Dozen rays wall hanging sculpture, hand sculpted hand painted, mounted on a wooden base.

Collaboration with another artist is adding a new dimension to my work. I have always loved mixing a plethora of materials to accomplish my mokume, but working with Sherry Moser has added a whole new level of possibilities. Knowing Sherry and her kaleidoscopes and dichroic glass creations has led to a synchronism of our aesthetics. We start to create and then come together to see how our beginnings can meld into a combined thing of beauty. On this occasion, a shard of black glass revealed its true color of underlying green shades that led to color mixing experiments. These led to the color variances of the layers of mokume, with the glint of silver leading to a call for the sparkle of Swarovskis and the embrace of a silver bezel. Ideas lead to drawings in a true collaborative fashion, that lead to a partnership that is solidified in this exquisite piece, “Reversal of Shards — A Union”.

This piece is bezeled in roller printed silver that holds the piece of Bullseye glass that has been set with tiny Swarovski crystals. The glass is surrounded by polymer mokume that is the result of layering tinted translucent clay that was skinner blended and stacked with composite silver. The crackled silver repeats the sparkle of the crystals. The translucency of the clay melds with the shading of the glass and repeats its depth. The piece is 44mm wide, 56mm long and 24mm deep. It is on a 1.5mm round omega 18” sterling silver cable.

Polymer clay whale, hand sculpted and painted, with a concrete base, and hand folded paper boat.

Name:Jungle Love

Dimensions:   11 ½" x 10" x 3 ½"

List of Materials

• Polymer Clay:
  • Sculpey III – Gold
  • Sculpey III – Translucent (for teeth)
  • Premo Sculpey – Burnt Umber
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Yellow Gold Glitter
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Gold
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Twinkle Twinkle
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Antique Gold
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Pearl
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Bronze
  • Premo Sculpey Accents – Bright Green Pearl
• 2 crystals for eye highlight
• 28 Gauge gold wire for whiskers
• Wire cutters
• Aluminum foil
• Sculpey Bake and Bond
• DecoArt Triple Thick Brilliant Brush-On Gloss Glaze

Title: Prisoned Spirit

Description: This haunted tin is possessed by a prisoned spirit from beyond..... Once a pirate on the high seas, now a dangerous fiend.  This moon-eyed demon will strike anything that comes near it, if deemed dangerous.  Once the seal is broken, it will unleash unimaginable horrors. The ghoul's talons have already scratch out an escape hole.   Beware!  Beware!

Dimension: 4" x 2.5" x 1"

Materials:

• Premo Polymer clay
• Pro sculpt clay
• head pins
• Altoid tin can
• 18 gauge wire
• Kato clear liquid clay for the eyes
• magic transfer paper
• chalk powder
• acrylic paint 

You are my Sunshine

This music box is about 1.5”x2.5”x3.5” tall. It is made entirely of polymer clay. My little granddaughter, Julia, was born in October three months premature. She’s doing great now, but it was a rough three months in the NICU. My daughter played the music box and sang “You are my Sunshine” to Julia as she held her. I decided to make a music box container for my daughter for Christmas. Because the music box itself could be replaced by another one with a different song, I needed to construct something that would permit that. The sides have mica shift hearts and Julia’s name is on one side. The top shows the sun peeking over a rainbow with a path of stones through a garden. Julia’s path has been challenging and may continue to be as she continues to “catch up” but we are hopeful that our feisty little ray of sunshine will prevail.

Fish pod, hand sculpted, hand painted wall hanging.