I just had to get in on some of the Helen Backhouse's HelensBatCave
wonderful polymer clay pieces. She does exquisite painting on lightweight polymer clay from molds ( moulds where she comes from) that she creates from shells, leaves, pods and flowers. Let me tell you these are hot items!
I squirreled away some of the raw ruby nuggets that I picked up at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show and even kept a couple of my "kerfuffle" lampwork discs and wired them up with some tiny bone vertebrae and finishing off with my favorite Lucy Haslam FaeryStones earwires
I must add that Helen leaves it to to you for the placement of the holes. I was able to use my small punch for my holes.
Long yet lightweight. Colorful and springlike
I wish you all a happy spring. I am on my yearly northward journey to Alaska to experience springtime all over again.
Thanks for looking!
Kimberly Rogers
These are so beautiful Kimberly. I too was able to snatch up some of Helen's beautiful art, but I'm still in my "my precious" phase with these, so it will take a while before I'm willing to use them. You did a great job paring them with your lampies, the rubies, the bone vertebrae and another favorite of mine as well: Lucy's earwires . The colors compliment each other.
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Kim, they are indeed quite special. I started to explain what amazed me about these in the design sense, but it got so convoluted. Although I know what I mean, saying it in writing. . . . well, suffice it to say, if you removed your own glass beads, they would still be a lovely pair of earrings with Helen's marvelous work and the glorious Rubies. But with them, they create an indescribable (for me ;) creative connection that doesn't just pull it together; they are THE piece of the puzzle that took them from lovely to extraordinary. Your design and color sense here amazes me. Love them.
ReplyDeleteI can see that these are textured with shells, but the colors and shape remind me of spring flowers, still in the bud. They are very pretty!
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