tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22355176126287235742024-02-06T21:16:18.577-05:00A Polymer PenchantA Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-30248791199224823692014-11-06T22:06:00.001-05:002014-11-06T22:06:31.061-05:00Hello AgainMore than a season has passed since I was last in this space. I suppose it’s all part of the ebb and flow of creativity - I’ve been in more ebb space than flow. It’s time to shake off that sleepiness and get to work!<br />
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One highlight of our summer was a visit to <a href="http://parcomega.ca/en/" target="_blank">Parc Omega</a> to see some arctic wolves up close and in person. The weather was fabulous, the animals endearing, and the day a complete joy. There were some very real tears and sadness from little one when she realized we weren’t moving in permanently. It was agreed this would be an annual tradition.<br />
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Suddenly, it’s November and Christmas shows are on the horizon. It’s time for some fresh ideas. I hope to be sharing more soon.A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-66354117825967383092014-07-26T10:40:00.004-04:002014-07-26T10:40:39.157-04:00the creative continuum of 7 artist reveal 6–and 7Hello friends. My apologies for the interruption in regular programming here. What started out as a day delay somehow snowballed into a month. I held off visiting the lovely blogs of our group until I had posted as a way to push myself but that’s just left me feeling more guilty for not stopping by yet. <br />
<br />Here’s the team:<br />Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7<br />
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Today, you will find posts with the final reveal using the packages I sent out. I didn’t take any photos before sending the pages on the way, but they look a little something like these.<br />
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With no particular theme in mind these pieces kept evolving the longer they hung around my studio. Layers of clay, inks, metal paint, patina, resin, it just kept going. I sent along some other purples and pinks from my stash and I can’t wait to see what they’ve grown up to be in the hands of these artists.<br />
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I have to backtrack a bit now to my reveal for the 6th round with the wonderful June wedding theme and goodies from Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />
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<i>Meaning: It is said that something old represents continuity, something new offers optimism for the future, something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness, something blue stands for purity, love and fidelity and a sixpence in your show is a wish for good fortune and prosperity</i><br />
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I’m borrowing someone’s photo here, not sure, but it may be Monique’s – I wanted to show off that beautiful green veining from the Jasper as it really started my inspiration.<br />
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I had already made these little polymer saucer shapes in a variety of shades and when I found the green to be such a great match to the veining of the Jasper the design just grew from there. <br />
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I started with a metallic silver leather cuff that just cried for me to weave some of the silk through it. I am not really sure what pattern I achieved, I was going for some chevrons at the start but it ended up pretty freeform. A little waxed linen and some apatite chips helped pull it all together.<br />
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Then I moved on to a necklace wanting to use more of the great components Cynthia had sent.<br />
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This time I opted for a neutral grey waxed linen to bring these beads together. Finally getting to use some beautiful lampwork from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/blueseraphim" target="_blank">Blue Seraphim</a> that I’ve had at least five years and some green quartz that’s been around even longer.<br />
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I really enjoyed how both piece came together and ended up so far from what you would think of as wedding jewelry.<br />
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I really enjoyed the chance to participate in the CC7A. I certainly was honoured to be asked by Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a> to take part, and what a privilege to share with all these artists.<br />
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Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-34416449666411866122014-06-11T22:10:00.001-04:002014-06-11T22:10:56.155-04:00Giveaway Winner!I should be writing a real post, I’ve been so quiet here of late. Seems like the time is just flying with the day to day comings and goings. There was much celebrating of Averleigh turning 4 and my ongoing spring clean out that I hope to be done before spring 2015 is still going on. I have found it is lots of fun to give away all these things we no longer need or want, while simultaneously meeting my neighbours by using a <a href="http://buynothingproject.org/" target="_blank">Buy Nothing Project</a> group. I let William Morris be my guide:<br />
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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”</h3>
Style and smarts, guy was the total package!<br />
It’s time to get to a winner though. Thank you all for your very sweet comments and visiting. It is unfortunate I have not heard from my partner as to if she will be posting, I sure hope someday she does….I really wanted to see that focal shine. I can appreciate that stuff happens so better late than never is another cliché I can toss in here.<br />
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Truly though, the real joy of the exchange is the challenge to stretch and create in ways I normally wouldn’t. Then, lovely comments like Cassi Renee’s really put it over the top.<br />
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Thanks everyone, and Cassi Renee I will be in touchA Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-88674872007296825582014-05-26T14:57:00.000-04:002014-05-26T21:53:30.373-04:00The creative continuum of 7 artists–reveal 5! <br />
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<strong>If you were looking for my Bead Soup Blog Party post, find that </strong><a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/bead-soup-blog-party-reveal.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> – Psst – there is a giveaway!</strong></div>
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Here we are, end of May almost and it’s time to bring you another installment of the CC7A. It’s crazy to think it’s already the end of May, but really here we are. As a reminder here is the gang, brought together by Alicia to have a grand old time.<br />
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Here’s the team:<br />
Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />
Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />
Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />
Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />
Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />
Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />
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This month Alicia has provided some gems for all of us to be inspired by the seasons. I received some pretty crazy lace agate and, yet again, did not take a photo before I got down to business. I had the little bag sitting on my work table and while I was working on another project this one sort of jumped up and butted in, in the best of ways. <br />
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I was mixing some cut away bits of clay and was enjoying the striated silver/grey/white when I realized it would be perfect for the cab. I went skinnier and skinnier on my pasta machine until I had a long thin piece to play with. This is also when the gems turned decidedly winter in feeling. I felt like a was wrapping the cab face with a polymer scarf against a cold wind.<br />
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I tried not to cover up too much stone, just enough to be secure in its voluminous polymer folds. About the only time I tolerate yellow is with a cool grey so the rest of the palette was really shouting “go on – just use yellow would you!”<br />
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So I did!<br />
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Oh drat, I didn’t really give you that view all in focus… but I made these three little textured concave discs in polymer that I later drilled holes in one I decided which way was up and to act as the clasp (button style) on the right.<br />
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I went very different on the knotting. I was going for a denser bunch on the right and thinning out on the left. I will need to explore more but I like that it is a bit unexpected from one side to the other.<br />
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Lastly, a view of it on. I must dash today so I won’t talk your ear off. Today is Averleigh’s 4th birthday and while the official party with friends will be on the weekend coming up today calls for celebrating too!<br />
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She certainly looks up for an adventure with her cheesy grin before preschool. I also had to stifle a giggle as she started to recount a story to me this morning “Back when I was three…” sheesh!A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-26141891416507142122014-05-10T21:08:00.000-04:002014-05-10T21:08:38.445-04:00Bead Soup Blog Party reveal!The time has come and I am so excited to share with you my creations for this the 8th <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Bead Soup Blog Party</a>! I’m posting a little late, but with so many blogs I hope that will just be a minor detail, and if you are just arriving forget I said anything about it! (If you saw my last post, hang tight giveaway details at the end).<br />
