, someone asked her name. She was quick to respond that she was Dorothy Gale. I asked Trina, " Who on earth is Dorothy Gale ". I had never heard Dorothy's last name before, I guess I hadn't watched the movie enough to realize Dorothy Gale was the one from Kansas.

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Ellie the Elephant

I had created an elephant for Melissa which I pictured in my


last post. Well, he was quite popular and a friend of mine, Anita from Polymer Clay Central, who is a wonderful clay artist told me I should make an Ellie, So Thank you Anita. Here is Ellie with her copper colored ears and snazzy bow draped upon her back.

I am going to include her in my Etsy shop and if she sells right away, I may just go into the Elephant selling business and name it Elephants Galore. (LOL)