Black and White Bead Challenge

The Philippine Polymer Clay Guild had our first challenge last year. It was a swap challenge wherein we have to create a bead using black and white polymer clay. These are the beads that I got:

Different kind of beads from the fabulous clay artists of our guild

Today, I had the chance to string some together to make it into wearable art.

I made a bracelet from the beads of (From Left to Right):
Reizl An Carpio of Xander's Gift Shop, Paula Esguerra of Kinkclay Arts, Mary Ann Limjoco-Decastro,
Gin Rose Caballero of Aquamaze,Ling Buhay of Thought of You
and April Grace Bola of Shape n' Bake 

Necklace from the beads of (from bottom to top):
Angeli Del Rosario of the Beadlady, Melody Manalaysay of
Crafting Time and Jennifer Cruz of Purpleluggage

I still have some stash left and will transform them hopefully soon! 

Art Bead Scene: March Challenge

This month, I am entering another piece to the Art Bead Scene March Challenge. And for this challenge, inspiration from one of Van Gogh's paintings:

Street Scene in Montmartre: Le Moulin a Poivre by Vincent Van Gogh

Oil on canvas

34.5 x 64.5 cm.

Paris: February-March, 1887

Getting the color palette inspiration from the Art Bead Scene blog, I decided to make earrings for this entry.

Victoria

All items are hand made with polymer clay and metal findings and filigrees by me. These earrings are fit for a queen.

Hope you like them.

Saturday Claying Day

I have been a very busy bee today and finished projects. I also got the chance to try out Ms. Rocky Villegas-Antonio's Carved Cuff technique. Since I only got 3 sets of push molds, I tried to maximize what I have. (Note to self: Hoarding of clay supplies should include more push molds hahaha!)  I used translucent clay, applied with alcohol inks, then added patina after baking. 


And here's the finished item:

"Tribes" bracelet

On my arm :)

Although I should have used less alcohol inks. Oh well, maybe next time.


Here's the link to the tutorial so that you can try it out:


http://theclayingmommy.blogspot.com/2012/01/tutorial-carved-cuff.html

TV stars for a day

Yesterday, me and a bunch of my clay buddies, were fortunate to be included in a TV segment for a show in a local network. The segment was all about the rising polymer clay craft here in the Philippines and how easy it is to make a business out of it even in the comforts of your own home. I was joined by fellow Philippine Polymer Clay Guild artists Melody Felipe (Purplenook) and Roselle Cruz (The Clay Artist).

Here are some screen shots of our TV shoot:


Playing around before the arrival of the TV crew (From Left to Right: Jessica Hernandez of Johz Co. Clay, me, Rochelle Diccion of Little Rock and Roselle Cruz of The Clay Artist)



Melody Felipe of Purplenook in action!



Taking a "Chicka" break



My turn on the spotlight



Interview portion



Demonstrating a flower tutorial



Outdoor shots with our products

You can watch our episode via this link:
 

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/113545/ang-paggawa-ng-fashion-accessories-na-gawa-sa-polymer-clay?ref=vid_item_title

Workshop Alert!

Have you ever been consumed by creativity but don't know how to start? Would you like to learn a new craft for your personal hobby and for your business eventually? Then please join my Extensive Basic Polymer Clay workshop this March 17, 2012 at the Beadlady Craft Studio, Cubao Expo, Quezon City. Please email angelisartbeads@gmail.com for further details.

Garden Delight Lockets

I had a chance to play around with my clays this weekend and I was inspired to make some canes for an idea that has been plaguing my mind these past few days.

Talks of spring made me want to make flowers. This time, I incorporated the lockets at the center of the flower. And here are the results:



"Helios" Flower locket




"Helios" front detail




"Helios" back detail



"Helios" opened locket



"Tigerlily" Flower locket



"Tigerlily" Open locket




"Tigerlily" front details




"Tigerlily" back details




"Iris" Flower locket




"Iris" Front Detail



"Iris" Back detail

I may be doing some more in different colors. :)

All of these are soon to be listed in my Esty shop.

Happy Wednesday!

New Steampunk Heart

Still reeling from our Guild's February challenge, I decided to make another steampunk heart. This time my inspiration came from the Greek mythology (I've been reading Rick Riordan's new book series..so that explains it a lot).


Hermes, the greek god with winged feet. The messenger of the gods.


Khloris, the greek goddess of flowers.


Hephaestus, the greek god of blacksmith and fire.


Put them all together and this is the result:

front view

Back view

Wing detail

Flower detail

This is listed on my etsy shop.

Hope to create more this week. :)