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This is my third BSBP and I am so very happy that <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/" target="_blank">Lori Anderson</a> has found a way to keep this fun ride going, despite all the struggle. First time around I was paired with the delightful seed bead wiz <a href="http://www.loismoon.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Lois Moon de Padilla</a> and you can find that reveal <a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2012/08/its-time-to-get-your-fill-of-bead-soup.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Last year I had the pleasure of being paired with the lamp work artist <a href="http://www.mooseriverglass.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Cindy Ritchie</a> and I so enjoyed creating with her beautiful glass; that reveal is <a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2013/04/bead-soup-blog-party-7-reveal.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This year I was excited to be paired with <a href="http://dziar.com/" target="_blank">Cindy Boissonneault</a> who shared that she was in the process of opening a bead shop! Whoa.<br />
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I was thrilled with Cindy’s selections for me, as a reminder, here is the group.<br />
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The inspiration was fast and furious right from the start. Those pale blue geode type stones made me want to try to recreate that look in polymer instantly. I’m still working through that idea and I’ll share the complete trimuph/disaster once done but it was not in time for the reveal. The large and gorgeous clasp deserved a focal treatment and while I was dreaming about that piece I set to work procraftinating. Truly, I create other piece of jewelry to procrastinate on the main idea of the challenge. If you know the cure, please do share!<br />
I love seeing chip beads “en masse” colour blocked if you will. I grabbed a stunning gumball sized glass bead from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AutEvDesigns?ref=pr_faveshops" target="_blank">Julie Bowen</a> and a short time later – done!<br />
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While my head kept on turning over ideas for the main event I opted for some earrings. First I grabbed a pair of the same polymer beads I had included in the soup I sent Cindy and the daggers she sent me were just the thing.<br />
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I love how suited these beads are for each other. Here I am attempting some full sun photography to show off the sparkly, but I don’t think I really have the knack for it. Bear with me, there are more attempts.<br />
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Next I used some of my favourite beads from my last bead soup, along with some of the tiny ones from this soup and some lovely blue birds from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/blueberribeads" target="_blank">blueberribeads</a>. Just for fun I decided to do them asymmetrical, so it’s like they are having a little conversation almost.<br />
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Then it was really time to figure out this great big gorgeous clasp. I love the oval shape and when I started thinking about repeating this shape it just screamed butterfly to me. I spent more time staring at the design trying to figure out what materials to use to attach to the clasp than anything else. In the end, it’s basically laced up with the waxed linen to allow for enough movement to operate the clasp. <br />
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Initially I had planned two smaller ovals as the bottom “wing section” on each side but as time ticked down I really wanted to be sure those two angular cut stones made an appearance in finished jewelry. <br />
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I created the dimpled polymer wings and treated with a variety of iridescent paints to emulate that blue flash of the clasp. It is really such a treat how it changes as you tilt it. I love that kind of jewelry that can be different as you move, each time someone catches sight of it. Again, the joy of working with polymer I created the oval shape but did not commit to where the holes would be until the very end. For a while I thought I might top them with resin, but in the end I preferred the contrast.<br />
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As I talk about the piece and add photos I realize I didn’t take any with the clasp undone, but I think you can imagine it. When worn the part you squeeze and release to open the clasp is on my right as I am right handed. Small miracle that I remembered that as I put it all together.<br />
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With thoughts of spring birds, butterflies and flowers I turned my attention to the daggers, that I always saw as petals, and the drop shape stone. <br />
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Once I selected her lamp work head (local artist who did not include business card) I saw a chance for the additional challenge of adding some green to this mass of blue. I think I like it.<br />
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I wired the daggers together and then covered with polymer, textured, highlighted, and turned into shank buttons almost by threading a little chip stone on a silver headpin before curing. <br />
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Similarly, the silver daggers I made into a bunch of little flowers then strung them together and made a polymer cap for either end. This design really is so different then I had originally dreamt.<br />
Those are the five finished designs I have to show off today. The others in various stages are still all over the studio so I’m sure they will make an appearance in this space soon. Especially those open shape silver tone beads, you know I’m going to fill them with polymer.<br />
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Many thanks to my partner Cindy and our wonderful hostess Lori for this special treat of goodies to play with and a reason to do so. Thanks to all of you who come by to visit, it is much appreciated! I have been very good all day in holding off running to everyones blogs to see what they’ve made before finishing my own. Most of all of course I am dying to see what Cindy made with the soup I sent. As a reminder, here it is again.<br />
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But before I run off for real, there is the matter of a little giveaway to make up for my tardiness, but most of all to thank you dear readers. At this point if you were thinking blue, boy are you on the right track! I’ve calling it my soupçon of BSBP because that is exactly what it is. It’s not a full soup in the sense we’ve used here for the party, but rather a pinch of this and a dash of that that came from me making using my soup.<br />
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You will find another pair of those peony type flower beads. Two pairs of beads I created specifically for that butterfly piece yet somehow, didn’t appear. Three polymer disc beads that were still on the bead mat from <a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/03/art-bead-scene-march-challenge.html" target="_blank">my entry</a> for the March ABS challenge. The last of the daggers and chips and a few glass beads I grabbed to add but never did. There you have it, one soupçon to win. <br />
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Just leave a comment to enter. If you would like to share through social media, or follow the blog etc for extra entries please feel free – it is always appreciated - just add another comment so I can count reliably. The drawing will take place June 10th. I am going to leave this open for entry for a whole month so that when people make their way around they won’t be disappointed (that’s still more than 100 blogs a week pace – egads!)<br />
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Now lets all hop on to the wonderful blogs partying it up today<br />
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Tracy Stillman <a href="http://www.beadtrilogy.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">www.beadtrilogy.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Denise Petersen <a href="http://www.reinventedobjects.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">www.reinventedobjects.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Madonna Liza Cruz-Comia <a href="http://crazy-notions.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">http://crazy-notions.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Suzann Sladcik Wilson <a href="http://www.beadphoria.wordpress.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">www.Beadphoria.wordpress.com</a></div>
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Terri Gauthier <a href="http://terrisbloomingideas.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">http://terrisbloomingideas.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Alicia Marinache <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">http://www.allprettythings.ca</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Barbara Bechtel <a href="http://secondsurf.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">http://secondsurf.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Hannah Rosner <a href="http://goodrivergallery.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d82898; text-decoration: none;">http://goodrivergallery.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com141tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-35373970967382377872014-05-09T21:32:00.001-04:002014-05-09T21:32:05.954-04:00BSBP is Saturday, and I’m running late!Ok, time to fess up. I hate to be late, for anything. I really hate to be late for this fabulous Bead Soup Blog Party. This week, well this month, hasn’t gone according to plan. Nothing dire, just the reality of things.<br />
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As the time ticks down to midnight I’m sure I won’t be ready. I’ve lined up the morning and early afternoon to really wrap things up. I WILL still be posting Saturday – promise!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">To entice you back if you stopped by early I’ve decided to offer a GIVEAWAY – yippee!</span></b><br />
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So come on back! I can’t remember if I shared this photo yet, but it cracks me up, ta-ta for now.A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-24932094903859049352014-04-26T14:15:00.000-04:002014-04-26T14:15:45.450-04:00The creative continuum of 7 artists–reveal four!Happy April 26th! It’s time for another reveal in our series of the CC7A masterminded by Alicia.<br />
<br />Here’s the team:<br />Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7<br />
