I was playing with friendly plastic. At 300 degrees it was liquid. I embedded a molded butterfly into the plastic. I added findings to create a very light weight earring.

I aquired some blank writing journals. Patterns were created in colored polymer clay. The clay was cured and fused to form covers for the books.

Lighted Polymer Pendants

I created flat sheets of clay mixing bright colors with a lot of translucent clay. The thin sheet of clay was formed around a wooden cone shape. The clay was cured until it was hard. A miniature LED light is placed inside. The light is suppose to shine through the pendant. My design is giving some interesting results.

Polymer clay Pandora beads on bracelet

I created Pandora type beads using metal eyelets as bead ends. Memory wire was used to make an oval shape for the bracelet.

I have been trying to come up with a necklace design more like a collar. These necklaces have five segments that are hinged to lay smoothly on a woman's neck.

We just finished our thirteenth day of art shows for 2015. A number of outside fairs were a part of this year in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. I have a little time to explore some new ideas. This is a new line of gummy bear products. 

Joining the Portland Polymer Clay Art Network has given me a wonderful resource for many of the frequently used techniques. It has been fun to experiment with the polymer in a group setting. The group members have a wealth of stories about strategies that give good results. This past week we used the Mokume Gane process. This pendant is a slice of clay from that process.

I read that they were discontinuing the production of Friendly Plastic strips. This is the material I have used to create all my colored jewelry. So, I started looking for new materials. Polymer clay seemed like a natural step since it contains a type of polymer resin similar to what I have been using. Here are some examples of my new pieces. What do you think?

Great attendance at the Gresham Art Fair July 2015. I sold a number of different sized cuffs and the new vases were a hit.

The City Lights Gallery set me up with a nice booth at the 2015 Henderson ArtFest, Mother's Day weekend.  I talked with many past customers and they were still very happy with their purchases. The big sellers this show were the resin on brass necklaces and earrings. 

We took a winter trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. I showed my jewelry at the Gilbert Art Walk on February 7. It was 80 degrees and a ton of people came by the booth. There was a lot of interest in the resin cuffs and new wire wrapped rings.

This is a votive scented candle embellished with a Friendly Plastic frame.  I printed the text onto a piece of clear plastic transparency film.  The word was cut out and glued to the candle jar.  The shapes needed for the frame were cut from strips of Friendly Plastic.  I used a heat gun to fuse each piece onto the jar. As the plastic began to melt it followed the form of the curve on the jar and the plastic was added one piece at a time to complete the frame.

I decided to look for ways to put my art technique into areas other than jewelry.  These kitchen spoons use traditional wire wrapping combined with Friendly Plastic. The wire was shaped and placed on the spoon. A piece of each color of plastic was cut and melted over the wire and onto the spoon with a heat gun.

We just finished the Eighth annual Seaview Manor Bazaar. It was great fun. Earrings were the big item for people this year.

I have been working on some upscale light weight earrings. These are Friendly Plastic fused onto one inch silver drop earring bases.

Jewelry in San Francisco

I have always loved San Francisco. A funky gallery called WonderlandSF downtown is featuring my jewelry. There will be trips to the city in my future.

Resin on Gold Hinged Bracelet

The New York Jewelry Mart had just the perfect gold hinged bracelet base for a project. A design was created with multiple Friendly Plastic colors. The piece was then heated and fused to the gold.

I created a large light weight earring by using coconut shell material as a backing.
Friendly Plastic was melted and fused to the coconut to complete the process.

These are resin stud earrings. They are very comfortable because of their feather like weight.

Friendly Plastic was melted and fused onto brass backings for this necklace and earring set.

These cuffs are made from Friendly Plastic that I melted, blended, and formed. The backing is white brass.