So it's been a couple of months since I have posted.  I had a rough time in November and I didn't really feel like doing much.  I am better now and have had a really productive month.  I will post most of the work after the holidays, but I wanted to share these three gifts I made for Christmas.

The first is a picture of an altoid tin I decorated for my mother-in-law.  She loves frogs and I wanted her to have something bright and colorful.  I worked really hard on this and I think it's the best polymer clay piece I have made.  All of it is made with Sculpey Premo.  I used mostly regular colors, and also pearl.  I used alot of Pearl Ex powders for the different metallic and pearly shines.  I also made a cane for the green leaf fronds.  I could not have done this without my new Czextruder.  It was a life saver being able to do all the extruding with a drill to do the turning.  I want to thank Kimberly Idalski at http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/kimis-jewelry-from-the-heart for being the U.S. distributor and helping me with my questions.  I really appreciate it, and I love my new extruder. :)

I decided to seal the powders with Fimo Deco Gel rather then use a high gloss acrylic coating like I normally do.  I didn't really want it to be too shiny, and I thought the Deco Gel would also make it so that none of the pieces would fall off.  I think it worked pretty well, although I think next time I am going to try to thin the Deco Gel a little bit. The coating came out a little thicker then I wanted, and it also disintegrated my paint brush.  Other than that, it actually came together fairly easily.  It took quite awhile to get all the elements in place, but I didn't have any trouble with any of it.  I hope you like it, would love to know what you think.

The next piece is also for my mother-in-law.  It's a whimsical brooch, I wanted her to have something to make her laugh and be able to wear for Christmas.  This is all made with Sculpey Premo.  The frame is made with Premo 18k gold color, the background is Premo Pearl mixed with a little white to brighten it up.  The bell on the hat was made with the 18k gold as well.  When I was done with it all, I ended up going back and adding Pearl Ex to the bell and the frame.  It wasn't as shiny as I wanted and I figured it added a little sparkle.  I probably should have added some sparkle to the Christmas lights too, but I was so tired by that point that I ended up skipping it.  I sealed the parts with the Pearl Ex powders with Crystal Varathane because I wanted that hard glossy shine.  On the back is a brooch pin and also a loop so it can be used as a pendant or even a Christmas ornament too.  I hope you like my Santa Frog, he was a lot of fun to make. :)

The last piece I am sharing is actually three pieces given together.  My husband's aunt crochet's and I wanted to give her something to make it a little easier on her hands.  We gave her a subscription to a crochet magazine, so hopefully these will be useful too.  I used Sculpey Premo in the pearl colors and metallics, and some white glitter clay for one of them.  I did mokume gane to give it some interest, but I wanted it to be very smooth so I didn't add any canes.  They turned out pretty good considering all the trouble I had.  I used a sampler pack for the blues and pink and purple.  I didn't realize it was old until I started trying to condition it.  The pearl colors just flaked and flaked and I ended up putting some clay softener on them and letting them sit for a half an hour.  I don't normally have this kind of trouble with Premo, it's usually really great.  Anyways, by the time I was done with all of them, I was glad I had decided only to do mokume gane.  Anything else would have had me falling over from exhaustion.  It was worth it though, they turned out really pretty.  I tried to take a picture that would do them justice, but I just couldn't get the lighting right and I was too tired to set up my light box.  Hope you can tell how nice they look. :)

Well, that's it for my pictures today.  I will be sure to post more after the holidays.  I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, (or whatever you celebrate or if you don't, a good week), and a Happy New Year!!!

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!

Sharon Mhyre

As promised, I am putting up another picture today.  I made this awhile ago actually, just finished putting the ribbon and beads on it yesterday.  This was made as a present to the wonderful lady that does my hair, Angela.  She is a real sweetheart, so I made her a sign to show that she wears her heart out there for everyone to see.  It's all made from Premo Sculpey.  I hope you like it!!  :)

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!

