Mokume Gane is loads of fun. It's taken from a Japanese style of metal working where... here, read about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane

As it translates into clay, roughly, it is a multi-layered effect done with translucents. It is loads of fun, and a LOT of ( Read more... )

Yay, we're getting closer to a completed book shelf! I have been distracted lately. Mainly by my bad back, and my discovery of the coolness that is World of Warcraft. Then there was this guy walking around my back yard, gobbling up the bird seed

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K, the bookshelf is mostly straightened out. Mostly.

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The biggest saving grace...or the MOST saving grace....with polymer clay is that you can heat it up again to make it flexible again. My bookshelf-to-be was lopsided, so I propped it up with tape and tiles.

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Got the sides baked on, but they are bendy. Tomorrow, if I get to the doc and he gives me some good back pain meds, I'll have to get creative and straighten this shit out.

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Well, I've hurt my back, so the going is super slow right now. but here's what I've got. I baked the back of my book case, cooled it, sanded it, and then baked the right and left sides, cooled and sanded them.


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I've taken some scrap clay, mushed into working condition with my hands, ran it through the thickest setting on my pasta machine a few times, and trimmed it to measure six inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. It's gonna be the backside of my bookshelf.

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These funky twist beads are fun to make.
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Yay so exciting! I'm not sure what to show first, and the only person reading this has seen them all already...so..... here's what I had for lunch
two days ago.


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