For our December challenge we
are featuring carved designs. Vote for your favorites. Three lucky
voters will be chosen in a drawing to win a gift certificate from one
of our sponsor shops.
1. Carved Turquoise and Copper Brooch No. 136by Susan of 11BOLDstreet
Carving through layered polymer reveals the underlying colors.
Some trenches were left plain, others filled with polymer and yet others
with liquid polymer and resin for a bit of shine. Three holes were
drilled and tiny coordinating polymer balls were embedded. Metallic
paint and mica powder add BLING!
2. Long Tall Santa Ornament by Arlene of Ashpaints
This is one of my favorite Christmas tree ornaments that I've
made this year. Each one is hand sculpted starting with the face. Then
tiny black beads are added for the eyes. Next comes the beard, then
the mustache and eyebrows. Then the final touch – as on any traditional
Santa – his red hat! Texture sheets or stamps are used to give his hat
more interest. The detail in his beard and mustache are deeply incised
then an antiquing glaze is used to bring out all the details.
I am entering Charlotte into the December Challenge "carving".
This is the only piece I have ever made that has some carving in it!
Enjoy!
4. Tropical Donut Pendantby Lorraine of Wired Orchid
''Don't Worry, Be Happy'' tropical pendant. Must be worn while
drinking a Mai Tai. :) Green, turquoise, lime and black polymer clay is
the donut pendant base with carved areas highlighted in acrylic paint.
5. Chocolate and Vanilla Kitchen Switchplate Coverby Marie Young of YoungCreative
Polymer clay switchplate cover to match my new "Chocolate Pear"
kitchen cabinets. I carved the diamond "tile" pattern into raw cay and
added a deep brown frame using a flat stamp that I gave dimension
through a combination of carving and sculpting. The finished product
looks like antiqued leather.
Yonat has been working with polymer clay since
2007 and lives in Raanana, Israel. She is also a member of Israel’s
polymer clay guild (ILPCG). Yonat’s work
ranges from Judaica art, beautiful canes, image transfers and
tutorials. She recently authored a book entitled “Polymer Clay: All the
basic and advanced techniques you need to create with polymer clay
(Volume 1)", which is available at Amazon.
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desafío es muy colorido y me encantan los trabajos realizados, pero el
de Create My World Designs es espectacular y muy cuidadoso. (here is
translation: This challengeis very colorfuland I lovethe work,buttoCreate MyWorldDesignsis spectacular andvery careful)
All
of these are lovely. I chose the more "traditional" mandalas because I
thought they were very well done and they seem to celebrate polymer clay
as a media.
Great work ladies.
I
follow your page on Facebook and came to know these wonderful things.
Since I am just starting I do not understand which work is more complex
than other. Still way to learn. Happy to vote. I loved colors are
awesome to uplift any mood and make every season bright and shiny.
I love mandalas. It was so hard to choose, they are all so pretty. Beautiful work!
I
think they were all beautiful entries for this challenge. It was hard
to select but since I really liked the repetitive pattern and colors on
number six, I had to go with that as my choice.
Oh my goodness. What great pieces. Hard to make a choice.
Love
the colors and rich texture of all the creations. I love to paint
mandalas and now I'll try to make a polymer clay one. They could be a
nice Christmas ornament.
The colors are pretty.
A great assortment of mandalas! Difficult to choose since all are beautiful!
What
an incredibly hard challenge to even decide upon! I'm sure it was an
even harder challenge to do! Thanks to everyone who submitted!
Unusually
hard to choose this month, all are truly awesome, but #9 spoke to
me!!!!!! You all deserve major kudos for your work. All of the above are
awesome.
I am always so impressed by the skill shown here! Nice job folks!
Love all the entries.
Wonderful!!
Beautiful submissions. I could go into a trance staring at the colors, shapes and patterns. Well done, everyone.
Beautiful work ladies !
Gorgeous work this month!
Such talent! Love all the happy colors! Color me happy!
Beautiful mandalas!
Really great job
cool theme!
Beautiful work all!
Beautiful interpretations- I am especially struck by the variety of color choices. So much variety!
Wonderful! love the bright colors and the fun designs.
really interesting theme this time--I need to do some mandalas!
Beautiful, intricate work.
These are truly remarkable in their design and use of color. Showing off polymer clay for its endless versatility!
You all made it so difficult to choose this month, stellar work everyone! :)
