Finishing touches..

I was on a big clean up rampage on the weekend - more news about why coming up, suffice to say it involves someone by the name of Lynne Ann, polymer clay and breathtakingly beautiful canes. But, my lips are sealed. Back to the topic - which is the half finished pieces of clay I've had kicking around in the bead bin marked - “not done yet”. They're cool looking leftovers from a faux diachroic bottle that were just too good to throw away. They are made using Jones Tones foils, paints and PearlEx powders from Jaquard. I covered the bottle itself with a 2 part epoxy and, while I liked how the leftovers looked, I wasn't about to go to the trouble of brewing up a mix of epoxy just for them.

So, instead, I gave them a nice thick coat of Lisa Pavelka’s new (and wonderful), Magic-Gloss which leaves them beautifully glossy and finished. Since these were leftover pieces and their edges weren't great, I swiped a fresh blade from Helen’s desk, did some magic with my eXacto knife and then covered the raw clay edges with adhesive foil tape which is normally used to prep stained glass pieces.

I like how it all came together. I'm tossing up whether I'll finish it with Liver of Sulphate but, for now, they qualify for the finished bin.

Let The Sun Shine

I've been waiting a long time for the sun to shine through the clouds so I could take Lisa Pavelka's new Magic-Gloss outside for a test drive. Magic-Gloss is a dimensional glossy liquid that cures rock hard in sunlight. I baked it, refrigerated it and left it out on my work bench for a few days. It still kept a perfect surface tension, never bled over the edge and stayed exactly where I wanted it.

The Paisley texture is also a Pavelka design. I made little cooing noises over it at the CHA trade show and she let me play with one. I had to dig it back out of Helen's desk, but that's another story. The photo is polymer clay with foil adhered to it, then indented with the Paisley texture plate. To remove the foil from the design, yet leave the foil still in the indented lines, simply stick box tape on and pull it off. I saw Anne Igou do this at CHA and thought--wow, so I had to try it. mz





Now I dug a little deeper into Michelle's stash to find this magic piece. It's bright pink clay stamped with Lisa's paisley stamp and this time the raised pieces have been dusted with interference colors of PearlEx - gotta love that stamp. HB