Hey all,

I made another bowl.  This one is going into my bedroom next to my bed.  I use those hair squiggies, (not sure what other people call em, but like rubber bands with cloth over them), and they keep dropping on the floor.  It's driving me nuts looking for them.  So I decided I needed to make another bowl to hold them all.  My bedroom is done in dark brown, silver, and a moss green.  I didn't want to make the bowl in a color that I couldn't keep if I changed the accent color, so I decided to stick with shades of brown.  Unfortunately, the only brown I had was in Sculpey III.  I didn't even have any colors I could mix to make brown with Premo.  So I threw caution to the winds and started making canes with the Sculpey III.  It was definitely harder to make canes with than Premo.  All of the canes sort of morphed and became abstract designs.  I actually like them, but they totally don't look the way I had originally planned them to.  I tried a slightly different technique this time applying the clay to the bowl.  It actually worked much better and there was alot less fixing that I had to do.  I still need to figure out a way to smooth the inside without destroying the design.  Not sure how to do that yet, but I am working on it.  Anyways, I used five colors, one of which was white.  The other four are various shades of brown.  I used a skinner blend in several places, stacked some sheets for the alternate colors, and just generally messed with things till I was satisfied. I had alot of fun making this one, and I hope you all like it.

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!

Sharon