AJE Earring Challenge Reveal #5

Welcome to the Art Jewelry Earrings Challenge #5 reveal.

Our goal is to create a new pair of earrings every week and share them with you every other week.

During that 2 weeks we all post them on the AJE Earring Challenge Reveal Board on Pinterest,

Click HERE to take a look and please follow along!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126537746/polymer-clay-tribal-texture-bullets-and?

I rarely use such snazzy background in my photo but this just seemed to fit so I went with it.

Some of my newest Polymer Clay Bullets with Tribal texture and gorgeous Pietersite Discs and a little striped Czech Glass bead to top them off.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/125778390/polymer-clay-cocoons-and-lampwork-glass?ga_search_query=cocoon

Amazing Outwest Glass discs with new Polymer Clay Cocoons danging below. 

Long, lucious and very lightweight.

Checkout the other earrings in this Reveal below.

Hope to see you again in 2 weeks (April 7) for Reveal #6

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Artisan Showcase in Step by Step Wire Jewelry Magazine

Thank you to
 Step By Step Wire Jewelry Magazine
 for featuring some of my Copper Components in their Apr-May 2013 edition.

A couple of my fellow Art Jewelry Elements team members are also featured!

Jenny Davies-Reazor

and 

SueBeads

Congratulations Ladies!

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Experiment in Black Results

The other day I showed you some experiments I was working on, covering Polymer Clay pieces with black letting them dry and then sanding, HERE is what they looked like before.

and here is the first pair after sanding.

Don't love them don't hate them, I actually like them better the more I play with them.

 So when I work on the others maybe I'll figure some things out along the way.

What do you think?

While I have you here I'll show you some other things I'm working on. 

These were mean to be smaller versions of the Cocoons I've been working on but as I was working on them I thought they looked like little bullets so I think that might be what they become.

Above you see them in Tribal, Snakeskin and Sea Urchin, I also have similar ones where I've done them in the headpin version.

What do you think?

I'm fairly sure I'm going to use these but I have another pair in the pipeline.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Experimenting with Black

This is the first time I've covered some of my Polymer Clay Cocoons with black and let it dry.
 I've used burnt umber many times but I always wipe most of it off before it dries.

There's lots of bright color under there, you can see it poking through the blackness

So now I'm breaking out the sandpaper and going to town.

Tune in tomorrow and see the transformation, I hope they are very cool!!

Wish me luck!

HERE are the results so far.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Basic Polymer Clay Imprints on AJE

Check out my post today over at the

  Art Jewelry Elements Blog

I'm trying a new Polymer Clay technique.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

More Polymer Clay

I know, MORE Polymer Clay,

I think I'm getting this stuff down.

I like mixing the colors, layer by layer, discovering what goes together and how they combine.

Natural Cocoon Headpins and Cocoons with jump rings embedded.

My all time favorite Ammonite texture!

Looks good in Copper looks good in Polymer Clay!

Above is my second batch of the day, below is the first batch.

I have a very busy day today but I got up early and managed to get a handful of these newest pieces listed, and hopefully I'll get more done later today
But as always you see it you want it you let me know and we'll make it happen!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126058050/handmade-polymer-clay-natural-faux-bone?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126081467/handmade-polymer-clay-blue-green-sea?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126057631/handmade-polymer-clay-twisted-smooth?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/125998404/handmade-polymer-clay-ammonite-chips?

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Customer Gallery

It's been awhile since I've highlighted some of the artists who use my components

so let's not waste any more time!!!!

Chrysalis Too

Catherine Waterhouse

Bantering Bird Jewelry

Linda Landig

Earthshine Beads

Sonoma Artistry

Sadafulee

Chrysalis Too

I am so proud to see my Copper pieces in such beautiful creations,
 I appreciate these wonderful Artists more than I can say!

I do my best to include them all on my Pinterest Board as well so click
HERE
to see much more and to follow if you like!

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy