tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59312542442424227232024-03-05T00:46:31.034-08:00Julie EakesJulie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-77913659246802479322016-02-24T16:18:00.000-08:002016-02-24T18:57:50.241-08:00Mosaic portrait of actress Sophie Turner<br />
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I was watching my favorite TV show, Game of Thrones, when I was intrigued with the face of the actress Sophie Turner who plays the character Sansa Stark. I took a screen capture with computer and knew that I had found my next portrait. This was going to be a challenge for me since it was the first time trying to do a portrait of this kind in color. The finished dimensions are 40 X 30 inches. I lost count of the number of canes that I made for this but I'd guess around 50, not counting the gray toned background tiles which were left over from my son's portrait. I'd say at least 5 pounds of clay and many, many, many hours of labor.<br />
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Broke out the food process when face this this much clay to condition.</div>
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Some of the canes I created for this portrait.</div>
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All of the canes had to be reduced to the same 1/2 inch</div>
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Then the canes are sliced, baked and sorted.</div>
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I took the following pictures and posted to Facebook. There was much debate over who it was. The guesses ranged from Obama to Scarlett Johannsson. Gillian Anderson was a popular guess but her identity was revealed when someone suggested Sophie Turner. (it probably didn't hurt that the guesser knew I was a big fan)</div>
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Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-10756166181340514872015-10-12T09:14:00.000-07:002015-10-12T09:14:36.468-07:00Polymer Clay Adventure - year long retreat <a href="http://www.onlineartretreats.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=7_1_1_17" target="_blank"><img style="border:0px" src="http://www.onlineartretreats.com/idevaffiliate/media/banners/PCAimpossiblebanner.png" width="339" height="140" alt=""></a>Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-29069328426608375042015-01-04T14:44:00.000-08:002015-01-04T14:44:29.671-08:00Developing A New Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy New Year everyone. It is hard to believe that it is 2015. I think it is a good sign that it seems the years go by so fast. I can remember back in school when an hour took forever. (And I was one of those kids that actually liked school) This is the time of year that I apologize for not posting more and promise to do better in the future. Hmmm.....sorry about that. I also said I was going to lose weight and that has happened either. Oh well that is history lets move forward.<br />
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I am happy to report that I will be teaching at Maureen Carlson's artist retreat in Jordan Minnesota this June. (Click<a href="http://maureencarlson.com/" target="_blank"> here</a> to go to Maureen's website) I will be teaching two classes, a landscape caning class (3 days June 10 - 13) and a framed pendant class (2 days June 15 - 17). This may be the last year that Maureen will have artists coming to her studio so I thank her for letting me have this opportunity. The class size at Maureen's are small which makes it a fabulous opportunity for learning. You should check out her <a href="http://maureencarlson.com/teach.htm" target="_blank">classes</a> and definitely go if you get a chance. If not my class then one of the others she has offered. I plan on taking Diane Keeler's Alice In Wonderland doll class. <br />
I enjoy teaching and I wish I did it more often. I have taught my face cane class several times and have been one of instructors at Donna Kato's Clay Carnival in Las Vegas. These are different categories of classes. The face cane class I consider a master caning class. It can be done in two to three days but this is an intense class for the experienced caner. Clay Carnival is for all experience levels and usually a four hour class.<br />
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For the post today I thought I'd take you thru my process of coming up with a new class to teach at Maureen's. Maureen and I had talked briefly about it and thought a landscape class would be a good idea. I have taken a lot of classes and continue to take classes. I am of the thought that the best class gives you a good foundation to take home and then build on what you have learned. Generally not a project oriented class. Now if you know me you know that finishing things is not my strong point so that is probably where this opinion comes from. Designing a good class is an art unto itself. My friend <a href="http://janarobertsbenzon.com/" target="_blank">Jana Roberts Benzon</a> is particularly good at this. She is constantly coming up with new techniques, designs and projects.<br />
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For this new class I knew I wanted to make a landscape and I knew it needed to involve cane work. My first thought was to make four canes of the seasons. I drew up a sketch and started working on the first "winter" cane. <br />
