Showing posts with label ornaments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ornaments. Show all posts

Sunday, December 26, 2010

December 2010 - Ornament swap, silent auction, and potluck!

Suzanne K.'s mice ornaments -- all tucked in for a long winter's nap!

We had a wonderful time with the ornament swap, silent auction, and potluck this month.  There were 10 members participating in the ornament swap with quite a diverse selection of ornaments!  Our silent auction brought in money for the guild, and hopefully we can have even more offerings in the future (you know you don't need ALL those polymer clay books and videos you have!).  Members had a great afternoon conversing with one another, sharing their polymer creations, and enjoying each other's culinary treats.

Upcoming demos for January and February:  Faux

(Sorry that I still don't know all the guild members' names! When I get the names, I will credit them in the photos!)

The following pictures, as well as the one at the top of this post, are from the ornament swap.
An assortment of colorful filigree and caned trees, cactus, and more!
Mother and child ornaments
Cute polymer clay santas, angels and "gingerbread"!

Polymer "lights" by Jerry Hunt (I think that's who made them!)
Polymer xmas trees and other ornaments by Bev Pressey
Truly 3-dimensional snowflake ornaments by Barbara Watson!  Made out of thin stamped cut-outs and assembled together.  These lay flat, but open up when hanging.  
Cookie ornaments -- good enough to eat!
Textured and cutout ornaments by Betty Wilkinson
Angels, ready to watch over you!  Made by Barb Harper.
Slipper ornaments with plumeria flowers, by Jainnie Jenkins
Guild member with her polymer clay necklace.  She had some pieces in our silent auction!
Guild members looking over the silent auction
Guild member's piece, inspired by Laurie Mika
Fabulous textured blues! Polymer clay necklace by a guild member.
A memorial piece made in honor of a guild member's husband.  This is made up of tiles made by guild members.
Close-up of memorial frame
Close-up of memorial frame
Close-up of memorial frame
Close-up of memorial frame
Guild members eyeing the goodies of the potluck!
Suzanne K.'s sleigh with rein-bugs!  Undeniably cute!
Close-up of Suzanne's sleigh
Suzanne's rein-bugs (not sure what she calls them, but that's what I call them!) -- such cute expressions!!
Happy Holidays everyone!  See you in January!!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Artist Doreen Kassel

Ornament made by Doreen Kassel
This evening I came across the artist, Doreen Kassel.  I'm in love!  This New Jersey artist is a former illustrator of children's books and products, and now makes the most delightfully quirky creatures. 

Christmas ornament by Doreen Kassel
She forms and sculpts polymer clay over glass ornaments, then rubs layers of oil paint over them post-firing.  There is something quite satisfying about being able to see the layers of clay and paint in her pieces, and her fine attention to detail with facial features and expressions. 

Christmas Ornament by Doreen Kassel
I had to look up some of her inspirations -- E.H. Shepard and William Holbrook Beard -- and instantly recognized their works.  Shepard is the Winnie-the-Pooh author, and Beard is known for his paintings of animals (most notably bears) engaged in human activity.  I can only imagine the wondrousness of her dreams, and how charming and amusing to be surrounded by all of these creatures in her studio. 

I'm going to bed tonight and dream of dancing bears.

Website:  http://www.doreenkassel.com
Etsy:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/uncommoncreatures
Be sure to also check out her tiles, jewelery, music boxes and adopt a piglet pages!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Gingerbread Cookie Ornaments by artbylilin


Gingerbread Cookies Ornaments, originally uploaded by artbylilin.
Need some holiday inspiration? Check out these crazy cute clay gingerbread ornaments from Flickr user, artbylilin. I just love the subtle texture on the "cookies" and how she makes extruded clay look like icing. She also shows how you can take a simple form (the gingerbread man) and create many different variations of it.

Start digging out those cookie cutters you never use in the kitchen and start utilizing them in your crafts!
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