Ah, I adore color. It's one of my favorite things about using polymer. And I especially love the way Lindly Haunani leads you to find your own color-way, exploring options along the way. For me, there is something that just clicks in the way she presents color. Step by interesting step, Lindly helped us evaluate tones, hues, and saturations, until each person in the 2-day workshop had developed a rainbow palette that was a personal "fit."
We started by choosing photos from magazines that appealed to us and making them into a collage. Although the pile of pictures was the same for everyone, people naturally gravitated in different directions, and the collages were all distinct and unique. Here's a snapshot from mine.
Next, Lindly helped each of us determine the appropriate primaries for making our own personal rainbow Skinner blend. It was fun to see how different the various rainbows were - and everyone seemed pleased with their results.
We developed a few canes based on our blends, and then used those canes to create beads. The pile of beads to the left are some of mine.
This next photo shows some of my beads laid on top of my collage. How's that for a match!!
Finally, we fashioned the beads into a fun bracelet.
One of the things I found especially wonderful and intriguing about this class is that the process can be used over and over again and, depending on the season or my mood, my color choices will shift and alter a bit. Yet, I know that given a collection of items based on multiple personal collages (mine), there would be a color way that would stand out as being just "me." How lovely!
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