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Cate van Alphen, kaleidoscope, landscape, miniature painting, pendant, polymer clay, sheep, Sheep Fest
Here are the last of my Sheep Fest pendants. Click here for part 1 and part 2. These are a combination of polymer clay and heat set paint to pick up some of the details.
Painting pendants by Cate van Alphen
I made the green picture first to test the frame idea. It’s 100% polymer clay with a little acrylic paint to antique the frame.
Green landscape pendant by Cate van Alphen
The back is inspired by the ubiquitous slate walls in this area.
Back of landscape pendant by Cate van Alphen
For the next pendant I used marbled polymer clay to form the landscape which I accented with a bit of texture, and painted in the details of the sheep and background walls.
Sheep painting slider pendant by Cate van Alphen
Again the back was inspired by dry stone walls.
Back of sheep painting pendant by Cate van Alphen
The last pendant is larger, more of a medallion than a miniature painting. Again I started with marbled polymer clay to form a basic landscape which I accented using heat set paint.
Sheep landscape medallion by Cate van Alphen
The bail and edging is intended to suggest the dry stone walls.
Stone wall edging of pendant by Cate van Alphen
The pendant is a hollow lentil which I made in two parts and joined together. The back makes slightly less sense as it is from a sheet of kaleidoscope cane veneer that I had left over on my work surface. It makes a nice pendant on its own, but perhaps it doesn’t work with the rustic stone edging. However, instead of making a more refined faux metal bail, I decided to be true to the front of the pendant. It probably would have made more sense to make a faux stone back too.
Back of sheep medallion by Cate van Alphen
