Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Blast from the past- 1st installment BPCanes

It is way too hot to take pictures. I was thinking that some of my content in the beginning of my blogging adventure was pretty cool, so sort of like summer re-runs on TV, I am going to re-post some of these babies that I really like.
Silence on a radio, no picture and sound on a TV, and no words on a blog are always a little disconcerting.
May your summer be cool.
May your drinks be cooler,
and may your heart be content.
Blessings all over all ya all!!

Just a note: Bead Space is no longer a viable link, but bead patterns are readily available all over the web!
Click on the title header below to take you to the full blog post!!

Extruder Canes with Bead Patterns as a guide
I put up the color mixing chart yesterday for this project!


Millefiori is the glass technique of bundling or layering colored rods of glass together to form images and then cutting the cross section of the bundled or layered glass to get a little tile of an image. These colored rods of glass are called canes. I have seen this technique duplicated in many mediums, ceramic, candy, food, and polymer clay, and it can sometimes seem almost impossible to achieve, but if you start with basic design, bulls eye canes, open spirals and checkerboards just to name a few, you can combine those to make more intricate pictures or images, called advanced caning. Anytime two or more simple patterns are combined it becomes advanced. I have found a way to make intricate canes that is so easy to do, yet gives the impression of intricacy and complication. Bead patterns and a Makin’s Clay extruder are great for attempting this.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Vox Sacramento and Clayville California Present The Art of Polymer... and the dog days of summer

It is hot and it is humid. Has been for weeks it seems like.
I have a lot going on right now with a three year old grand daughter.
She has neverending energy and I am zapped in this heat and humidity.

The guy at the gym said his electric bill here in San Diego is about 17000$ in August and September, crazy yeah???
I am just too tired to blog at the end of the day.
Well anyway, enough whining.
But I do have something tell you besides "I am hot!!"
I am going to be in a show that Lala Ortiz put together at Vox in Sacramento.
Lala will also be teaching some classes there. She is a wonderful person and make art with the best of them.
https://www.facebook.com/lala.ortiz
http://redwoodcoastcreativearts.typepad.com/redwood_coast_creative_ar/
Stay cool and go see this show and Lala, I bet they have air conditioning!

Vox Sacramento will be hosting a Polymer Art Exhibit

For the month of August, Vox Sacramento will be hosting a Polymer Art Exhibit
Where: Vox Sacramento, 1818 11th Street, Sacramento CA
When: Saturday, August 11th, 4-9 p.m.
 Leaves with citrus
Leaves with Citrus Necklace by Jacqueline Dodd

Clayville California and other polymer artists will be showcasing the diversity of one of the art world's newest mediums. Featuring sculpture, jewelry, vessels, masks, and functional art objects. Artists include: Adriana Ayala, LaLa Ortiz, Mary Fassler, Jacqueline Dodd, Michael J. Marx, Amy Fort, Marie Segal, Jennifer Young, Mary Lu Ellliott, Rachel Young, Yoli Rodriguez Manzo, Anita Sterling Winthrop
Vox Sacramento is also proud to present a solo photography exhibit "Memories of Betrayal" by local photographer Andy Brooks. All the images in this exhibit were shot in April 2012.
These exhibits will be up from August 11th through September 3rd.

These exhibits will be up from August 11th through September 3rd."
Check it out!!
Congrats Lala, great job!