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Cate van Alphen, handmade bead, polymer clay, polymer clay beads, retro, tile bead, watercolour, yellow
This week I made yellow polymer clay beads again. I started off with some macaroni beads with random patches of colour made from leftover mokume gane sheet rolled to the thinnest setting and torn into small pieces. The result reminded me of painting watercolours onto wet paper.
Watercolour macaroni beads by Cate van Alphen
I also made a curved piece that I was going to cut up into smaller beads, but I like it too much as a whole. I think I’ll make it into a torque necklace once I’ve done a bit more sanding and tidied up the ends.
Torque necklace – WIP by Cate van Alphen
Then because it was the Easter weekend, I decided I had some time to revisit the retro beads I made earlier in the year. I thought perhaps if I made several all together it would be quicker and more efficient. It wasn’t really 😐
Yellow retro tile beads by Cate van Alphen
Almost as soon as I’d made them I wanted to switch some of the colours around. I have an idea about what’s worrying me with these beads and I’ll get back to you as soon as I’ve figured out how to articulate it.
Retro tile beads by Cate van Alphen
Fulgorine 
What is wrong with the retro beads? They look like petite fours (sp?). Absolutely delicious! So what is wrong, is that they need eating! They are like the food that Beatrix Potter’s Hunca and Munca found in the dolls house – exquisite but inedible.
I think I’m unhappy with the value contrasts and there are colour combination repeats e.g. brown dot on green dot, green dot on brown dot.
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