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Welcome to the excuse portion of the blog post. I’m late posting since I decided a couple days ago to completely scrap my design and start new. Naturally, I finished the piece late last night and thought I would take a little break before starting photos and writing. Yeah…. guess who woke up all confused on the couch at 3 am?<br />
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Ok now we’ve got that bit out of the way. This month our creative spark was courtesy of Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a> who chose the theme of “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” – I’ll use her words as to the why:<br />
<em>“Why you ask? Well simple really, April's birthstone is a diamond and the Beatles's song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" kept playing over and over in my head. If you are not familiar with the song you can listen to it </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKXfqpg-Q-k"><em>here</em></a><em>.”</em> <br />
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As soon as I had her package in my hand, so full of sparkling crystal and beautiful blues I was picturing that diamond studded sky. I’m borrowing Therese’s photo below as I forgot the before photo. The beautiful piece of fused glass that she sent me I envisioned as Lucy’s dress, and got to work turning it into Lucy floating through the sky full of diamonds. You can’t see what I’m talking about since I cut it apart when I was unimpressed with the overall flexibility and wearability. It turns out glass is not very bendy – who knew.<br />
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I had been humming the song again, having a little rethink on what I would make when I started to get really stuck on orange. There needed to be lots of orange for the “With tangerine trees and marmalade skies” of the first verse. Now I’m not even sure what a tree that grows tangerines looks like but I was imagining a tree the colour of tangerine all over. So I went with that. <br />
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The right hand side of the glass Therese made started to look like the canopy of a tangerine coloured tree to me and when I turned to my stash of beads it didn’t take long for all sorts of things to look like marmalade sky. Orange and yellow is so very far from my comfort zone, I did my best to lean right into the trepidation.<br />
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I was thrilled to put to work three newly acquired lampwork beads from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AutEvDesigns?ref=pr_faveshops" target="_blank">Julie Bowen</a> that really helped the rest of the design come to life. That orange lentil on the left and the yellow and orange ones you see are on the right are the ones that made me think of tangerine branches and branches in silhouette across a marmalade sky. I continued the idea in making a somewhat leafy textured look to the polymer bezel. <br />
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I have a massive supply of my own “idea” beads. They are ones I play around with and they aren’t necessarily done until they end up in a piece of jewelry someday. The two you see either side of the focal (and the other just out of this shot) are those types of beads. I had made random shaped bezels and filled them with different foil like glitters and resin, just cuz, about two years ago. So for this project they were drilled (I love polymer for never having to commit to a hole position) and I decided to facet the edge so I could unify them with some more orange and wispy black.<br />
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It’s strung and knotted with thin leather to keep the black of the glass flowing through, with a sprinkling of diamonds too of course. I think you get to be Lucy by wearing this instead of Lucy in a necklace so I’m very happy I scrapped plan A.<br />
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Then there was this line that just demanded earrings :<br />
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Why yes, I do have just the thing to be cellophane flowers! A little spring green and a few more “diamonds” and Lucy is really looking fine! Whatever you call that shape of crystal I love, love, love it!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed that little acid trip with me, I sure did.<br />
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I am totally daring someone out there to make some jewelry inspired by the “<em>Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies” </em>because I bet that would be pretty darn trippy.<br />
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I loved having these ideas dance in my head – Thanks Therese! I can’t wait to go see what everyone else got up to.<br />
Here we are again<br />
Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7<br />
A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-73543732069058437952014-03-29T00:45:00.000-04:002014-03-29T00:45:48.522-04:00Art Bead Scene March challengeIf it is one thing I’m really good at it is coming up with the perfect design a couple months too late. Still working on turning that around and increasing my studio “action” time borrowing from my dreaming, rearranging and blank staring studio time. I come by it honestly. I remember many occasions when my dad would head down to the basement workshop after dinner and them come up for the 11 o’clock news and my mum would look at me “did you hear the saw at all?” I’d shake my head knowing we were about to hear “still in design phase”.<br />
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Today, a wee step forward.<br />
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My entry for the <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.ca/2014/03/march-monthly-challenge.html" target="_blank">Art Bead Scene’s March challenge</a> - during the month of March!<br />
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This bracelet was inspired by Adolf Dietrich’s <em>Birds On Riser</em>, 1944. (and the huge spring snow banks outside my door)<br />
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Thinking on that springtime snow, I imagined the base of this little feeder and all the little circling footprint of birds and squirrels you would see in that snow, eating up all that fell. I knew I had just the beads from many years gone by to represent this idea.<br />
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I made these little polymer coins at least five years ago. They are sanded super smooth and feel like silk, harvested from a simple necklace that never quite had “it”. The wood window bead and little blue bird, from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/blueberribeads" target="_blank">blueberribeads</a> were quick to fall in line. Some teeny pearls pretending to be bird seed and some little pink flowers trying to poke out from the snow finish off my literal interpretation.<br />
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Oh, I glossed over the part where I took forever to actually make the bracelet since I couldn’t quite decide how I would have this little guy stand up this way, perpendicular to the polymer coins rather than in line. In the end I’m pleased with the result, just wish I could move the process a bit quicker.<br />
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Back in February the <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.ca/2014/02/february-monthly-challenge.html" target="_blank">ABS challenge</a> featured the work of Paul Klee with <em>The Rose Garden</em>, 1920. I had just created a series of long tassel necklaces in this same palette and the whole month managed to pass on by without me photographing them to share.<br />
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True to form, here they are a couple months later. They also feature the darling birds of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/blueberribeads" target="_blank">blueberribeads</a> each sitting on a little crystal “egg”. I created a polymer nest and polymer adorned tassel, along with my little wood burned beads. <br />
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Now I know that it is safely in the hands of my partner, <a href="http://dziar.com/" target="_blank">Cindy Boissonneault</a>, I can unswirl the photo to share what I sent for this 8th <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">BSBP</a>.<br />
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Heavy on the blue indeed, as I decided my aim would be some of my favourite things. A polymer focal made from my favourite antique button, and the flame painted copper toggle in front are the principal ingredients. I added a selection of polymer headpins, connectors, faceted pebbles,a coin and the little flower pair. Waxed linen and sari silk I love to work with had to be there too. Then I turned to my gems to see what would go with the scheme. It was slim pickings of my beloved kyanite and I think that’s called antique agate and a few freshwater pearls. All of which I really need to re-hoard! I was relieved to hear that Cindy was excited to get to work with these elements and that it was outside her comfort zone.<br />
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Now for the lovely soup I received from Cindy!<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HdKUohYGdvQ/UzR2pobEOYI/AAAAAAAAClI/SZa3I-ck1wA/s1600-h/my%252520bead%252520soup%2525208bsbp%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="my bead soup 8bsbp" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d9VaLai0Hg8/UzR2qWrbhkI/AAAAAAAAClM/5ivUE7wdvAc/my%252520bead%252520soup%2525208bsbp_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="my bead soup 8bsbp" width="484" /></a><br />
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Isn’t it beautiful in all its blue and silver glory? That clasp sure is the star, and I had to angle it just so, so that you could see the brilliant blue flash in the stone. What the photo hides is that the clasp is for five strands, something I’ve never worked with before so will be a wonderful challenge. Would you believe I also don’t own a single dagger bead – well until now. All sorts of ideas with spikes are coming to mind. I’m not sure the correct names of all these gems so I’m just going to go with “ooooh pretty blue stones” for now. So you can see the colour scheme is wonderful for me but there is still plenty challenge with these new-to-me forms. Ah, the magic of bead soup!<br />