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OK this is where the problems start. I wanted this class to be for all skill levels. After completing the "spring" cane I knew that this class wasn't going to work. It was just too difficult. I liked the canes and I hope students would too but I didn't want frustrated students. I also felt that it wasn't as good a "foundation" as it was a project. Guess it was back to the drawing board.<br />
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My sister and I went to Euro Clay Carnival which was held in Madrid, Spain. We toured the country a little prior to carnival. I was inspired by the landscapes with the rolling hills covered with olive trees. I could see each hill as a different cane. I took this inspiration and decided to build a cane that was made up of other canes. Here is the cane I built for the class.<br />
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For this class students will learn to build several canes. We will discuss some of the elements that go into making successful landscape components so that they can create more once they return home. We will talk about color, design, depth, texture, perceived movement and feeling, size and scale.<br />
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For the two day class I will teach my framed pendant class. If students stay for both they may want to use the landscape cane that they just finished so I came up with this pendant. Students will create many canes for this class too. Here the topics will be more on what goes into the best micro canes. These canes will be reduced very small. I will teach my "brainless" cane that is very easy to do but can give stunning results. Color themes will be up to the students. I have found that starting with a blue and white palette is a great way to not fret over color selection and concentrate on design. These "delft" patterned pieces are beautiful. Here are some of the pieces I have created with my "framed pendant" technique.<br />
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I hope to see you in Minnesota!Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-6143376389778161232014-08-20T15:07:00.000-07:002014-08-20T15:07:40.057-07:00Hola Señorita. Or........ What Was I Thinking?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have two titles for this post. The first, Hola señorita, because I want to pay homage to the country of Spain that I will be visiting soon. The second for my mistake of using a skinner blend in the background and worse trying to add to it. This post is about how I fixed my screw up.<br />
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In about a month my sister and I will be heading to Madrid, Spain. I will be attending my first EuroClayCarnival. If it follows the format of Clay Carnival here in the states there will be an evening of "inchie" swapping. I will be honest I don't usually put this much effort into my inchies but with the trip to Europe it felt special so I wanted the inchies to be special too. I came up with this drawing for my flamenco dancing woman.<br />
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I went about making my cane. I didn't have a real purpose in mind other than my inchies so I made the cane very short, about an inch in height. I didn't want endless amounts of cane when all was said and done. Then I came up with the brilliant idea to have the background be made using a skinner blend. This gave the appearance of a spot light on the dancer.<br />
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I was really liking the way this cane was turning out. I started thinking that I would really like to take some of this cane and add a skirt to it. It was about this point in the building of the cane that I stumbled on the web page of artist Adam Thomas Rees. For his self portrait he cut up his completed cane into sections and then reduced the sections separately. (Here is a post about him in <a href="http://polymerclaydaily.com/2014/07/07/rees-self-portrait/" target="_blank">Polymer Clay Daily</a>) Now I very often take parts of my cane and make it larger and then reduce that section to be worked into the final cane. I had to do this with her hand in order to get the detail of her fingers. I should have realized that this wouldn't work too well since I didn't create the whole cane. Then throw in the problems that arise from working with a skinner blend in a cane and I should have known I wouldn't be happy with the results. But hey thinking is not my strong suit. I pressed on. I reduced the completed square cane, put some aside for my inchies and started on her skirt.</div>
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You can see where the join of top and bottom just don't meet up as well as I'd like. So what to do now. I decided to take the if you can't beat 'em join 'em tactic and slice and adjust each cut so that bad join lines seem intentional.<br />
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In my last post I wrote about using the extruder for my latest portrait. I didn't go into detail of what I did with the extruded pieces. I have been trying to come up with a way to create depth in my mosaic pieces. It has been difficult to come up with something because of the mechanics of it and the sheer number of pieces involved. I don't mind a challenge but it has to be able to be completed in my lifetime. I decided what I would do would be to mount the pieces on separate sheets of clear plastic. I then had to decide how to break up the colors. At first I thought I'd put the lightest colors on the foremost sheet of plastic and the darker towards the back. This would make sense since the lightest would probably be the raised parts. I decided against this because of the difficulty of construction. I knew it would be easier to have a greater change in color scale while I was placing the pieces. <br />
