Google+ StrebeDesigns: May 2016

Thursday, May 26, 2016

A Nightlight for Kim



I wanted to make a nightlight for my daughter who recently redid one of her bathrooms in blue and white.  Integrating this month's PCAGOE's challenge theme "Quilling" was the perfect way to build a light with a delicate design.

I didn't really have a specific design in mind, except that it had to incorporate blue and white. I also wanted to give a try at a curved shape for the shade rather than my traditional flat shape.  I started with Pardo translucent clay dyed with blue alcohol ink ... I didn't completely blend the ink into the clay giving the shade a slight marble look.  For the quilling arrangement I used light green, white, and yellow Premo Souffle polymer clay.  I also extruded a strip of coral, but ended up not using any of it, it took away the soft look I was after.


After cutting out a rectangle of the blue, I draped it over a can to cure.  After that cooled, I added a thin layer of translucent liquid polymer clay to hold the strips as I applied them to the shade.  I have never "quilled" polymer clay, and I can say there was a definite learning curve.  But I persevered and built the pieces of the arrangement many times.  

I am happy with the results, I think my daughter will be too! Here are off/on photos taken in one of my bathrooms.  



Now it goes in the mail! Thank you stopping by and letting me share a little of this project with you.


Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Polymer Clay Earring 101 Tutorial

So happy to have my second tutorial featured Artcademy! Thank you Beth Miller Petricoin for introducing me to Martiel Traczyk Beatty!

Click here for my Polymer Clay Earring 101 Tutorial!