7/29/09

Splash of Color Challenge - Gold and Polymer Entries

Jane Font of Daisy Jane Designs sent me this lovely Floral Pendant. Jane uses gemstones in most of her pieces so to challenge herself she added gold paste to accent her handmade flowers. The vines, leaves, and flowers were all done using a syringe. Once it was fired Jane applied the gold paste in two coats. Jane then fired the gold with a butane torch and then polished, applied a patina and polished again.
Jane's Gold Floral Pendant


Teresa Swanson of T's Studio Jewelry sent me her Banana Leaf Fine Silver ladybug ring. This fine silver leaf ring is adorned with a polymer clay ladybug. Teresa handcrafted the ring's leaf-like texture and shape.

Teresa's Ladybug Ring


Ruth Baillie of Bird Land Creations she sent me her "You Raise Me Up Pendant". This piece was Ruth's first attempt of incorporating liquid polymer into her silver jewelry. She found that liquid polymer peeled of the silver after it was cooked but when she added a thin layer of colorless resin the liquid polymer stuck to her silver balloon permanently. She felt that the liquid polymer gave her balloon a rubbery appearance she was trying to achieve. The idea of the necklace is that the wearer can remember those people in her life who have "raised her up".
Ruth's You Raise Me Up Pendant


So I, Christine Childress of Clever Endeavor, finally finished my first enamel piece last night. I achieved the simple star shapes by using photo polymer plates. I then added two layers of Prussian blue enamel using my ultra light kiln. I am pleased with my result for my first try.

Christine's Blue Enamel Star Pendant

Beverly Gallerani of Mango Tango Designs sent me her Bronzclay Seashell Arched Window Necklace and Earrings set. The bronzclay pieces were fired in the activated carbon and were held under a torched to bring out the very rich patina colors.

Beverly's Bronzclay Seashell Arched Window Earrings and Pendant



Penelope Dunham of Penelopes Passion sent me her 24K Gold Leaf Square Pendant. Penelope used the ancient Korean technique of Keum-boo, to bond the 24 Karat gold foil to the fine silver jewelry surface.

Penelope's 24K Gold Leaf Pendant





8 comments:

Clever Endeavor said...

The Splash of Color Challenge was a lot of fun. I really pushed myself outside my cormfort zone and tackled PPP and enamel. It was great to see everyones take on the challenge. Hope you enjoyed it.

Anonymous said...

awesome pieces!

Moda di Magno said...

Gorgeousness ladies!

HappyDayArt! said...

Each one is interesting to me and makes me want to go and try it.

Catherine Witherell

Ruth said...

Great to see all these! When can we start the next one?

Nicola said...

Gorgeous - I so loved that challenge and all those pieces "lifted me up"
Nic x

Janice said...

These are stunning!! They lifted me up as well. So fun to see what everyone came up with.

Bev ~ MangoTango Designs said...

Wonderful, wonderful idea for a team challenge. I *love* seeing what everyone's doing with color!

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