I read a few blogs and posts that indicated that there was a difficulty with this month’s inspiration painting. I chose it because it would be a challenge (that is what this is all about!) but also that it provided a wealth of really great aspects to consider…. from the strong geometric pattern of triangles and chevron waves to the details of the way-cool car and the compass rose to the bold colors… I really hoped there would be something for everyone in this inspiration!
I can tell you that I struggled a bit. Mainly because I was trying to teach myself how to do cane work (and that is something that takes many years to master!) and because my first attempts looked amateur at best, I ended up wasting one entire precious day this month with nothing to show but a bunch of really ugly polymer clay somethings (even I am not sure what they were trying to be!). My husband commented that it wasn’t a day wasted if I found out what I didn’t want to do. Truth.
So I tried again and I came up with a design that not only could I live with but was quickly falling in love with… including rescuing the mass of clay that I started out with on the wrong path and turned into something wickedly cool! I will be exploring this technique more, and although I am behind a bit in the creation for February, I hope my Club members won’t mind (since I am all finished with March early!). See if you can spot my new pendants in the slideshow (I only have so much of this cane, so there will only be a very limited number available in my shop soon!).
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