Sharon Mhyre

I was very productive today, I made some presents for people and even managed to find time to make myself a pair of earrings.  I will only post two pictures for this blog and save the rest for later.  Some of the people I made presents for read my blog and I don't want them to see their presents early.  After they get them I will post the pictures.  Most won't be till after the holidays...a few will be in the next couple of weeks though. :) 

This first picture is of a present I made for my dentist.  I have a dental appointment tomorrow and I wanted to make something for him to thank him for all his hard work with me.  When I started seeing him about 8 years ago, I was absolutely terrified of dentists.  My teeth were in terrible shape, and it took him a half hour to get me calm enough to just do the shot.  Over the years he has been working with me so carefully that I managed to go to a dental surgery with a different dentist, (he doesn't do root canals), and I didn't even shake before hand.  Since tomorrow is Halloween, I wanted to give him something to celebrate the holiday, but since he is a dentist, I didn't think giving him something sweet was the right choice.  So I made him a Halloween ornament.  This vampire tooth ornament is all in good fun, and I hope he likes it.

I made this using Premo Sculpey.  I started with a ball of tinfoil for the center.  I looped some wire and stuck it in the foil and then I wrapped the tinfoil in masking tape to make clay stick to it more.  It also secured the wire, which was a little loose.  I then covered the whole thing in white Premo sculpey and shaped it, adding balls where I needed them.  I made the eyes, mouth, fangs, necklace, and cloak.  I baked the whole thing for about an hour and then I did a little bit of accent painting.  I also painted the plain white with some sparkly white paint I had.  It helped it to glow a bit and took care of some of the bits of stuff that had gotten into the white when I wasn't looking, (mostly cat hair).   It was fun to make and came out better then I hoped for.  Let me know what you think.

The next picture is of the pair of earrings I made myself.  I wanted something light hearted to celebrate the day with even though I wasn't going to be doing anything special for it.  I really like how these turned out.  I tried something new with them.  I hadn't made stud earrings yet and I also tried a new glue.  I have seen the glue on several polymer clay sites as being safe to use, so hopefully it holds well.  I can't wait to put these on tomorrow.  If these work out, I think I will be making alot more stud earrings for myself.  I don't tend to wear dangly earrings because my hair is so long it gets caught.  So hopefully this opens up alot of new options for me. Hope you like these.

Thats all I am gonna share at the moment.  Hope you all liked these new pieces.  Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!! :)


Sharon Mhyre

Hey everyone,

I was going through some of my pictures of projects and realized that there were a couple that I never posted back in May.  Figured I would post them over the next few days.  Here is the first one.  I made this intending it to be my new business card holder, then discovered that because of the rounded corners, it wouldn't fit business cards.  Oh well, I am sure I can find something to do with it.  This is a covered altoid tin, first time I made one.  The clay I used was Premo black.  I then brushed on pearl ex powder pigments in different colors and got this nice sort of raku effect.  I really love the colors.  Hope you all like it.

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!!

Sharon

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

Hey all,

I made a birthday present for my sister - in - law and thought I would post a picture of it.  This is one of a series of altoid tins that I am doing.  When I am done with the rest I will post pictures of them too.  This is made with Premo Rhino Gray, a stamp for the background, and then I extruded the vines and messed with them a bit.  I used balls of clay and shaped them by hand to make the leaves, and the letter is a cookie cutter.  I used different tools for some of the effects.  Then I brushed powder pigments over it in different spots to make the colors.  Having fun with altoid tins.  I made one a few months ago too, just never posted the picture.  I will have to see about doing that in the next day or two.  Anyways, hope you all like it.  I am happy my sister-in-law did. :)

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web,

Sharon

Well, it's been a really long time since I posted anything.  I am still recovering from my shoulder injury, but I just couldn't take it anymore and had to play with some clay.  I found that although it hurt, it was worth the pain because I felt better then I had in awhile.  Art is definitely theraputic and not being able to create was really bringing me down.  I decided to make something fun, with no real plan involved other then that it was to be a bowl.  I fooled around with making some canes, and tried a few different things till I got it to look the way I wanted.  I think that next time I want to make canes I will try fimo.  Premo is just too soft to hold the cane shape well.  Maybe it's just that I am not good at reducing things, but you can definitely see the distortion in the canes.  Still, it came out pretty good for my first time making a bowl, (if I do say so myself :P). 

