I have a new watercolor to post. I still need to mat and frame it. It was one of those "happy accidents". I really like my colors in this one. I am trying to get my colors brighter.
Sometimes(well,most of the time) I get overly excited about stuff I create. But art in any form mystifies me. And when I get excited about something I have made it's not bragging. I just love it and have to share it. And I don't expect everyone to feel the same way I do. But I have to share my latest art. Creating silver from clay. Who could of guessed this would be possible.? My husband bought me a kit to make silver from Fire Mountain Gems. When I saw this tiny 1x1" block of clay I panicked! I was so afraid of wasting it that I didn't use it until last week. Did I mention that he bought it for Christmas, 2008? Well, last week I told myself I had to do it. After all Robert was nice enough to buy it (and it was expensive) so I should at least use it. So I opened the box,tried the torch a few times, (didn't know about the childproof lock)
These beads are made out of paper. I recyceled some of those pesky mailers we all just love to fill up our trash cans with. I use to roll up paper when I was a kid. It was a nervous habit. But I never thought to make beads out of them. I probably won't make any more because I heard about an organization called Beads for Life. It is a company that women in Ugandy sell paper beads to who in turn sell them to jewelry makers. You need to go into Spotlight and read about this. It is really something and saving so many women. I have seen some sold on Etsy. But I don't want to make them because I would deprive a lady of her job. I did make a couple out of newspaper that was really pretty. But making them is very time consuming,too.
These are paper beads that I made. I use to roll up paper pieces when I was a little kid, but never did I think to make beads out of them! This was made out of those pesky mail ads that we all get.
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