28 Sun Aug 2016
Posted in 2016 Polymer Clay Challenge, jewellery
This week I have a pair of earrings to show you for week 34 of 2016 Polymer Clay Challenge. I am working on other things too, but I can’t show you yet.
I used a pair of spectrum beads and matched them with the brightest bead combination I could find.
11 Tue Aug 2015
Posted in My work
I have been slowly working through taking new photos of all my jewellery. It turns out this is only slightly insane, because looking back at some of the older pieces has reminded me of things I wanted to make more of but I never got around to. I really enjoyed making long beaded earrings, so I’ve made some more.
Long rust coloured earrings by Cate van Alphen with handmade polymer clay focal beads.
Long blue dichroic glass bead earrings by Cate van Alphen.
They are on nylon beading thread so they have a nice soft drape, and it means I can include seed beads which are sometimes too small for wire or headpins.
23 Mon Jun 2014
Posted in Art Bead Scene, Challenge, My work
Tags
ABS challenge, art bead, beads, bracelet, butterfly bead, glass beads, JUN ABS, multi-strand, polymer clay, polymer clay bead, stone chips
When I first saw this month’s ABS inspiration painting I wondered why it was a photograph! It’s a lush botanical study by Marianne North.
Trees Laden with Parasites and Epiphytes in a Brazilian Garden by Marianne North
Oil on Paper
I made some red and green polymer clay cube beads and used them in a multi-strand bracelet with a mix of glass beads and stone chips. I wanted to create something lush like the painting.
Then I made a polymer clay butterfly to add to the clasp so it would become a FEATURE when it twists to the top (as clasps are wont to do).
The butterfly is attached by one wing only so it can flit about a bit (and so you can move it out of the way to close the toggle).
Fulgorine 