going where the urge takes me
Slideshow of photography, jewelry
I thought I’d take a quick minute and link a slideshow I put together with various screenshots of some of the items available through cafepress, as well as some of the jewelry available for sale. I do know the gunmetal beaded chainmaille bracelet has been sold, I think everything else is still available.
Copper and clay
I started working with polymer clay. There is liquid polymer clay available that will to varying degrees pull a printed image into itself. I’m working on how to do this evenly. It’s difficult just cooking a blob of liquid with the photograph laid over top of it, because the liquid
usually isn’t level on both sides. I began playing around with embedding the liquid clay (and the image) into fabric, as well as some funky copper mesh I found at Michaels Arts & Crafts. I haven’t gotten too far with the process although I have successfully transferred images into workable items. The hard part now is actually working to see what can be done. I did encase the image on copper mesh in black clay, somewhat of a cabachon setting of sorts. My skill with the clay is rudimentary, and the resulting pendant is pretty dark and abstract, although the original photo is also. The copper stick at the top is what I inserted during the curing process (which means baking in the toaster oven) so that I can insert a bail or something else later on to hang it from. I think it’s a promising technique, and I’m fascinated with copper so this works.
I’m also working on how to embed pendants with copper flakes and little pieces of the copper mesh. This is my first attempt. I think adding the white clay was not the best way to go, at least not adding it after the piece was texturized. Still, it’s a work in progress and a good learning experience for me. I’m having fun working with the medium, mixing media together and seeing what the possibilities are.The business end of art
Superbowl Sunday.
The Giants are back in the Super Bowl. The team I was raised to adore above all others. And I can watch it on any one of three televisions in any of the three downstairs rooms in the house.
I’m trying to get the SquareEffects website fine tuned, but I don’t know enough about web design. So, I do the best I can and hope for the best.
My CafePress store has been up and running for not quite a year now. I’ve made some sales to people I don’t actually know, and that makes me happy. I guess it’s a pat on the back for me to know there are people who don’t know me that appreciate my art enough to spend their money on it. I hope I can get the Etsy site up to that level within a few months, although I do expect to gain many customers through my own marketing efforts.
Sometimes I feel torn between photography and jewelry….and then I start an Etsy store which requires me to photograph my jewelry, and all is well.
