Create Clay Hats and Crowns!

Create  Clay Hats and Crowns!

Monday, April 28, 2008

Working a little more on charms

Yesterday i worked a little more on charms...practiced soldering a little more....and i found that if that tape is not on the soldered item correctly...FORGET IT! the tape can bulge out,,,be very wrinkled or rip....and the solder goes on as smooth or bumpy as the tape is applied! So take time to burnish the metal tape onto the item correctly...this will save a lot of time (and heart break!!!)

So....i wanted to get a little different look attached to my charms...like smaller charms attached to bigger ones...so i had some sqaure GLASS BEADS...in leapard print....i taped them nice and smooth and soldered...then i soldered the jump ring to a corner instead of in the middle and it looked more like a diamond than a square shape.....i love thisnew tiny hanging charm...now i will search for pretty flat glass beads to solder.....thet have a lot out there now.....check out the picture ........

Today is "back to dolls" day!!!

Friday, April 25, 2008

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!

Man....i got on the Charm wagon...i dont thinking i'm getting off soon!! This was such a learning experience and i cannot stop trying new ways to make these cool little embellishments for ...well...i dont know....i guess they could be for EVERYTHING....

So.... instead of going for the new L Vuitton pocketbook for my anniversary...i got a new Soldering setup....a circle (lens) glass cutter....a glass/clay grinder wheel...and a new heat gun.
My husband taught me how to solder and cut glass...squares and circles! i'm going to need a bit of practice...but what i did was pretty cool. I learned a lot of cool things from a book called Pretty Little Things...the author made some amazing things and it totally inspired me.....

I also made some charms out of clear rubber tubing......and stamped images on clay and painted watercolor paper that was embossed with clear utee embossing powder...see the attched "Charm" photos

An ART JOURNAL

well...its the end of april already....and i have been LOST in art....last weekend i got together with Tery and Stephanie to create a JOURNAL book. We made them from scratch with canvas board. I created my cover by taking 2 pieces of cardboard and covering them with paper that i treated and embossed, also material that i free motioned and stained....and then glued the covers to a spine ....adding the paper "signatures" with a piece of dyed ribbon. Embellishments were made out of clay....paper...utee...stamps and paint/inks/metalic powders.

Now the pages will get filled in with Art Charms.....!!!!!

NY wow

NY wow
dIANE kEELER CLASS

Diane Keeler Class

Diane Keeler Class
Diane Teaching

Diane Keeler class

Diane Keeler class
Class Picture

Sculpting a Childs face

Sculpting a Childs face
My face ..Day 2 ..ready for EARS!

Working on a new face now!!!

Working on a new face now!!!
Completed face and breastplate

Attached head to breastplate

Attached head to breastplate
The clay is very dirty..the cleanest i can get it!

After Face Make up

After Face Make up
WOW...it gives a translucent glow...hid the dirt!

Removable wig...not styled or cut yet

Removable wig...not styled or cut yet
Goat mohair that was dyed and combed

Now she's styled!

Now she's styled!
But it is a wig...it will be glued when i'm ready!!!

Painted Face...still needs brows and lashes!

Painted Face...still needs brows and lashes!
She will be sealed with Duncan flat mat as soon as it comes in the mail!

Cloth Pixie body fit under breast plate...

Cloth Pixie body fit under breast plate...
After drawing and sewing a million body parts....

Girly girl "21" charms

Girly girl "21" charms
Angelica's 21st birthday charms

Devon with his creation

Devon with his creation
Devon and his monkey boy

Devons Doll that he made from a pattern

Devons Doll that he made from a pattern
Monkey Boy

another charm group

another charm group
Debbies Charm

Leapord tube charm

Leapord  tube charm
The diamond shape is a soldered glass bead.

Wax medium melted over polymer clay face....

Wax medium melted over polymer clay face....
She's getting there..i think this hair suits her better..she needs eyelashes and ears

Odd Vintage bug- like Fairy

Odd Vintage bug- like Fairy
Just the idea

Clay Window glazed with Utee

Clay Window glazed with Utee
Stamped Utee glazed "Charms"

Clay Charms

Clay Charms
Making a mold from a charm to make more charms!

Charming

Charming
Clear tubing and stamped Utee

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!
Soldered Vintage photos

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!

Charming!!! ....REALLY!!!
Soldered Charms

Journal Day with Tery and Stephanie

Journal Day with Tery and Stephanie
Creating an Art Journal

Stephanies journal

Stephanies journal
of course..completed first!!

New Art Journal

New Art Journal
Journal made from SCRATCH!!!

Art journal EMBELLISHMENTS

Art journal EMBELLISHMENTS
Clay, Stamps, Utee

Inside cover

Inside cover
Material and free motion stiching

Celeste

Celeste

Celeste up close

Celeste up close
Celestes shirt is made from gessoed and tinted lace with free motion embroidery

EVA

EVA
She is with her new mom Evelyn