I came up with four sheets with each sheet having four to five colors on them. Of course it was a @#$% (bleep) getting them lined up but no one ever said it would be easy. It was another one of my artistic leaps of faith because I had to finish it before I knew whether it would work. <br />
Here are some of the individual sheets and a little movie I made to help illustrate the depth effect I was going for.<br />
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I would like to say that my Mommy and May project is complete but the truth is I still need to mount her permanently. I also want to add some mats. Because of the problems of the reflections I had to bring out my huge photo cube that I got when I bought my photo lights. The cube pops out to be about 4 feet square. I was then able to put the whole picture inside the cube. I then draped the opening of the cube with black fabric. This covered over the camera that was set on a tripod. I then used the remote shutter release to take the picture. This way I wasn't there to be reflected in the glass or the plastic. And voila no reflection.<br />
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I am ever going to repeat this process I think I would mount the pieces on glass rather than plastic. This way if I made a mistake it could be scraped off.......Yes, I know it may come as a shock to some but I do make mistakes.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-5732382444705501492014-06-19T14:12:00.001-07:002014-06-19T14:12:34.794-07:00"Mommy and May" or" How I Learned to Love the Extruder Again"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For my latest project I am going to do another portrait. This time it is of a friend and and her new born baby, May. I have been wanting to do a duo portrait and since my children haven't given me any grand children (although I remain hopeful) I had to borrow from my good friend. I think the photographer (I have her permission to use this photo) did a wonderful job and I knew when I saw it that I wanted to see if I could capture this in clay. </div>
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For this project I knew I wanted to go back to the extruder. I would need around 4000 pieces to complete this picture. Today's post is all about the czextruder. This is the new extruder that comes from Lucy tools in the Czech Republic. Here is a link for the site in Europe.<a href="http://shop.lucyclay.eu/en/40-lc-czextruder" target="_blank">Lucy Tools</a>. The distributor here in the USA is <a href="http://kimisjewelryandgifts.blogspot.com/2013/09/czextruder-xxl-demo-review-and-free.html" target="_blank">Kimi's jewelry and gifts.</a></div>
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I sometimes have to use my pliers to take the extruder off of the vise but it's not that hard. The one thing I still don't like about the czextruder is that the "plunger" is a separate piece. This means that you have to take the whole thing apart every time. there are times that I may only want to extrude an inch or so of clay. Well you can't just back up the extruder and inch and load the clay. The plunger will not back up into the barrel since it is not attached. Here is a picture of my extruder ( I have the larger one), my clay ready to go into the barrel, the separate plunger, the T-handle and the other item I recommend purchasing, the cleaning brush.<br />
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Now I need to get back to work on my portrait. Here are some of the containers that I have filled with slices taken from the extruded clay. Wish me luck.....<br />
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Wow it's a good thing I didn't make a New Year's resolution to post more often to my blog. (insert smiley face) It's amazing how fast time flies when you're having fun. Today I'm going to talk about my latest project, it is a portrait of my son Kevin. I started working on this way back in December and just now finally finished it and it's up on the wall. The finished portrait is 3' x 4' tall. I guess I made upwards of 100 different canes that went into this project. The hardest part of this project was determining how many canes that I needed to make. <br />
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They're all black and white and shades of gray. Hmm. ....50 shades of gray ....at times it was torturous ...but I also liked it....hmmm maybe there's a book here. <br />
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I created this project by first creating 12 in. Sq blocks of scrap clay that I created a bubbly surface on. I then applied thin slices of my canes to match a photograph that was taken by my sister-in-law when Kevin was just a little tyke. It is my favorite photograph that I have of him. <br />
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If I'm ever to do another project or mosaic like this again I think I will prebake my squares rather than trying to put them on raw. It was hard getting the 12 in.² blocks to match up as nicely as I would like them too. <br />
