HELEN BREIL'S SHAPES eBOOK

Helen Breil, a wonderful polymer clay artist from Canada, has just released an eBook called "Shapes".  The book shows how to create 25 unique dimensional multi shape pendants.

Check it out: Helen Breil's eBook - Shapes

 I was asked to create a jewelry item for the book's gallery using one of the 25 designs.  This is the necklace that was in the book's gallery and it's gallery page.

 

This wasn't the only piece I created.  Here are the other three.

Now I just have to find time to try the other 24 shapes in the book.

 

CAUTION: SHAMELESS PLUG BELOW

I have put the necklace and earrings that I created for the magazine (From Polymer to Art) tutorial up for sale in my Etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67484887/handmade-polymer-clay-pendant-necklace

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67486720/handmade-polymer-clay-hot-pink-and-black



ART JEWELRY MAGAZINE'S E-NEWSLETTER FEATURED ONE OF MY NECKLACES

Art Jewelry Magazine's September 2009 e-newsletter featured one of my necklaces. Needless to say I am thrilled. It is an amazing magazine. Here is a photo of that part of the newsletter.

http://links.mkt746.com/servlet/MailView?ms=NDIzODkxNAS2&r=NDgyNDI2Njg5NgS2&j=MTM4MjQ3Mjk5S0&mt=1&rt=0

BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS EXHIBITION AND SALE

My polymer clay jewelry will be featured, and for sale, at Baltimore Clayworks "Adornment Adored" exhibition October 3, 2009 through November 6, 2009.

Baltimore Clayworks 5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209 http://www.baltimoreclayworks.org/exhibition/exhibition_gallery/09/adornment_adored.html

Jewelry pieces included in the exhibition:

FIRST ARTISTIC COLLABORATION WITH BEADAZZLED OF OREGON IS UP FOR SALE

My first collaboration necklace with BeadazzledofOregon, which she calls Trifold, is now up for sale at her Etsy shop - http://www.beadazzledoforegon.etsy.com/. Check it out and see additional photos of the necklace.

ANOTHER COLLABORATION NECKLACE

Dini Alves (Beaddazzled of Oregon) has created another wonderful necklace "Cleopatra was Here" using one of my polymer clay pieces - Eye of Horus. It is for sale in her shop at Etsy.com. Check it out and see better photos. The eye of Horus is also called the Udjat and is the symbol of health, healing and completeness.

Check it out: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19283902

Bead Style Magazine's e-newsletter featured one of my necklaces.

Bead Style Magazine's November 2008 e-newsletter featured one of my necklaces. That was a very pleasant surprise for me. Check it out using the link listed here. http://links.mkt746.com/servlet/MailView?ms=Mjg4NDMyMAS2&r=MzgxNjQxMTM5MgS2&j=MTAyNzUyMjE1S0&mt=1&rt=0

Here is a photo of that part of the newsletter.

Other Artists' Influence on My Work

As mentioned in a previous post, work I have seen in books/magazines influences work I do years later. That is why I love looking at as many jewelry pieces as possible. Those images hide in the nooks and crannies of my brain and pop out years later. Here are some examples of my work and a little about where I saw the artist's work.

Convertible pendant/brooch (left) and Chinese coin pendant (right), were created 11/2008. Definitely influenced by Donna Kato. Her latest book, The Art of Polymer Clay Creative Surface Techniques, is full of examples of her simple and elegant asian designs. I love her sense of design.

I remember seeing photos of brooches by Kaz Yamashita in Nan Roche's book The New Clay and absolutely loving them. They were collages made of sheets of unbaked clay forming beautiful, slightly 3-D, abstract wearable works of art. Until today when I looked at the book again to write my review of it, I didn't realize how much of an influence those pieces of jewelry were. Here are two of my pieces made of unbaked scraps of clay. The necklace at left was made in October 2008. The brooch on the right was made in 2006 or 2007. Yamashita used a lot of foiled clay sheets. I haven't used foil on clay for a long time. I think I need to work with that again.