I made this using a pyrex bowl as the form to put the clay on.  I decided to use the inside of the bowl rather then the outside because I didn't like the foot of the pyrex bowl.  The part that was in contact with the glass came out really shiny and smooth.  The side I actually touched, even with alot of sanding and polishing, really didn't come out smooth and shiny.  I ended up putting gloss on it.  I think next time I will do a couple of things differently and see if that helps.  First, I think I may work on the pattern on a flat surface before I put it in the bowl, that should help with the uneven surface.  Second, I think I may press it with a glass paper weight before I bake it.  Anyways, let me know what you all think.  I am going to be making a couple more because I need some decorative bowls to put some things into in my bedroom.  I will post those when I am done. 

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!

Sharon

Well, it's been awhile since I posted.  For those who are still looking once in awhile, I apologize that it's been so long.  I injured my shoulder in the middle of June and have been trying to recover ever since.  Unfortunately I have no idea how much longer it will be since I still haven't seen the specialist. I suspect it will be awhile.  I don't know if I will be doing any more crafting till it is feeling better then right now, but you never know.  It's pretty painful and I am having trouble moving the arm and losing some feeling in my fingers.  This makes it hard to make anything, but as time goes by I am finding myself going a little stir crazy at not being able to do anything.  I may just have to practice working with my left hand. Anyways, I just wanted to update people on what's going on.  When I have a better idea of how long I will be injured I will post it.  I will also try to post a little more often some basic updates, and maybe other bits and pieces.  I have a few pictures of projects I did before I got injured that I didn't have time to post then, so I will see if I can get a few of them up soon.  Thanks again for being patient, and thanks for visiting my corner of the web. :)

Sharon

(September 12, 2013 - I am having problems with some of the photos all of a sudden, they were fine, and now they are turned sideways and squished.  I have asked for help from Blogger, but not sure when it will be fixed.  Till I can figure out how to fix them, I left just the one that actually stays the right way up)

Hey all,

Well, it's been longer then I wanted since my last post.  I apologize for the delay.  Lots of health issues occupied me for a bit, (nothing serious), and then I had some guests.  Today is the first day I have had to take pictures of the projects I have been working on.  I am going to post them gradually over the next few days because it takes some time to edit the photos for being on the net.  Anyways, here is a project that I had been meaning to do for a long time.  I started it a few weeks ago, but I only finished it a couple of days ago.  I had ordered the fence part and it took quite awhile longer to get here then I thought it would.  This is the project that contains the insects I posted awhile ago as a teaser. :)

This is a pincushion. All of the insects, flowers, grass, mushrooms, and cattails are made with polymer clay, specifically sculpey iii.  They are mounted on a small terra cotta flower pot and a miniature white picket fence.  The actual pincushion part is made with a styrofoam ball covered in green felt and then covered again with a white and green checkerboard cotton material.  It is glued into place with elmer's glue.  The pins are pearl colored pins available anywhere you can buy sewing materials.  The polymer clay pieces were glued on using a gel super glue.  The flowers are mounted on jewelry wire for the stem.  Which made it easy to poke into the pincushion.  This piece stands 8 inches tall and 5 inches wide.  I have included pictures from different sides so you can see all the little things on it.

This is also the first piece I am taking pictures of with my new close up lens, tripod, and lightbox.  Looking at the pictures I think I am going to have to starch the material and iron it, you can see wrinkles in the pictures that are hard to see with the naked eye.  I am still learning about photographing, so hopefully my pictures will get better with time. 

I hope you like my whimsical pincushion.  Thanks for visiting my corner of the web. :)

Sharon Mhyre

 

 

Ok, so here is my second entry into the Polyform Products, April "make it your own" contest.  These are barrettes.  I used a steampunk theme for them because I have very thick hair and the only way barrettes would stay in it would be if I riveted it and screwed it in. ;p   I was trying for a copper with that aged green patina copper gets.  Not sure if it looks right, but I like the way it turned out.  I hope you all like it and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon Mhyre

Hey all,

Here are some pictures from a project I am working on.  These cute critters are only a small part of the project.  I won't say what it is, but I will say that it has been fun working on it.  Hopefully I will be done with it in a couple of days. The sizes range from less then half an inch for the ladybug, to 2 inches for the dragonfly.  Hope you like my little friends.

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the web.

Sharon

Hey all,

I apologize for not getting something up sooner but I was having some health issues.  I am feeling much better now and so I am starting to take the pictures of the things I made this past couple of weeks and will upload them over the next couple of days or so. 