Here are pictures I took along the way. There's also a final picture of Kevin standing near his portrait.<br />
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<br />Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-455720218308020872014-01-01T21:22:00.000-08:002014-01-01T21:22:51.000-08:00Happy New Year!Ok apparently I can't do any better. March 26th then August 11th and that was it for the year? I am so sorry to keep y'all hanging. So in addition to my yearly new year's resolution diet I vow to post more regularly in 2014. Let's hope that last longer than my diet usually does. <br />
So what's been happening? My "delft" class in Vegas went great. I think Clay Carnival is going to be in August again next year. Donna has some teachers coming from Europe to show us what's happening over there. I hope to be there as a student again. I believe I "misplaced" some money and I have to go and get it back. (If I knew how to insert one of those smiley face guys I would!)<br />
While I was in Vegas I able to take Diane Keeler's doll head class when I wasn't teaching. I had a great time. My head didn't even look like Benjamin Button. I have been telling myself that I need to do another one. My face has what I call a lobotomy scare across her head. She had gotten a little dirty and when I added some more clay to her forehead there developed a line. Oh well, as I tell my students the class is just a journey. The end doesn't come right away. I will try to get some photos of my head added to this post.<br />
right now I have to tell you about an upcoming teaching gig that I have outside of Tampa, Fl. That's right sunny, temperatures in the seventies, Florida. I will be down at McKilliams studios on Jan 11 and 12. I will be teaching my "Cathedral Window Framing Class". Come join me! If the temperature and Me isn't enough, Alice Stroppel will be teaching a class on Friday Jan 10. She is teaching her pen and ink on polymer class. She swears you don't have to be able to draw......We'll see. If you want to know more about either class contact Contact Sammie Williams at <a href="mailto:McKilliams@gmail.com">McKilliams@gmail.com </a><br />
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Here are some examples of what you might create in my class. We will spend one day creating canes for our pendants. I will teach how to reduce your canes down to "micro-cane" size. I will give tips on reducing, combining canes, slicing and construction. The second day we will create the frames and put them all together for your pendant. What a great way to start 2014. Hope to see you there! <br />
Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-91419457452448224232013-08-11T15:20:00.000-07:002013-08-11T15:20:37.760-07:00Playing With the Hand That Was "Delft" YouFirst off let me say....MARCH 26th <a href="mailto:!@#$">!@#$</a>#@ Come on Julie you can do better than this. What have you been doing that keeps you away from your blog that ten's of people read? Well quite a bit actually. I've been to Toulouse, Dufort and Paris France. (didn't see anyone's underpants) I've been to Washington DC with Meisha Barbee. I've spent a marvelous week at a retreat in Virginia and next week I head to Las Vegas, Sin City, Clay Carnival to teach my class that gets its inspiration from delft pottery. Most of you know what delft pottery is but if you don't it's that blue and white pottery that makes you think of tulips, wooden shoes and the boy with his finger in the dike. Well that is what it makes me think of. For the class I am under constraints of time and clay. It is a four hour class and we will be using shades of blue and white. Here is the picture I sent Donna Kato for the class description.<br />
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It can be made using only one cane that you take slices from at different stages of the reduction. In coming up with the class I made several blue and white canes using a fairly simple cane technique that I came up with while I was working on my Chuck Close portrait. I decided I would try to challenge myself to see how many different ways I could use these blue and white canes. Now I wish I could say that all of these projects are finished but remember who you are dealing with here. Her last blog was March 26 for $#$% sake.<br />
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This necklace is mostly finished. I have to add some beads and a clasp. I am taking a findings class with Kathleen Dustin and hoping I can get some inspiration after the class. The focal "bead" is done like my framed mosaic pieces but with a more simple cane slice in the center. You can't see but the sides have cane slices too. Now normally I would have put in on a cord and called it a day. I think it is beautiful on its own. I have some dear friends who have encouraged me to complete my necklaces with more beads (in order to make them more saleable) so that is what I have done here.....well....that is what I am going to do here. Do you see my problem? Maybe this is why I am not in the business to make money. Or maybe that's why I am not making money. <br />
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Here is another unfinished necklace. After seeing posts about Melanie West's traveling necklace I thought I'd make some big shiny balls. So I did. Now what? I put the three of them together on a cord. Didn't like the way that looked. Put in some spacer beads. Better but still no good. Then I decided I would try a multi-strand necklace. Still playing around with that. Of course I dropped one end and all of the small beads went flying when I was trying to set it up to photograph. Taking this necklace with me to a retreat for more advice. Please feel free to add some comments on what you think. <br />
