Happy: Digging for buried treasure
by Patty Lakinsmith
This might be of interest to those of you who work with clay, whether metal, polymer or ceramic. I'm exploring some new organic shapes to complement some of my floral-styled disc beads, and made these in Precious Metal Clay (fine silver) the other day. Here they are after patina and tumbling overnight. I swear, opening the tumbler and picking out the goodies is almost as fun as digging for potatoes.
I used some new tools from Green Girl Studios for some of the texture with these, and it's working wonderfully for me. Here's the swirly tool:
The possibilities with this tool for any kind of clay are endless, and I found that the shape worked very well for my organic forms. There's also some great detail on the bottom end of the tool. There are several variants of these available on the Green Girl Studios site, but I got mine in person from Andrew when they were at the Best Bead Show.
I also used some dried poppy seed pods for texture - see this image (courtesy of Auntie P on Flickr). Look at that pattern! Wonderful stuff!
Anyway, not much from me here today, but thought you might like to know about this wonderful tool.
This might be of interest to those of you who work with clay, whether metal, polymer or ceramic. I'm exploring some new organic shapes to complement some of my floral-styled disc beads, and made these in Precious Metal Clay (fine silver) the other day. Here they are after patina and tumbling overnight. I swear, opening the tumbler and picking out the goodies is almost as fun as digging for potatoes.
These are destined for some very special pieces.
I used some new tools from Green Girl Studios for some of the texture with these, and it's working wonderfully for me. Here's the swirly tool:
The possibilities with this tool for any kind of clay are endless, and I found that the shape worked very well for my organic forms. There's also some great detail on the bottom end of the tool. There are several variants of these available on the Green Girl Studios site, but I got mine in person from Andrew when they were at the Best Bead Show.
I also used some dried poppy seed pods for texture - see this image (courtesy of Auntie P on Flickr). Look at that pattern! Wonderful stuff!
Anyway, not much from me here today, but thought you might like to know about this wonderful tool.
Category Article art clay, metal clay