This is a pair of sneakers I decorated with Premo.  Every year I get these same sneakers, and every year I decorate them.  I choose something different each time, this year I chose to try polymer clay.  I was inspired by the Polyform Products, April "make it your own" contest.  It was time for me to work on these sneakers anyways, so I decided to combine the projects.  This was my first time using Premo and it was also my first time using the Millefiori technique.  I had never made a cane before, so I decided to keep to a simple flower petal design for my first try.  They came out pretty good.  I learned alot and I think I will be trying more complex canes in the future.  I decided to individually make the leaves instead of trying a cane.  I think the combination worked out well. 

Let me know what you think and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon

So I just wanted to let everyone know that I am working on some stuff and should be able to upload a few pictures in the next couple of days.  I was a little slow this week because of some health issues.  I might have a little recovery time this week as well because I am getting a tooth removed this week, but I am almost done with the two projects so I should still be able to put up photos.  Had a busy weekend.  My husband and son helped me go through a bunch of junk in our garage to try to make room for me to have a toaster oven in there for polymer clay baking.  We got it mostly done, however I have some boxes that I need to go through by myself with a paper shredder handy, so it will be at least another week before there is room.  We did however get a whole minivan load of donations for goodwill.  Lots of kids toys and clothing etc.  Can't wait to finish up the garage and make room, we are going to build me a wood table too so I can do all the sanding and drilling and other really messy stuff in the garage.  Once I am done with that, I will post a picture as well of this new workspace.  That will bring up my workspace total to three areas.  I have a painting area, the craft room which I do my claying and sewing in, and this new area for messy stuff. :)  I better make do with those three areas, because we are out of room for me to make more. 

Hope everyone is having a good spring, and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon

Hi all,

I have finished another zentangle, (which is the proper name for my doodle designs).  I worked on this one off and on for about three weeks now.  I call this one Organisms.  I am having fun doing this in my down time.  It's very relaxing and I highly recommend it everyone to loosen up and relax.  This zentangle was hand drawn using a Pilot G-2 07 gel ink pen. The sketch pad used was: Strathmore Sketch premium recycled paper 5.5" x 8.5".

I hope you all like it! :)

Take care,

Sharon




 

I was going through some old pictures of my mother's, looking for a few to put up on our family wall.  I found a couple of photos of paintings I had done that I didn't realize my mother had taken.  My cousin has asked me to post any other pictures of paintings I have done, so here they are.  Hope you like them Steven, and everyone else too!! :)

Stay happy,

Sharon




This painting was done for a friend of the family who requested I paint it like another painting I did for someone else. 

This painting was done for someone that helped me through a very rough time in my life. 

Hope you all like them. :)

I FINALLY finished my big project for the Polyform, March "make it your own" contest.  It was very challenging and at times I thought I had bitten off more then I could chew.  I am glad though that I decided to push myself and do something big.  I learned alot about what works and what doesn't.  I figured out easier ways to do things and learned some new techniques.  In short, I learned things I probably wouldn't have learned if I hadn't done such a big piece.  I chose this piece to do because when I decided to make art a serious part of my life, I also wanted to make sure my environment inspired me.  These utility containers will hold different art supplies.  I bought the lazy susan on amazon.com. here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QA2IJ0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  

It's a really big one, 16 inches.  The big container in the center is a large coffee can.  The 9 little containers are all empty cans of progresso soup.  (My husband and son helped me out by eating ALOT of soup in a short time. ;p).  I covered each can with a layer of black sculpey iii clay.  I wanted a base in case some of it showed through since I wasn't confident I could cover it evenly.  I made two large blocks of mokume gane.  I tried to make it as close to the same as possible so that you wouldn't be able to tell which can came from which block.  It didn't really matter since every can came out different and was dependent on what part of the block it came from.  I put the slices on as evenly as I could, I got a little bit better at the slicing towards the last six cans.  I also learned to run it through the pasta machine before putting it on the can, it helped to make the thickness more even.  I edged the cans with more black sculpey iii and textured it with a button I had.  I am not sure you can see it well in my photos but the edging came out looking like some sort of cloth I had molded into place.  Really cool effect and I will be sure to do it again.

The colors I used in the blocks of mokume gane were all from sculpey iii and consisted of:

Black, chocolate, hazelnut, tan, white, green apple, and emerald green. I used copper and silver foil as well. 