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I decided to make a few necklaces and pendants that might sell at Clay Carnival. So if you are going be sure to stop by the store before you hit the slots! These are more likely what I would wear....What can I say I am a casual girl.<br />
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As you can see I am getting quite a lot out of a few rather simple canes. Well, simple when compared to my face canes. I like bracelets so I did a couple of cuff bracelets.<br />
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Then I went way outside my box and made a .......box. Actually I covered a ceramic box that I bought at Michaels.<br />
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Then I really blew the box up and made this piece (that really isn't anything yet because it has no holes or a pin back yet) that is a cross between an organic piece and a framed piece.<br />
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I have some earrings that I know you will be shocked to hear are not finished but they weren't even close enough to photograph. I hope you forgive me (and I am talking to you, Barb D.) for being so late but that you have enjoyed my blue and white period.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-54999020951246485802013-03-26T20:45:00.000-07:002013-03-26T20:45:53.423-07:00After The Ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Synergy 3 is over. The Ball is over. There were ups and downs at the ball. I gave you a hint at the last post of what my my most recent cane was. Did anyone guess Cinderella? This was a doozy of a cane to build. I'd say that there was at least 15 different canes that were made, reduced and then incorporated into the final cane. I really wanted to get this cane finished prior to Synergy. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to come up with some necklaces so I could have something to sell in the gallery. I came up with this design.<br />
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I created one for each of my fairy tale themed canes. They included my little sayings for each. Cinderella's says "As she sat lone in the ashes, the ball seemed a fading memory". For Little Red Riding Hood "As you're pretty so be wise; wolves may lurk in every guise". "She looked into the beast's eyes and saw the beauty in his soul" goes with Beauty and the Beast. I had time enough to finish four necklaces. One of each with the sayings and one without that I donated to the auction. I liked the way they came out but I guess I was the only one. Or else I was delusional with my price point. I felt like I was participating in Project Runway and Heidi was questioning my taste level. Of course when you are competing with sales with Kathleen Dustin and others I shouldn't have placed my hopes so high. Oh well it was a reality check but then I had another possible disappointment. I had placed my auction piece to be included in the live auction. By Friday I was getting into panic mode because I was afraid no one would bid on my piece. Fortunately Tracy was a great auctioneer and some friends came thru and my piece sold at auction for close to $300. Thank you to those who bid. Again I take my hat off to those who sell their artwork. Putting your heart into something and then feeling rejected can be tough. This was the down part of the ball. In the next post I will talk about the ups.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-44013580462163901602013-03-07T22:24:00.002-08:002013-03-07T22:24:45.029-08:00Barb, this is for you. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A friend of mine who is also a member of the Asheville guild always make a point of telling me she checks my blog everyday. At first I thought she was just being nice and telling me she enjoys my blog. It took me a while to catch on. What she was really saying was "I check your blog every day. Why don't you post more often you lazy @#$%^!" Well maybe not that last part. But she is right I don't post often enough. But there is a reason. I have been really busy getting ready of the up coming Synergy 3 in Atlanta. As you know (if you are a frequent reader like Barb) I don't sell my wares too often but this is going to be one of those times. In order to do that I need to have some wares to sell. Being one to push the caning envelope I decided to make another cane with the fairy tale theme. I also had an idea for a mosaic wall piece. I have been working on these two creations for the past three weeks. Sometime I wonder about me. What was I thinking? The mosaic is almost done and I have finished the cane. I don't have any finished pieces made with the cane yet (Synergy is days away!) but I wanted to give you a preview/sneak peek of that cane. There is also a picture of my wall mosaic during the process.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-12997192226764698852013-01-19T20:28:00.000-08:002013-01-19T20:28:14.990-08:00Polymer Soutache<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I was spending some time with pinterest (much better than house work!) I discovered the art of soutache jewelry. Soutache is braiding that can be used on clothing. Some artist have taken this into jewelry and I really like some of the pieces. It was obvious that this was something that would translate into polymer clay. I did a search and really couldn't find much in the polymer community. I decided to give it a try.<br />
