January 25, 2011

Currently


Atlantis

Atlantis creeps slowly onward... but it's nice to get a feel for what the finished cuff will look like! I should be able to finish it up this week.

In not-bead-embroidery-related news, I started playing with making poly-clay jewelry using a book I found at Garden Ridge (Creating Your Own Jewelry: Taking Inspiration from Museum Masterpieces by Cris Dupouy) as a guide. (Side note- Garden Ridge is awesome.) The idea is to make antique-looking pieces that could be mistaken for metal- I don't think I've got the technique down quite yet. Some of the things I made were more successful than others. But! The real reason I started the project was because, if I liked the look of these things, I thought I could make my own interesting cabs for my beadwork. Wouldn't that be kind of cool?





I think the branch pendant is the most metallic-looking.


These were a super simple trial run, but I want to do some more with lots of detail and filigree and see how that looks. My biggest problem was that you're supposed to paint them with model paint for the metallic finish (then you texturize and dab the paint off and blargh blarh blarrr)- and the model paint is still tacky months later. Yeah. I have no idea why or what to do about it. It's not THAT humid! I read online that sometimes model paint can stay tacky for a few days or even a week or two after use, but I am not even exaggerating- I did these in October or November.

Any tips are appreciated! I have no idea how to fix it for the next round!



Lastly, I have some snow dog pictures to share. Zilla is not a fan of cold or wet, but Henry loooooves it. So here he is, doing this thing that looks like jumping, maybe:



You can click that to see his silly jump even bigger.

And here's Zilla, post-snowball fight:




I hope everyone is enjoying their winter!


3 comments:

  1. You do and try such interesting things! As always I can't wait to see what you come up.

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  2. Ooh, I really like the branch pendant! Good luck with figuring out how to un-tackify the paint.

    Also! Your puppies are adorable (as usual).

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  3. Thank you Robbie and Madeleine! Going on a bead store trip today- wish me luck! Maybe it will inspire me to get back to work...

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