Laura Griffin Designs

I sculpted this jolly lil’ guy last year using a mixture of Fimo red glitter & Premo! black, beige & white Polymer clay. He can sit on the edge of a shelf & likes to spread Christmas cheer.

One of my co-workers collects Santa Clauses and had her eye on this one…so he ended up in her Christmas gift bag this year. I’m sure he’ll be hanging out with his new Santa buddies this weekend.

The belt buckle was a Tim Holtz/Junkitz metal frame made for papercrafting. I used some metal embossing wheels & a round stylus tool to create texture on the clothes, beard, & cap. His cheeks were made rosy with chalks & his eyes were painted on with a black gel pen. TFL!

I took a great workshop today from Ginny Henley. She is a talented member of our local Polymer Clay Guild and a wonderful creator of art jewelry. Be sure to check out the above link to her webpage or you can see more of her work on this Art 251 gallery page.

In this particular workshop, we learned how to create textured brass & silver bezels that showcase polymer clay surface treatments. Here is the necklace I made during the class:

It featured a striped cane placed randomly on a backing sheet of mica clay to create geometric shapes. Though it wasn’t intentional, the end result came out with a Native American flare with the turquoise & brown hues. Here is a close up of the beads which were strung on brass wire.

I recently purchased a butane torch & am looking forward to making more bezels in sterling silver at home. Just need to make sure I pick up a fire extinguisher first. *LOL*

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Nancy Lotzer, one of the talented members of our local polymer clay guild, did a great demo at this month’s meeting on how to make these fabulous ripple bowls. She is so creative! The bowls have a radial Skinner blend that looks so beautiful in the finished product.

I used Premo! clay in the one pictured here (white, red, blue, & green pearl). I love all the rainbow colors you get when you blend them together. Can’t share any more secrets since this is Nancy’s technique, but I love how the end result almost looks like a flower…

Happy claying!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any polymer work. I’ve been working on projects for Polyform, but unfortunately, I can’t share any of those here! I decided to post a pendant/bracelet set I made a while back. I have sets of these in different colors, but this one is in a happy shade of orange.

The pendant has a frame of sterling silver around it. I found it at a local silver store – though you can make your own by flattening silver wire & soldering it in the desired shape. For the clay, I’ve used simple flower, leaf, and striped canes on basic black.

The bracelet uses sterling spacer beads & is textured with swirls on the inside:

Happy Claying!

Diane Foster just retired her presidency of our local polymer clay guild. Part of the tradition of the outgoing president is to make a small gift for the officers. Diane spent years making miniatures…and believe it or not, she does it without a magnifying glass! I was amazed when she handed me this darling bouquet of sweet pink roses as her parting gift. What a pleasant surprise! They are so delicately formed, and to give you an idea of just how tiny they are, I pictured them here with a coin. All I could find tonight was a Chinese Yuan. *LOL* It is about the size of a quarter.

Amazing, eh? I never cease to be amazed by the talent of our local PC Guild. I’m looking forward to getting started with our meetings again in August.