Marquetry Sets

I really do like the way marquetry looks in polymer, and I like creating it even more! Here are some pendant and earring sets I made for the Westerly Gallery.  I like the more delicate look of these pieces.
Sometimes, as in the blue/purple set to the left, I use a Skinner blend for the background, and cut shapes from canes or sheets with complimentary colors.

This set has a feathered background, so the inlay pieces are less patterned than in the set above.

The background on the green and brown set is a striped Ikat.

Going Concave

As I believe I mentioned in an earliery post, the Westerly Gallery January show had the theme: Exploration:  New Perspectives.  One of the things I decided to try was to make pendants with a concave rather than convex form.  This meant that, instead of the center of the piece rising to the eye, it would recede.

I had fun working with different shapes, mixing and matching patterns, colors, and textures. You will notice for several of them I used the mokume gane technique, and several of the pieces incorporated metal leaf.

Below are more of the pendants I made.