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May 3rd is the reveal day, and one thing is for sure, Cindy and I will have plenty of blue jewelry to show that day.A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-10868198776935033342014-03-26T00:01:00.000-04:002014-03-26T00:01:17.046-04:00The creative continuum of 7 artists–reveal three!Here we are, end of March almost and it’s time to bring you another installment of the CC7A. As a reminder here is the gang, brought together by Alicia to have a grand old time. <br />
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Here’s the team:<br />
Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />
Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />
Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />
Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />
Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />
Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />
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This month Sally sent us all a spark of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/the-creative-continuum-of-seven-artists-2/#comment-1133" target="_blank">Contrasting Colors</a>. I forgot to take a photo of all the lovely beads all mixed together so please follow that last link for a peek. As pretty as the beads are all together I immediately separated them – what a difference! This palette that I received was so intriguing and outside my regular "colour operandi" that it was a complete joy. There was bead shopping done, bead making done and lots of time spinning ideas around. <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LLAmsZGTVM0/Uy8usMkHTxI/AAAAAAAACi4/MZheYBmYerk/s1600-h/tension%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="tension" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VC3Go6nUH0o/Uy8us5jZvTI/AAAAAAAACi8/EnMI7hahR-A/tension_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="tension" width="324" /></a><br />
Oh the tension of the contrast! The pinky oranges and greens, would they all play nice? From this little peek I’m not so sure. <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6-Dt2bNN5V4/Uy8utQWvgtI/AAAAAAAACjE/seQOMTXDg4k/s1600-h/cc7a%252520mar%252520necklace%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="cc7a mar necklace" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x_M9txRjRIU/Uy8uuCgGk8I/AAAAAAAACjQ/f6_kbx3XtLs/cc7a%252520mar%252520necklace_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="cc7a mar necklace" width="324" /></a> <br />
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Stepping back a bit for the full look I’m a bit more convinced. I began the project by wire wrapping all the little mottled green glass rounds, at that point unsure of what I would create. It was the three holes of the beautiful copper focal that had me full of inspiration and doubt all at once.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6t3OqO0qYEU/Uy8uvESrvdI/AAAAAAAACjY/3yQotFYcdEg/s1600-h/necklace%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="necklace" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-98BNP1LZPKo/Uy8uvv-qwSI/AAAAAAAACjg/LE7rGHcFCYc/necklace_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="necklace" width="324" /></a><br />
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I created some little polymer disks in a translucent orange-pink and gave the edge a sweep of gold mica to keep the orange tones of the little facetted rondelles going. This lead to me wanting to create some polymer connectors along the same lines, using the image of lily of the valley as a fitting spring tie in.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-82BcfYDZUYY/Uy8uwY31NrI/AAAAAAAACjo/dUTMZAdJ2PI/s1600-h/necklace%252520on%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="necklace on" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n8ZOWZcK1LQ/Uy8uyJjB-MI/AAAAAAAACjw/mi3ghooisOk/necklace%252520on_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="484" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="necklace on" width="324" /></a><br />
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In the end it is quite long and I may remove some sections at the back to have it come up a bit – or not.<br />
I was a little sad that none of the bracelet ideas I had came together with this focal since I simply wanted to incorporate too many pieces. Then it occurred to that this year's BOC charm swap included a heart from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KristiBowmanDesign" target="_blank" title="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KristiBowmanDesign">Kristi Bowman Design</a>.<br />
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I’m pleased with this kind of coordinating pieces without being matchy-match. I would have never dreamed up this bracelet if not for Sally’s beautiful mix of beads to start from.<br />
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I did say I made a bunch of beads right? Yup, I even made a cabochon (that's like a little fib since it is more of a pendant without a hole drilled, but I thought hey - options!) I must have been channeling my talented CC7A bead embroidery friends. Similar polymer connectors will soon be making their way into the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/APolymerPenchant?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">A Polymer Penchant etsy shop</a> in the coming days.<br />
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I’m so excited to see what all those other beautiful contrasting colours grew up to be. Thanks ladies for such a fun journey. I'm just going to have those links here at the end too - get hopping!<br />
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Here’s the team:<br />Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Baked Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7<br />
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A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-56007845493380750692014-03-22T18:04:00.000-04:002014-03-22T20:57:53.674-04:00focus on life–week 12–expressionsI hesitate to look at the last week I participated in focus on life – I’ve missed it. I just took a peek at this week’s prompt last night: expressions. Quite fitting that this morning was Averleigh’s first little dance recital. The last 15 minutes of her dance class parents were allowed into the room to watch. The girls all had a great time, some with more of their own rhythm than others. Seeing each of them dance in turn, using their whole bodies to express themselves, it was a little window into each's personality. Many a beautiful expression to see. I wish I had thought to bring my longer lens! I love the blur of her skirt in this twirl.<br />
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On to much nicer beady things! For this 8th <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Bead Soup Blog Party</a> I’m partnered up with a fellow Canadian, Cindy Boissonneault of <a href="http://www.dziar.com/">www.dziar.com</a> . Taking a look through Cindy’s gallery she sure does have quite the array of beautiful pieces in many colours, textures and techniques. I was so thrilled to see she had such experience with a variety that hopefully she will have a fun time working with the soup I had planned.<br />
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My plan this time around was just to work with my favourite things in the hopes that if I really loved the soup and felt the tinge of “oh maybe I’ll keep this” then it would be a good one! I fear I will say too much, I don’t want to ruin the surprise so for now just a teaser.<br />
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Ok that does give away the palette a bit, but that’s the prettiest teaser pic so I am going to stick with it. While I was taking the photos my not so tiny anymore kitten Rufus came to soak up the sun.<br />
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You can really see how short hair he is just like we were lead to believe. <em>umhm</em>.<br />
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Oh well, he’s still a cutie, just a giant furry cutie.<br />
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Back to the soup, I can’t wait to unscramble the photo above and I certainly will be checking my mail box for the goodies coming my way. Always such a fun time! I'm feel very lucky to get to take part in this challenge and am grateful as always to Lori Anderson and company for all their efforts in making the BSBP happen.A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-67195533099166301882014-03-01T01:01:00.000-05:002014-03-01T01:01:44.008-05:00The great big over ambitious studio clean upIt’s still underway. I had plans to make it to the hardware store Thursday and pick up some brackets to repurpose the side rail of a crib and I got a bit waylaid. The former owner of the crib and I managed to score free admission to the <a href="http://www.historymuseum.ca/childrens-museum" target="_blank">Children's Museum</a>. Hmm, chores vs play? <br />
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Yes, we spelled our names in hieroglyphics amongst other things. There was only one “M” so I couldn’t even spell my name (Averleigh’s arm is blocking it in the photo). This is the much larger puzzle needing my attention.....<br />
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I’m serious, it is just chaos. I’m fighting physics and making order, but it is slow going. This is my principle work space. This is a panoramic shot from one corner that while in the studio is not really studio space [more on that in a bit]. <br />
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My next space is in the basement so more dark photography in store.<br />
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Here is where I work on making jewelry.<br />
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Your eyes are not deceiving you. Tucked back there is my glorious twenty drawer Hamilton cabinet that I stripped and refinished.<br />
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A tense moment during the sort through. That white cart on the left started to roll off that way as the bookcase on the right began to fall to the right. I looked like a cartoon animal for a moment as I used every limb to minimize the impact of all sorts of things falling, but I managed. <br />
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There really has been progress since this point. I moved all this and moved in a large stainless steel shelving unit that was previously in a closet and held all kinds of crafty things. Of course to empty and move it everything moved into the studio – ah yeah, see photo above.<br />
