Usually, I don't manage to work on new items for the Westerly gallery until the month before a show. This time, however, there was a special call for some items to be available early. The theme is "black, white and shades of gray" so I immediately thought of silk screening on polymer. I gently textured the clay using an organza fabric, and it created a perfect foil for the silk screened designs. These earrings have an oriental flare, and I really like them. Thought you might want to see them, too.
I've also made a silk screened pendant to go with some of the earrings.
In addition, I made a black and white kaleidescope cane which I used to create some beads.
Of course, once you make beads, you still have to do something with them. Hence, the resulting necklace which uses silver jump rings and freshwater pearls to join the beads.
Over the weekend, I taught a workshop on silk screening on polymer. The group did an excellent job. They caught on so quickly I even had a chance to make a couple of sheets, too. After I got home, I worked the sheets up into some jewelry pieces, and decided to see what the Magic Gloss resin would do with silk screened work. Although I use heat set acrylics that set well when baked, it's not a bad idea to protect painted surfaces, and I figured the resin would be a perfect finish. 
What I hadn't realized was the domed surface would make the painted portion look almost 3 dimensional. The light violet on the teal pieces almost looks like the leaves are floating over the surface. A very nice effect.