While researching mokume gane I came across quite a few different ways of doing it.  I was confused at first, until I realized that it didn't really matter how you made it, only what type of effect you were looking for.  I chose to layer stacks of color and distress them before slicing off layers.  I am sure that at some point I will try the other ways of doing mokume gane.  I had alot of fun doing these projects and will definitely use mokume gane again for other items.  Below you will find both a full view on the lazy susan and a close up of one of the containers.  I hope you all liked my little journey into mokume gane.  Stay tuned for more of my art experiments. :)

Stay happy,

Sharon

Happy Passover everyone!!  I hope your sedar is wonderful and that you manage to get through all four questions and glasses of wine. ;p


Next year in Jerusalem,

Sharon

I have finished my second entry into the Polyform, March "make it your own" contest.  This piece is also made with the mokume gane technique.  I also made ivory animal "teeth" to add to the necklace.  All the beads and teeth are made with polymer clay Sculpey iii.  The teeth took me a lot longer to sand then I thought they would, which is why I am posting a day later then I had anticipated.  I am having fun mixing different textures and seeing what I can come up with.  Here is a full shot of the necklace and earrings.

Here is a close up so you can see the pendant and teeth better.

Hope you like what I made.  I am working on my third entry and I hope to have it done in the next couple of days.  We will see.  Anyways, I will post it when I am done.


Stay happy,

Sharon

Ok, so here is the first piece I finished with polymer clay.  I am entering it into the Polyform March "make it your own" contest located on facebook at:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/PolyformProducts

I am working on other pieces, they should be done in the next day or two.  I fell behind a bit because we are having a series of really bad wind storms.  I unfortunately have asthma and allergies and wind storms always knock me out.  I have at least two more pieces that will be done in the next couple of days, possibly a 3rd if I get lucky on the big project and it cooperates.  I hope you all like this piece, it is a happy accident that came about because of a piece of leftover clay from my bigger project.

Here is a close up of the pendant, which is the main part of the piece and is the part using the technique "Mokume Gane".  Everything except the green glass beads and the copper wire was made by me.

 

 

 

Hope you all like it!!

 

Stay happy!

 

Sharon

 

 

 

 

Ok, so I had said I would try to post once a week, .....so I am a day late. ;p  Anyways.  I have been working hard on a project that I am entering into the Polyform Products facebook contest.  They do it once a month.  They are asking for people to do something in Mokume Gane which is a technique that can be done in polymer clay.  If you don't know what that is, google is your friend. ;p 

Seriously, it's a really cool technique when done the polymer clay way.  Unfortunately in my usual gung ho way, I am trying to do a really big thing for my first project so it's taking me longer then I thought it would.  I should be finishing it up this weekend and I will post it both on facebook and here. 

I also got my new stamp from my mother-in-law's shop which has a brand new website at :  http://sunnysidestampworks.com/

I haven't had a chance to try it out because of the other project, but I should do that this weekend as well.  When I do I will post it.  If I get a good response and people seem interested, Sunnyside Stamp Works will be selling my stamps. :)  I am already working on another one, so stay tuned to see it as well.  I was hoping to have a picture of my project to post today, but I will post a "in progress" picture tomorrow.  I got sidetracked today by mounds of laundry, dishes, and cat hair. 

As always, stay happy!!

Sharon

I finally finished my design doodle.  I have been working on it for almost a week in my spare time.  I will be getting this design turned into a stamp through my mother-in-law's stamping shop.  It was hand drawn using a Pilot G-2 07 gel ink pen.  The sketch pad used was:  Strathmore Sketch premium recycled paper 5.5" x 8.5"  The size will be reduced to 4" x 6.72" to be able to fit in the pasta machine I use for rolling clay.  I will be doing other designs in the future.  Would love to see what people think of it.  If any clay craft people see this, let me know how you think it would do on clay.  I am thinking that next time I will outline a border of 4" x 6" before I start and then I won't have to reduce the size.  Because of reducing the lines are closer together then I intended and I am not sure how well that will come out in clay.  Advice from anyone that has made stamps from their own hand drawn sketches would be appreciated. :) 


Stay happy,


Sharon

Ok, so I went over some pictures of some of the projects I have done in the past.  These are some of my favorite pieces and I thought I would share them just to give you an idea of what I have done.  I haven't taken pictures of everything I did, so if some of my family and friends don't see a picture of a piece I made them, feel free to take a picture and either link it or send it to me. Unfortunately most of my craft/folk art didn't have pictures.  They were usually things I made as presents.  I only have a few pictures, hopefully they will give you an idea of the different kinds of things I make.