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Sooooo I will be updating this post (probably several times) with some more detail shots of some of the specific areas that have progressed. I’ve managed a lot of storage solutions from just repurposing things already in my home so looking forward to sharing those tips.<br />
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I didn’t really intend to tell you all this before getting to the point of this post but – it’s the guilt – it makes me ramble!<br />
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March 1st marks the reveal day for Sharyl McMillian-Nelson, of <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.ca/">Sharyl’s Jewelry</a>, studio clean up blog hop. I’m not going to lie, it was reassuring to see the list of participants grow and grow. Many thanks to Sharyl for the deadline. While I’ve not met it, I am well on the way and I can’t wait to be inspired by all the transformations I’ll see in this hop.<br />
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I hope you will come back in the next few days and see my storage solutions for far too many art supplies, polymer clay, and my unique use of the ubiquitous studio furniture that is the EXPEDIT.<br />
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Find all the tidying up participants right <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.ca/2014/02/blog-hop-participant-list-ready-to.html">Here</a> if the list below has a formatting fit.<br />
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<b><u>Participant List:</u></b> <br />
Host: Sharyl McMillian-Nelson … <a href="http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com/">http://sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07866508594459392163">Donna</a> Millard <a href="http://fyrebeadz.blogspot.com/">http://fyrebeadz.blogspot.com/</a><br />Beda Hendrix ... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SasijuhlsThings">https://www.facebook.com/SasijuhlsThings</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ann.schroeder.58">Ann Schroeder</a>… http://<a href="http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com/">www.beadlove.wordpress.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.rachelle.9">Pamela Rachelle</a>… <a href="http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/">http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kristin.oppold">Kristin L Oppold</a>… <a href="http://www.yayjewelry.blogspot.com/">http://www.yayjewelry.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17101999869961421098">Heidi Kingman</a> ... http<a href="http://heidikingman.blogspot.com/">://heidikingman.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03998230270345881246">Andi</a> ... <a href="http://strungoutjewelry.blogspot.com/">http://strungoutjewelry.blogspot.com/</a><br />Patricia Buchanan Click “Blog” on the menu bar at<a href="http://www.braceletstoo.artfire.com/">http://www.braceletstoo.artfire.com</a><br /><a href="http://helensharvest.com/">Helen Simon</a>… <a href="http://helensharvest.com/">http://helensharvest.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08363429426292603118">Kashmira</a> … <a href="http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/">http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/08957841980129444490">somethingunique</a> ... <a href="http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/">http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17757319153037678617">Renetha</a> ... <a href="http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/">http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17176264557341209150">Kathy Lindemer</a> ... <a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/">http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.swardaa.com/">Swapna Dinesh</a> … <a href="http://www.swardaa.com/">http://www.swardaa.com</a><br />L<a href="http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/">inda Landig</a> ... <a href="http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/">http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05911194722202501782">Ann Schroeder</a> ... <a href="http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com/">http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com/</a> <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00549825385743600718">Beti Horvath</a> ... <a href="http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/">http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14502496458908541258">Sam S</a> ... <a href="http://samsbeadshopandjewelry.blogspot.com/">http://samsbeadshopandjewelry.blogspot.com/</a> <br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12007537203368275513">Christina Miles</a> ... <a href="http://wingsnscales.blogspot.com/">http://wingsnscales.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07991784935260285292">Islandgirl</a> ... <a href="http://islandgirlsinsights.blogspot.ca/">http://islandgirlsinsights.blogspot.ca/</a> <br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12573862156197424814">macmillanmarie</a> ... <a href="http://www.macmillanmarie.blogspot.com/">http://www.macmillanmarie.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/emma.todd.31521">Emma Todd</a> … <a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.com/">http://www.apolymerpenchant.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/neena.shilvock">Neena Shilvock</a> … <br /><a href="http://www.capriliciousjewellery.com/3/post/2014/02/neither-ship-shape-nor-bristol-fashion.html">http://www.capriliciousjewellery.com/3/post/2014/02/neither-ship-shape-nor-bristol-fashion.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00777085939829834593">Dee Clark</a>… <a href="http://biz-e-bead.blogspot.com/">http://biz-e-bead.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00487088534109678941">motidana</a> ... <a href="http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.com/">http://kalaabhushan.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02061485142581121349">Here Bead Dragons</a> ... <a href="http://beaddragons.blogspot.com/">http://beaddragons.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14898041658573558956">Carol D.</a> ... <a href="http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/">http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/15845268710994121175">Pam Sears</a> ... <a href="http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/">http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06575401642213900349">Nan Smith</a> ... <a href="http://wirednan.blogspot.ca/">http://wirednan.blogspot.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02704383416764398514">AliMc</a> ... <a href="http://northwoodscreativestudio.blogspot.com/">http://northwoodscreativestudio.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03587181333872740955">Kari Asbury</a> ... <a href="http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com/">http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11034873586616492485">Shirley Moore</a> ... <a href="http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/">http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01872421655182971093">PyxeeStyx</a> ... <a href="http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/2014/02/help-im-drowning.html">http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16479492932349522521">Jayne Capps</a> … <a href="https://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/">https://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17770015983042019898">Louann Elwell</a><br />... <a href="https://plus.google.com/117746558861718110652/posts">https://plus.google.com/117746558861718110652/posts</a><br /><a href="http://honeyandollie.com/">Rain</a> ... <a href="http://honeyandollie.com/">http://honeyandollie.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01964607657969140143">Lori Bergmann</a> ... <a href="http://www.loribergmann.blogspot.com/">http://www.LoriBergmann.blogspot.com</a><br />Helen Simon… <a href="http://helensharvest.blogspot.com/">http://helensharvest.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17660591271708916437">Arlene Dean</a> ... <a href="http://aglassbash.blogspot.com/">http://aglassbash.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06187467742028712865">Sandra</a>... <a href="http://city-of-brass-stories.blogspot.de/">http://city-of-brass-stories.blogspot.de/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09637712312686274989">Alicia</a> ... <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">http://www.allprettythings.ca</a><br /><br />Natalie Pappas ... <a href="http://blog.nkpdesigns.com/">http://blog.nkpdesigns.com/</a><br />Mike Flint ... <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bagomag">https://www.facebook.com/bagomag</a><br />
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A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-40464067389438138642014-02-26T00:34:00.000-05:002014-02-26T00:34:36.059-05:00The creative continuum of seven artists–reveal two!My goodness, February sure is flying by without too much sharing in this blog space. Oops. Are you missing the Olympics? I love turning on the tv to find these amazing athletes doing things I have never seen before. So inspiring! Then I step outside and remember I really, really, do not enjoy winter. I’m trying not to pass on my faults too much so I took Averleigh to Winterlude to enjoy the ice sculptures, exhibits and the infamous <a href="http://www.beavertailsinc.com/">BeaverTail</a>.<br />
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This wasn’t one of the winners and I missed who carved it, but think they were local. to give you an idea of scale those horses are pretty much life size. All the sculptures are impressive. The whole time we could hear the buzz of chainsaws behind that curtain creating more for the rest of the festival. When we started to feel the cold proper I made the wild suggestion of dessert before lunch and we shared a BeaverTail (a delicious fried pastry usually earned by skating the length of the canal….)<br />
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Doesn’t she look frozen? Taking off your mittens to eat and then licking off all the cinnamon sugar does have its risks. Does it sound like I’m stalling? Ok, a bit maybe.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s time for the second reveal of CC7A!</span> <br />
