http://debiscott.com just findin' my way......with polymer clay Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:44:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In honor of the new year and all things celestial, I have created a Moon and Sun pin set.  Using my new molds that my DH bought me for Christmas, I made these two pins.  The molds are Maureen Carlsons, made for AMACO.  I read somewhere, or saw her on ... http://debiscott.com/happy_new_year/ I know it won’t show up in the picture, I put a little face on the back of the flat glass marble (using glass paint) before adding the usual silver paint which gives the marble a mirror like effect.    You can only see the face in the head of the ... http://debiscott.com/my-angel-friend/ I ran accross this picture from a few years ago and wanted to add it to my blog as a reminder.  It was a fairly easy one.  Extrude a snake of green clay.  Roll a small brown clay base and put it at the bottom then start laying out the ... http://debiscott.com/another-christmas-tree-idea/ I got an inspiration last night and turned out this pin.  Finished it today, putting a back on it and even got to wear it to a meeting.  I think the finish looks better in person, as I brushed on Pearlex Powders before baking, and it leaves a nice sheen ... http://debiscott.com/holly-and-berries-pin/ I just found a great tutorial from Nancy Lotzer on balanese filagree, the bowl idea is really cool!  Can’t wait to try my hand at this.  The way she used the garlic press is very inventive!  Her kaleidescope canes are beautiful. [Link] http://debiscott.com/super-balanese-filagree/ Although time consuming, it is easy…another example of balanese filagree as inspired by Donna Kato.  On a circle cut out, I started making coils with an extruder and cutting little bits and rolling them for the balls then slowly the design emerged.  I believe I used some liquid clay to ... http://debiscott.com/24/ I know it isn’t much of a post, but as I was talking about using a cookie cutter yesterday to make a polymer clay Christmas tree ornament, I thought this site was a good one for future reference. The snowflake cookie cutters are a definate for next year for me.  ?? ... http://debiscott.com/cookie-cutters_note-to-self/ Thought I had better get into the Christmas spirit for this year and make something new.  I found an old cookie cutter, saved to use only with PC, of course, and cut out a shape of some scrap green clay.  I wasn’t at all pleased until I used some two ... http://debiscott.com/christmas-tree-2005/ This is one of my favorite pieces.  Again it was inspired by Donna Kato’s balanese filagree instructions (see last post). It started out as a small round mirror ornament that I found at a garage sale….in fact I think I have more like it,….?somewhere in my ‘future projects stuff’…… It ... http://debiscott.com/sun-moon-mirror-pendant/ I had to include my ‘man in the moon’ magnet on my blog, because I always get compliments on him.  He was inspired by Donna Kato and her  Balinese Filigree work that I learned from her first (and I believe only book).  The back has two round magnets surrounded with clay to hold them ... http://debiscott.com/moon-magnet/