These are a few of my ceramic pieces.  I don't do ceramics anymore because I don't have access to a wheel and kiln.  These pieces were made at Bellevue College.  I live in a small town now that doesn't have a community college.  Some day maybe I will be able to afford to buy my own kiln and wheel.




This is a planter I made.  I got the idea one day when my cat was playing with one of my plants. ;p

This was done using a ceramic technique called Raku, which is a type of firing.  I loved doing raku, and I wish I had somewhere around here to do it again.  Had alot of fun creating stuff with the Raku firing method.

This piece suffered some problems with the glaze.  We had a bad batch that ruined some pieces.  I was lucky, this was the only one of my pieces affected, but I liked it enough even with the smearing.

This piece I threw on a wheel and then hand carved.  I originally was going to do a color wash, but I just fell in love with it as is.

This piece is called "Masquerade".  It was featured in the Bellevue College student art exhibit of 1999.  I was so proud I could have burst.  I had many offers to buy it, but I just couldn't part with it.  It was my first major piece and hangs to this day in my home.  It is made with ceramics using a Jackson Pollock method.  It incorporates feathers and glass beads.  I was inspired by Mardi Gras.

As you can see this piece has suffered some damage.  It used to have a headdress on top, unfortunately it broke during my move from western Washington state to central.  I plan on someday fixing the edge and maybe adding a new headdress although not with ceramics as was the original.

This is one of my favorite pieces.  It was thrown on a wheel and then fired using the Raku firing method.  I experimented with glazes and got this wonderful lizard like texture.  It's hard to see here, but it has iridescence.  I included three views because each side is different and I couldn't decide which one to show. ;p

This is a ceramic tray.  I used a painting technique to create the scene.  It came out better then I hoped for.

Here is another piece using Raku.  It was a test piece for my experiments using glaze, but it came out so cool that I kept it.

This piece is a stylized teacup and teabag holder.  The teacup actually comes off as you can see below.  It was created as a display piece.

Here is one of my more whimsical pieces.  It is a soup toureen.

Here are a couple of my paintings.  I don't paint paintings much, I have no wall space, and I am involved in so many projects, I don't really have the time to devote to painting anymore.

This is one of the first scenic pictures I ever painted.  I liked the way it turned out enough to keep it.

This piece means alot to me.  It was made at one of the most turbulent times of my life and was part of my way of saying thank you to my mother for all of the support and love she gave me during that time.  Sadly she passed away a few years ago, but till she did this painting was her favorite and hung in a place of honor in her home.


Here are a couple of things I made for some friends a few years ago.  I was experimenting with thin guage metal.

This is copper metal, the design was traced and embossed using a stylus by hand.  It is mounted on a black painted wood board.  My friend makes beer and it seemed appropriate.

This was the matching card I made for it, hand painted.

This card was made as a match to the box, I hand painted the card and added the metal disc that I hand embossed.

This box was hand painted and contained a necklace for my friend.



This was a project that I did with my sister-in-law and niece.  We each made a 3 picture stained glass using plastic transparencies that I ran through an ink jet printer for the outline and was then colored with permanent markers.

These are presents I made for a few of my son's teachers when he was little.  I didn't have much money, but I used a variety of media and tried to make something unique that they could each enjoy.  The candle holders were made with plaster which I made the molds for using paper.  I painted them with acrylic and a high gloss varnish.  I bought the pots and painted those as well.  The little things on sticks are felt sewn by hand and mounted with hot glue on wooden dowels I painted black.

And finally, I made this suncatcher last week.  I had fun making it so I am making some more.  I will post the others as I finish them.  I got the idea for this off of pinterest.

Well, that's it.  This is just a small sample of things I have done.  I will post more things as I make them.  After I am done with the suncatchers I am going to be starting with polymer clay.  Ceramics and polymer clay are alike enough to scratch that pottery bug I have.  They both have advantages and disadvantages.  I am hoping to create some cool things using the polymer clay, while exploring how far I can take it. :)

Hope everyone likes my creations.

Stay happy,

Sharon