Made in the USA

Made in Arkansas.
Jay from Hidden Missives let me play with his polymer clay and his molds...
And he even let me ransack his shelves of faces... well he said I could take a few and I got carried away...hmmm... tomorrow something is going to AK to make up for that... ;)

Made in Tennessee.

Sherry taught me to make some transfer on polymer clay and she gave me a few boxes to decorate with this technique... She's an awesome teacher!

I did not make anything in Chicago but took a lot of photos there.

.....Meet Handsome Jack and Miss Josie, they are Lindsay's four legged kids

snapshots:Illinois-Arkansas-Tennessee avril 2011

more to come and some new stuff too...

THANK YOU so much Lindsay, Emily, Bobbi, Jay, Sherry and Eric... thousands of thanks for your kindness and your generosity... in the coming weeks watch out for the mailman... ;)

Talking about the mailman ... this gorgeous and light ( what a wonderful change from my usual neckwear!) necklace was waiting for me when I got back from my trip ... Merci Lucie ... toi aussi, fais attention au facteur... il frappera bientôt...;)

alive...

Leaving tomorrow to see what Spring looks like on the other side of the pond! ;)

practice...

Progress..

and yes, Anne, it is clay... :)

another WIP

mY bLoOdY vALeNtInE part 2- WIP

mixed media

mY bLoOdY vALeNtInE

mixed media

More to come...

Queen - 'Spread Your Wings'

Spread Your Wings...

Wishing you a happy and creative new year!

Earrings

I was asked to make some Frida earrings... so here they are...

horse power

Inspired by the necklace seen on Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi in Letters from Iwo Jima.
Bullet case ( thanks Sherry!), bronze wire and horse hair on a vintage brass snake chain.

back then

Light

I needed a necklace I could wear and not one that wears me ( my voodoo necklace is way too heavy now... I'll need to do something about this soon...).

Turquoise, coral, amber, bone, silver, egg shell, lapis lazuli, labradorite and more...