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This month we were designing with focals from Christine Altmiller of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a>. When we started this journey Christine’s focal was the first to arrive in my mailbox. I was so excited that this was a beautiful, natural piece outside of my regular palette and materials. I tend to gravitate to jewel tones and while I quite enjoy a natural, neutral I don’t often reach for them. What a wonderful challenge. I had all sorts of ideas for making polymer stones right off the bat. I thought I might incise them and create fossil type designs to echo the beadwork. I had another idea at some point too, but I can’t quite make out the scribble on the envelope that was meant to remind me. So many ideas came forth as I held and enjoyed this beautifully crafted focal that it is with a bit of shame that I show you an unfinished piece.<br />
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I decided to incorporate some Kumihimo to honour Christine’s chosen theme of round and round. If you are not familiar, Kumihimo is Japanese for tedious braiding torture, or something like that. I suppose creating the braid in just one shade of beige cotton just doesn’t get me too excited but I thought it would make a great base. With this first idea still coming together I opted to wire wrap all my little polymer pebbles.<br />
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I know there must have been a good reason why I reached for bronze but I’m not so keen on it with the vintage copper chain. I took these photos the other day hoping that a little bit of distance would help me get this design back on track. <br />
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Part of me wants to keep the swag going, fiddle with the number of pebbles to make that cascade a bit more smooth and incorporate the cotton strands. <br />
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Part of me has been trying to fit in this flying fish pendant, made by <a href="http://andrew-thornton.blogspot.ca/">Andrew Thornton</a>, since the very start. I had thoughts of this fish escaping the net that was catching the pebbles and the sea glass. <br />
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Here’s the polymer sea glass I was trying to fit in too. There is even more I was trying to work in but I’m really indecisive on this one. It’s a wonderful part of the challenge to stretch your design skills but I think I pulled something. I need to let this one sit a bit so I can do it proper justice. <br />
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Smiling at Christine, I really did have a great time playing with this focal so I hope this doesn’t sound like too much whine. I think I actually own the same shade of green seed beads but I was afraid to go check since I was trying to focus and calm down all the ideas I was trying to fit in. In the end, I know I will prevail – just not yet. I promise to share when it is really complete. Thank you Christine for such inspiration, as I am sure part of the answer is more than one piece. <br />
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Meanwhile I am very excited to see what everyone else came up with. I know you are all going to make it look so easy! <br />
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Here’s the team:<br />Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Backed Notion</a><br />Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br />Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br />Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br />Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br />Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br />and me makes 7 <br />
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A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-87975743796335179402014-02-07T18:11:00.003-05:002014-02-07T18:11:39.268-05:00Catching up!Things have been a little quiet here while I have been working away to prepare for my first ever February craft show. Ottawa is home to <a href="http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1379706275276">Winterlude</a> a very special yearly event centered around the <a href="http://www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca/places-to-visit/rideau-canal-skateway">Rideau Canal Skateway</a> which is 7.8km long – or kinda a big deal as the world’s longest skating rink! There are a great number of events across the city to celebrate. This year the ladies of <a href="http://www.acuriouscollective.com/#!a-curious-shop">the Curious Shop</a> are hosting the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/764227736940271/">For the Love of Winter – an art market</a> – TOMORROW! <br />
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I have been busy working on keeping winter in mind while designing. The ones above remind me of what the ice surface looks like as your skates cut through. Below are some others that are nearing completion… they <em>will</em> be finished tonight!<br />
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Since good old February 14th is just around the corner I thought about some romantic type designs too<br />
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But don’t worry I know spring will be right around the corner I have another project on the go that *fingers crossed* will make it to the show tomorrow. <br />
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These tassels (pardon the wacky lighting) have now been banded with a textured polymer and I think will be the perfect “feathering of the nest” for these beautiful birdies from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/blueberribeads?ref=listing-shop-header-item-count">blueberribeads</a>.<br />
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That’s it from me! Gotta tie up all these loose ends and pack ‘em up and bring them to the show with a smile!A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-48361554110952848872014-01-26T22:06:00.000-05:002014-01-26T22:06:47.077-05:00Focus on life–week 4–word<br />
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<em><em><span style="color: #8064a2; font-size: small;">***If you are here for the “Grow Your Blog” hop you can find that specific post </span><a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/01/grow-your-blog.html"><span style="color: #8064a2; font-size: small;">right here</span></a><span style="color: #8064a2; font-size: small;">***</span></em></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #4f81bd;"><span style="font-size: small;">**if you are here for the first reveal of of CC7A find that </span><a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/01/the-creative-continuum-of-seven.html"><span style="font-size: small;">right here</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">**</span></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It’s not usually such a busy weekend round this little blog of mine, but what can I say… If you are here for focus on life then I really need to start with such a big THANK YOU for all your lovely comments last week. You are all so beautiful inside and out, and I thank you, sincerely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I did pick a little word for 2014 and the month is almost over and I’ve yet to share, I’m not quite ready as silly as that sounds. By chance I saw a post on Facebook from our local <a href="http://wallacks.com/">Wallack’s</a> Art store that <a href="http://melaniematthews.ca/mm/">Melanie Matthews</a>, working artist for <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/index.php">GOLDEN</a>, would be giving a demo at the store today. I quickly signed up and I’m so happy I did. In that two and a half hours I learned so much information that would have probably taken me months and months to learn by myself online. You could tell Melanie really loves the products and sharing them, her enthusiasm was so contagious. I snapped a quick photo of the generous sample pack that I walked away with in addition to all the new found knowledge. I just planned on sharing it with others from my Life Book course that if they had the chance they should jump at it.</span></div>
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Then it hit me, in terms of this month’s theme of minimalism and this week’s prompt: word I was so struck by the simple, strong brand of GOLDEN. That brochure on the bottom, every time they reference GOLDEN it is in all caps like that. Where other companies have packaging that lets you see a lot of the contents Golden uses large white labels – all the same. The flip side is that every label has a real swatch of paint on it so you know what it will really look like. That three page colour chart is handmade (and signed) which I think is another extra special touch. <br />
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So for today, my word is GOLDEN. Thank you <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">Sally</a> for giving me a different lens on the experience!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: small;">***If you are here for the “Grow Your Blog” hop you can find that specific post </span><a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/01/grow-your-blog.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: small;">right here</span></a><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-size: small;">***</span></em></div>
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Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A half-baked notion</a> is first up on this little monthly blog hop masterminded by sweet Alicia. Monique used inspiration from the National Gallery of Canada exhibit: <a href="http://www.gallery.ca/aaa/en/index.htm">Artists, Architects & Artisans</a>. I’m a lucky small town Ottawa girl with big city treats like a National Gallery to go visit – <a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/01/so-its-2014-and-theres-some-stuff-going.html" target="_blank">and visit we did</a>. The Gallery does an excellent job making the space interesting for all ages, Averleigh had a great time and did not want to leave. They had a table full of supplies, and an employee to direct you to them, set up in the Garden Court to make “miniature environments”. They handed me a piece of heavy stock paper with instruction to fold and cut to make the floor and two walls of a room. Then you could choose to make your furnishings from pasticine and there was assorted crafts stuff for decorating. Averleigh chose just to draw instead but the idea got stuck in my head.</div>
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With the new year here, I had been tidying up the studio and found these unfinished wood dollhouse armoires. I seem to remember they were a quarter or less, and you know, I needed them. I had to get to painting them and decided I’d make all the interior white so I can use them for the much higher purpose of storing some special beads in my studio.<br>
