I make bold and bright earrings. I play with polymer clay, resin, wood and natural materials to make what I call wearable art. Every pair is unique, I don’t tend to make batches of the same style or colour. It would likely be more commercial to do that, but I don’t do this activity for the money, I do it for the joy of creating. Eventually I’ll get around to making an online store ….
Here are some of my polymer clay pieces and the inspo behind them
I was inspired to look at the shape of leaves and the colours in the early spring. So, I made some studs and had a go at making the little shapes. Initially they were going to be flat, but through playing with the components I made them a little more textured. Here I was playing with translucent powders and impressions. The bottom components have a base that is different polymer clay shades mixed together, then I dusted them with a white translucent powder. Little flower studs are a personal favourite of mine. They are small enough that you can wear them for work or play and unique enough to be a point of interest. These little lovelies are stacked, glittered and glazed. Completely inspired by the colour of sunflowers. I made them after visiting a sunflower farm just outside of Ballarat. The slab these came out of took me forever to make! I have a couple of other pairs out of the same slab, but different shapes. I rarely make the same pair twice. This is a good example of taking one slab and making them into different types of pairs. The colours you see are raised on-top of the black background so they have a unique point of difference because they are raised. I quite like the studs, I think they could make a corporate look a little more playful. The flowers have a wintery feel to them. The photo doesn’t do these justice. I sent them to a friend and they never arrived so I hope where ever they are they are happy! I love the flower shape so this was me having a play. I cut out the hole in the middle by accident, I intended to make a ring impression, but these turned out perfect! My first attempt at making pairs that were like charms. Inspired by my amazing friend who rocks fruit themed attire. I had to draw it the concept first then make it. Very small, very delicate, but I love them!
I’ll leave it there for today, brb when I finally launch an online store. But for now, this remains a way that I play with colour and design to make something special for the joy of it!
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