Assorted Polymer Clay
Polymer Clay Leopard Print Line
The following pieces all feature my own cane-worked polymer clay elements, strung with Czech pressed glass beads gold-plated brass lobster claw clasps and gold-tone base metal findings.
With twisty amber and round black beads: 23 inches long (58 1/2 cm)
With amber drops and black rounds and bi-cones and large-spotted centerpiece: 22 1/2 inches long (57 cm)
With brown and amber glass beads: 22 inches long (56 cm)
Budget Polymer Clay With Glass Beads
Blue Czech pressed glass with polymer clay, necklace (20 inches/51 cm) and earrings, with silver-tone findings
Blue and brown Czech pressed glass with polymer clay, necklace (23 1/2 inches/59 1/2 cm) and earrings, with silver-tone findings
Blue and brown Czech pressed glass with polymer clay, necklace (22 1/2 inches/57 cm) and earrings, with silver-tone findings
Brown, black, tan, turquoise and gold-tone metal bead and findings necklace (20 1/2 inches/52 cm)
Brown, black, tan, turquoise and gold-tone metal bead and findings necklace (25 inches/63 1/2 cm)
The Gorgon Medusa
The centerpiece was sculpted by hand by me (Jeanette Norman), and is made of polymer clay. It's approximately 3" across, 2 1/2" tall, and 1" deep. The embedded attachments for stringing are steel. The beads are all natural stone: howlite, snowflake obsidian, red jasper, and unakite. They are strung on Soft Flex brand beading wire, a nylon-coated multi-strand wire cable that is extremely strong. The bead section on each side is about 10" long, so the length of the piece is around 22 1/2" including the span across the top of the centerpiece and the clasp. The clasp is silver-plated steel, which makes it much stronger than a silver clasp would be.
Silver-plate does tarnish over time if it isn't cleaned, and it's hard to polish without ruining the plating. The price of this piece includes one free restring with a fresh new clasp. You just have to pay the cost of shipping it to me, if you can't drop it by in Denver.
(This guarantee is only good as long as I'm still alive, since otherwise I won't be stringing anything. And you should use the Contact link on the site to make sure you have my correct shipping address. And beyond the guarantee, this type of restring is cheap and easy, anyway.)
This is a pretty rugged piece, but it should be worn with normal care, as those (strong and carefully placed) snakes do stick out a bit, and polymer clay has certain vulnerabilities as well as certain strengths compared to other materials. (See the materials and techniques info section for specific care instructions.) It could last for generations, or it could be damaged in short order if abused. It's also a somewhat heavy piece, weighing just over five ounces.
My rendition of this mythical figure has a beautiful side and an ugly side, representing a dichotomy within us. But I do not at all mean for this dichotomy to be of the
simple "good versus evil" variety. Our pleasant, sociable, agreeable side is what I'm calling the "pretty" side, and it's beneficial to us and to others in some circumstances,
but self-destructive in others. Our angry, forceful, self-centered side (the "ugly" side) can sabotage our interactions with others, but is also necessary to our independence
and survival. A balancing of these two sides is necessary to our completeness as human beings, and it can be tricky to maintain equilibrium. Gender roles complicate that
balancing act, pressuring individuals to be out of balance and sometimes making it hard to know where the balance is.
Gorgon Medusa Necklace
$150.00