Squiggles Pattern

One of the things I love about polymer is how readily this medium lends itself to exploration and experimentation. While making some folded sheets, I got intrigued with the edges and decided to play around with them to see what might happen. I'll take some photos of the sheets and folded items later, but wanted to show you some pendants I just finished that used the experimental sheets. I'm calling this the "Squiggles Pattern" - and it's so much fun! Details coming but I had to post a photo!

Cutwork Extravaganza with Jana Roberts Benzon

I've just spent 2.5 days with Jana Robert Benzon via zoom. What a fantastic workshop! In this class, Cutwork Extravganza, Jana showed us how to make a variety of components using various cutwork techniques. while each of the lessons allowed us to produce items based on that technique, the culminating half-day was focused on combining pieces from the various lessons into one final piece she calls "Picasso." Below are some photos showing a few of the items made from various techniques. The last image shows my first 2 "Picasso" pieces. I am looking forward to finding other ways to incorporate what I've learned. If you ever get a chance to take a workshop with Jana, please do. Just her tips and tricks for working with polymer alone are worth the registration.

This first photo shows samples of both the bargello technique and a technique Jana calls "harlequin." These are all such fun to make!

This is another example of bargello done using a completely different method of creating the stack from which to create the bargello sheet.

Finally, here is a snap of the 2 collage-type pieces I made from the various sheets and objects we made. Jana calls these "Picasso" - and you can probably see why!