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Oh look it can hold earrings! These are a bit of a warm up to the main event. Monique sent along the pretty wood squares and I matched them with a little frosted blue glass, a jet black octagonal type crystal (32 unequal faces called ?) and a bronze coloured enamel headpin. It’s the exaggerated scale of the huge kidney ear wires that remind me of the era. Actually, I really need to show you the necklace to walk through all the inspiration…<br>
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Monique’s butterfly is exquisite and I knew I had no desire to add any of my own polymer work, I was just looking for a way to showcase it. After seeing the beautiful iron work at the exhibit I had all kinds of fanciful antennae ideas floating through my mind. I eventually pulled out my super special piece of <a href="http://studioluma.bigcartel.com/reluma" target="_blank">reLuma</a> from my friend Annie. This piece of glass is from a gin bottle, it’s a square diamond and it is blue – that’s a trifecta of awesome for me. Once I wrangled that 16g wire around the glass the rest kind of fell into place. I love the czech glass that Monique included it’s such a beautiful match to the faux wood of the pendant. <br>
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I recently acquired those black crystals from <a href="http://www.allegorygallery.com/index.php" target="_blank">Andrew Thornton</a> in a mystery box of goodies (so full of wonderful things). They were just the thing reminded me of these dramatic iron light fixtures from the exhibit. The lampwork in the centre of the horn ring is from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/beadabundant" target="_blank">Bead Abundant</a>. <br>
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I’m sure there is special term for the proportions of the time, but I don’t know it. That equivalent of the golden rectangle was what I was going for and I certainly enjoyed the pursuit.<br>
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A moment of appreciation for the beautifully finished textured back of the pendant. I can recall being very concerned myself about making the back special on a piece so I sanded and buffed it so smooth, it was beautiful. But the first time I wore it I found out that is really the worst since all that did was allow it to stick to my chest in the most irritating fashion. This is how to do it right!<br>
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What a treat to create with beautiful things collected and made by friends. I’m very excited to see what the rest of our CC7A group created!<br>
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Here’s the team:<br>
Monique of <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/">A Half-Backed Notion</a><br>
Christine of <a href="http://onekisscreations.blogspot.ca/">One Kiss Creations</a><br>
Cynthia of <a href="http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.ca/">Antiquity Travelers</a><br>
Sally of <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/">The Studio Sublime</a><br>
Therese of <a href="http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.ca/">Therese's Treasures</a><br>
Alicia of <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/">All The Pretty Things</a><br>
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It’s such a privilege to be invited to take part in this blog hop continuum, that Alicia, sweet and clever! My mind has already started turning around ideas for next month, featuring Christine’s piece and inspiration of “round and round”. In truth, March is further ahead in my brain but I like to invent rules like I have to do each month in order, just to add my own crazy into the mix.A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-49201799245579567802014-01-24T23:52:00.000-05:002014-01-24T23:52:11.679-05:00Grow your blog!Welcome blogging friends! It’s likely you’ve arrived at this post since you also have a blog you want to share (cool me too!…wait you know that). Ok, at this point you know the address but what the heck goes on here? That’s what I’m about to fill you in on. <br />
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My name is Emma, I make things. It’s the way it has always been. In April 2012 I started this blog and here is what I pitched in that inaugural post:<br />
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<em>“There will be handmade polymer beads and jewelry, inspiration and process. There will likely be pics of my almost 2 year old girl, since who can resist? There will be lots of me trying to learn how to use all those fabulous online tools. I've been watching everyone else growing their online businesses for so many years now from the sidelines. I love watching the success, don't get me wrong, I just really need to join in the fun. I've had a case of the "if I can't do it perfectly, I don't do it at all" - it is time to outgrow that thinking.”</em><br />
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As it turns out, that has been pretty accurate. I live in beautiful Ottawa, Canada with my husband, our daughter Averleigh and three cats. I take part in a weekly photo challenge each Saturday called Focus on Life and this has probably tipped the scales towards more and more Averleigh photos. However, If you scroll down to last week’s focus on life you will see my (rare) photo of me. <br />
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Here’s Averleigh chatting with some Hissing Madagascar Cockroaches this week at our Museum of Nature. One of the many ways I use my iPhone is as a “baby book” of sorts. The video I took was her encouraging the “guys” not to be shy but hiss loud for her, it’s hilarious but probably only to me, so I’ll spare you that.<br />
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I also take part in a variety of other blog hops and challenges as the mood strikes. I’ve often said that the case with polymer, when it can be almost anything and you have the whole rainbow at your disposal, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s the joy of taking on a certain inspiration point or limiting parameter to drive the creative process. Here’s an idea of what I’m talking about.<br />
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You can read all the nitty gritty in the full post from <a href="http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2012/08/its-time-to-get-your-fill-of-bead-soup.html" target="_blank">the 6th Bead Soup Blog Hop reveal</a> but in essence I would have never dreamed up those floral wing like polymer pieces, nor this design, had I not been gifted such a gorgeous pendant as a starting point. Thank you blogging!<br />
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Tomorrow, right here, will be the first post of the CC7A series. A group of seven ladies, who have all met through blogging, and we will have jewelry to share with you! You can have a sneak peek at my starting point for this month’s challenge right <a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2014/01/so-its-2014-and-theres-some-stuff-going.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I have shocked myself by already having my piece complete a full day before the deadline, now just to catch the light for some photos tomorrow and I’ll be all set.<br />
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Sometimes I use this blog to think out loud and I always welcome conversation. Perhaps you have had the “<a href="http://www.apolymerpenchant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/how-long-does-it-take-you-to-make-that.html#comment-form" target="_blank">how long does it take you to make that</a>” question yourself – do you have an answer?<br />
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There is so much I could share but I will restrain myself today as we have all been invited to view a whole big bunch of wonderful blogs. Many thanks to Vicki of <a href="http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">2 Bags Full</a> for gathering creative souls together on this occasion for one heck of a party!<br />
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Thank YOU for stopping by today for a little taste. I’d love to have you follow along by any way you enjoy, find all the options on the right-hand sidebar. A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-12433369875301084412014-01-18T14:48:00.000-05:002014-01-18T14:48:17.445-05:00Focus on life–week 3–black and white photo of you<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dkvlpReoC9g/UtrZybJBnrI/AAAAAAAACY8/Bamn9hzVsdM/s1600-h/focus%252520on%252520life%252520week%2525203%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="focus on life week 3" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-acoBWX7pghQ/UtrZzeBEM6I/AAAAAAAACZE/fvx_xicRQM8/focus%252520on%252520life%252520week%2525203_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="431" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="focus on life week 3" width="644" /></a><br />
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I took away the colour and I think this week, I’m just going to take away words about it too. <br />
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These aren’t finished pages, just the first attempts at the start of something I hope. This month we are working on backgrounds and different ways with paint.<br />
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Maybe a day or two after I signed up I saw a friend share on facebook that she had signed up for <a href="http://www.willowing.org/life-book-2014/" target="_blank">Life Book 2014</a>. <br />
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It sure sounded like a whole lot of material and looking through the line up I wasn’t familiar with the names but I was sure liking what I was seeing. I rationalized that I already have so many of the supplies on hand just sitting, it’s high time I put them to use. I learnt last year with the Focus on Life series that I could manage a weekly course…Well, I’m “behind” already but that’s ok I will get there.</div>
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I did manage to get the curl out of the paper on the warm up exercise seen at the left above, giving it a skewed look. We had a guided meditation and this warm up lesson and the main lesson I’m still going over in my mind. It will include my word for 2014 so I’m not telling my word yet to make sure I get it done! The painting on the left was our second week lesson, a happy affirmation. <br />
