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Polymer clay challenge week 43 – focal

29 Thu Oct 2015

Posted by fulgorine in 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge, beads, My work, Tutorial

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2015PCchallenge, doughnut pendant, polymer clay, purple, violet

This week I made a purple polymer polka-dot pendant. 🙂

Hollow polymer clay doughnut pendant by Cate van Alphen

Hollow polymer clay doughnut pendant by Cate van Alphen

I have been rearranging my work room, so I had to keep things simple for this week of my 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge.

P.S. I wrote a tutorial a while back for making the hollow doughnut shape (just use your favourite method to decorate a sheet of clay). Here’s a polka-dot tutorial (it’s similar to what I did except I made some dents in my background sheet of clay first).

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Polymer clay challenge – week 1

05 Mon Jan 2015

Posted by fulgorine in 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge, My work

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2015PCchallenge, abstract design, Cate van Alphen, doughnut pendant, orange, pendant, polymer clay

I have completed my first focal for the 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge. After spending so much time working on colour swatches, I came up with an abstract design with blocks of colour. I was thinking of Mondrian compositions. I wanted to create a painterly effect, although that probably would have horrified Mondrian!

Orange colour block pendant

Orange colour block pendant by Cate van Alphen

For the shape of the pendant I went back to my comfort zone and made a hollow doughnut.

Orange colour block pendant by Cate van AlphenThe back is textured brown polymer clay.

Back of orange colour block pendant by Cate van Alphen

ABS Challenge September

26 Thu Sep 2013

Posted by fulgorine in Art Bead Scene, Challenge, My work

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art bead, Autumn, beads, doughnut pendant, necklace, painting, pendant, polymer clay, SEP ABS, silk ribbon, silk yarn

This month’s Art Bead Scene challenge painting is Autumn by Alphonse Mucha. I made a hollow doughnut pendant using colours from the painting and a floral pattern to convey the bountiful atmosphere of the painting. Here is a video demo of me making the polymer clay pendant.

Autumn from “The Seasons (series)”, 1896
Alphonse Mucha
Oil on Panel

The first thing that caught my eye in the painting was her beautiful tendrils of red hair. I used a mix of red silk yarn, ombre silk ribbon and strands of beads to represent this and the maturing foliage.

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Voilà – Autumn on a string. Or should a say many strings? 🙂

Mokume gane doughnut video

24 Tue Sep 2013

Posted by fulgorine in How to, Tutorial

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donut pendant, doughnut pendant, hollow pendant, mokume gane, polymer clay, tutorial, video tutorial

Way back on the 18th of September I did a demo at the Craftworkshop in Sedbergh (there are weekly demos in the shop and a range of lovely craft items for sale, so pop in if you are in the area). The pendant was designed as my focal for the ABS September challenge, but due to unforseen circumstances I haven’t been able to blog untill now (or make any further progress on my challenge piece).

There are three videos, the first one is making a sheet of mokume gane from polymer clay:

The next video is making the hollow doughnut. The last step is missing from the video but it is to turn the cutter around and cut off the excess clay. There is also a step by step doughnut tutorial here on my blog.

The last video is an optional step – putting a trim around the edge of the baked pendant. This can hide imperfections or become a design feature by using a contrasting colour.

Finished pendant after sanding and stringing.

Finished pendant after sanding and stringing.

Enjoy!

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