Featured on The Art Zoo blog...

Country Basket of Blossoms
available on etsy

Christelle of Karooart alerted me this morning that one of my pendant beads was featured on THE ART ZOO blog, a blog that features all sorts of artwork by various artists. I'm honored!

The basketweave is a cane I created using a tutorial by Jana Roberts Benzon on polymer clay central; the leaves are also slices of canes. The blossoms are formed from freshwater pearls and dots of polymer clay.

I distressed the clay before baking, and antiqued it using acrylic paint. It was then sanded and buffed.

Fresh from the oven!

Nope. Not muffins. Muffins would sure smell better while they were baking!!

Some spacers, focal pendants... Some I need to sand and possibly buff. I feel kind of stuck, so I decided to make some of my - er - tried and true pieces, with dragonflies and blossoms. Some have Kelly's dewdrops in them, some have Swarovski chatons (sent to me by Becca).
The square-ish focal with the blue butterfly is a custom order for my friend Deb, along with the little round basketweave accents.
I'm particularly happy with the way this one turned out:
Freshwater pearls were wired in before curing. I'm ready to do more of these!!What do you think?