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Now, I can’t have you think I’ve left polymer and jewelry behind! <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/" target="_blank">Alicia Marinache</a> was kind enough to invite me to take part in a little blog hop. You can read all about it and the fine participants under the name <a href="http://www.allprettythings.ca/2014/01/introducing-creative-continuum-of-7.html" target="_blank">The Creative Continuum of 7 Artists</a>. I have finally decided on what to send for my turn, you won’t be seeing what that is until July but until then each month on the 26th we will be sharing our creations.<br />
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<a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Monique</a> is first up, and for me especially, her inspiration was a real treat. You can read all about Monique’s <a href="http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.ca/2014/01/upcoming-cc7a-blog-hop-january-26.html#idc-container" target="_blank">choice of the inspiration</a>. When Monique first shared this link to the <a href="http://www.gallery.ca/aaa/en/index.htm" target="_blank">Artists, Architects & Artisans</a> exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada, I knew we would be fitting a trip in. The weather made it a bit tricky, but we got there, and it was such a treat indeed. They are pretty explicit about where you are able to take photos at the Gallery, only in the public areas and not inside the exhibits. So I left the real camera at home and tried my very best to obey. I did not take the picture below, it is from the link above to the exhibit. The hardware on drawers was about the size of my hand, the Gallery has tall ceilings as you would imagine, and this still looked massive. I wish there were photos of the light fixtures that were in the same room, again large scale and gorgeous. <br />
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I’ll save some of my other favourites for reveal day. I will be armed only with vague references though since attending such an exhibit with a three year old and no access to my cell phone means I don’t remember a thing I read. Next time I’ll remember to bring a pen and paper. <br />
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Here is Monique’s butterly soaking up the scenery in the Garden Court where they have all kinds of activities for kids to enjoy. They have a piece of sculpture along the lines of a spiral staircase and you can move each step. I didn’t stand up to take a nice wide shot of that fun, instead I have these two little sneaky ones. Note, this is the same garden as seen in the video Monique shared, only with a season planting change.<br />
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Well that was a little on the long side, but thanks so much for joining me on the journey!A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-86513404351078303552014-01-11T14:41:00.000-05:002014-01-11T14:41:38.999-05:00focus on life–week 2–a silhouetteContinuing with this months theme of minimalism, this week’s prompt from <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">Sally</a>:<br />
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<em>“A silhouette: a photograph with a subject(s) captured in a shadowy outline with little or no detail against a bright background.”</em></div>
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I love looking around for the cats when I get home times, and realizing that they are actually hidden in the window behind the curtain, a favourite silhouette. I knew I wanted to get such a photo. </div>
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I grabbed the camera when the light was right and convinced first kitty to come over. He was not very interested in being the model, more wanting to go back to sleep. Next day he puked on the laptop – I did not take a photo. I understand this was payback. Later I was trying to cut #2’s claws and the damn thing shot up and hit me in the eye. That little piece of claw splintered in my eye and as I blinked little slivers were scratching me. I ran for the tap and still had to turn it inside out to get them. I decided this was a pre-emptive strike. That leaves the kitten aka “Roman Blind Killa” so I didn't really want to invite him to a windowsill.</div>
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This week, the minimalist photograph, a single subject. <br />
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I had some others on various backgrounds, but I like how the colour and contrast are minimal here. This is a hint at what is to come for me in 2014. In addition to Focus on Life, I’m taking part in two year long online courses and a six month project that will get some extra focus this week. So 2014 isn’t feeling too minimal with these things in place on the first day of the year. I’ve got lots of time to tell you all about it and share another day. I think I have also settled on a word for 2014, I’m trying it on at the moment.<br />
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A Polymer Penchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235517612628723574.post-27455497922993130392013-12-27T15:20:00.001-05:002013-12-27T15:24:37.342-05:00Focus on life–week 52–saying goodbyeDo you have a dining room table? Do you eat at it regularly or is it just covered in flotsam and jetsam?<br />
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For shame!<br />
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A photograph to kiss it all goodbye! I just can’t stand it anymore. We eat at a kitchen table. It’s cozy for the three of us, but works just fine. This dining table has moved around to several places but now it just needs to be gone from the space entirely. I normally would have kept the tree decorated another week at least but I got the itch this morning that that table needed to be gone. So I’m packing up all the ornaments early so I can assess and reorganize the storage space in the basement to see if I can make use of this table down there or pass it on to someone else. <br />
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When I decided to get a fake tree, I went way fake with white, but now a few years on it seems to be yellowing in areas and “baby boy Rufus boy” kitten decided that chewing the bulbs seemed like a fun idea. I watched him jump back, after electrocuting himself I presume, and walked over to discover that the crunch was him busting the glass. Then he went back for another shock.<br />
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He decided to do it again this morning. I think this tree may have to go goodbye too now.<br />
Well friends, it’s been 52 weeks of photos lead by Sally Russick from <a href="http://www.thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">the Studio Sublime</a> with the focus on life series. I’m going to go ahead and sign up for the 2014 edition too. If you would like to join in the fun, <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/12/23/focus-on-life-2014-registration/" target="_blank">register here</a>.<br />
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I hope all those who celebrate had a wonderful Christmas, we sure did! Averleigh asked Santa for a cupcake. For weeks this was the only thing she wanted. It had to be real so she could eat it, she added one day. It really should be pink she added another day…. Santa came through! Sad part was Santa didn’t get it from a bakery we know and it wasn’t exactly moist and didn’t get eaten. Never mind though, there was enough other great parts to the day it wasn’t a let down for her.<br />
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And with that, goodbye 2013. Hope you all have a very happy new year… oh wait, before we get to that there is a boxing day sale in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/APolymerPenchant?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">A Polymer Penchant etsy shop</a> I should mention. The sale is actually Canada wide, 20% off with coupon code BOXINGDAY. You can see a selection from all the participating shops <a href="https://www.etsy.com/pages/etsy-canada" target="_blank">right here</a>. <br />
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Ok, now really – Goodbye!<br />
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This frame sits by the phone on our main floor. I love these people. All dear friends, whom I get to see and enjoy with varying frequency. The greatest thing about true friendship is that those gaps don’t matter. If it’s weeks, months or years the togetherness is what counts.<br />
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This focus on life series from Sally at t<a href="http://www.thestudiosublime.com/" target="_blank">he Studio Sublime</a> has been another kind of virtual togetherness that has been such a privilege and pleasure. You can <a href="http://thestudiosublime.com/2013/12/20/early-registration-for-focus-on-life-2014/" target="_blank">register for 2014</a> and enjoy a year long journey in photography. I’m going to decide before the 28th if I will be taking part again in 2014. One the one hand a year has a certain completeness and it is always nice to make way for other new things. On the other, it was a heck of a lot of fun so why not keep going… (and maybe just skip the weeks that just don’t happen and be at peace with that).<br />
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I’m thinking I will have another post before the 25th so I’ll save my Happy Christmas wishing for the moment.<br />
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Happy Solstice! <br />
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The Christmas tree seemed like an easy target. I have approximately 1 zillion ornaments, not that many of them are red. I like to have a bit of a different tree – but I was not in charge of the tree this year. <br />
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I was allowed to hang the garland and few others, but mostly Averleigh chose what to put on the tree and where. With a kitten in the house I opted for the full complement of unbreakable ornaments and kept the precious ones hidden away. I explained that the bottom branches were to be filled with the big bells – the cats hate the sound. The rest was up to her and indeed a little red made its way onto the tree.<br />
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Of course the tree was still inspected by all the felines. Ya know, there are a lot of hilarious dog shaming pictures out there and Roxy seemingly baited me into creating one of my own. Little problem though. Cats have NO shame!<br />
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