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My first attempt was like so many things in my life -- it got too big. I liked where it was going though so I pressed on. I used some of the cane I created from my "5 from 1 Craftartedu class" as the focal beads for the next piece. Many of the soutache jewelry that I saw online also had bead work. When I taught my class in Kansas City I spent some times with two friends there who were big into beading. Let me tell you their studios were like walking into a beads store. Now I have a few beads at home but I don't do a lot of beading (that's one of the reasons I am so terrible at finishing things) but I have a drop in in the bucket compared to them. Didn't quite get it until I decided I wanted to add some bead work to my latest creation. I get it now.....you never have the right bead when you need it. My local bead store was having a huge end of the year sale so I got my big butt (told you... like so many things in my life...) over there and bought some beads. Don't let the picture fool you - it is not finished. There is no clasp.<br />
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It was very difficult to work the beads in with the polymer clay. My next attempts were scaled down and with no beads. I like the way they look. It was a nice diversion from my complicated cane work. I hope you enjoyed seeing them.<br />
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<br />Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-24365143892233261022013-01-04T09:47:00.000-08:002013-01-04T09:47:18.283-08:00Working with my brother and remembering Phyllis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Several months ago my brother asked me if I would create a pendant with the likeness of his mother-in-law, Phyllis. She had passed away this year and he wanted to give these pendants, as Christmas gifts, to those who loved her. Of course I said yes. I knew it was going to be a great opportunity to challenge myself and to work together on an art piece with my brother. If you have been reading my blog you know that last year I created pendants for all of the women in the family. This pendant was of my grandmother and was taken from an old photograph. I never knew my grandmother and the only requirement was that it look sorta like her photo. Here is a picture of the mosaic cane that I made.<br />
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I decided that I did not want to make this cane in the mosaic style. I wanted it to be more like the African woman cane that I created. This meant that we were going to have to reduce the number of colors in the photograph but also make it so that it could be created in clay. I didn't want too many little pieces of color but we wanted a more photographic look to the piece. Glenn, who is an artist and much more proficient in Photoshop than myself, did a lot of the preliminary work. This is the original photo graph and the "working photo" he came up with. Thankfully he decided to eliminate the background. After going back and forth we opted for a palette of 16 browns for the hair and face, 3 more for the eyes and 3 for the mouth.<br />
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OK at this point I kept telling my brother, "I can do it". While to myself I was saying "how in the hell am I going to do this?" I have gotten pretty good at reducing large, thin canes but in order to get the details right I knew I wouldn't be able to create this as a single cane. I decided I would create her face, reduce it and then finish the rest of her hair and body. Here are some more pictures. These were taken with my phone so they aren't the greatest but you get the picture. Ha Ha "you get the picture"<br />
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All seems to be going well. So now I needed to reduce this final cane. Usually when you reduce a cane the middle is the hardest to get moving. So a lot of the time at the end the middle appears larger than the outside because it was a bit slower to reduce. Now if you have never reduced a large cane you may not know what I am talking about but trust me that is what usually happens. (to me anyway) Well not this time. Maybe it was because I had already reduced the face but for whatever reason this time the middle reduced faster and therefore the face was smaller than the outside. Here is a picture of a slice taken off of the reduced cane.<br />
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You can see that her facial features do not match in scale to the rest of her. Now comes the tricky part. In a perfect world the cane would have reduced evenly and all I would have to do is take some slices and create my pendants. Not this time. I had to had manipulate each slice. I won't go into the details but it was tricky. Lets just say it's why I make the big bucks. This project was different from other projects in that not only did it have to look like a woman but it had to look like a specific woman. It was very easy to pinch or pull the slice too much in one direction which would change the look of the piece. Each one is unique. As usual I find fault with every one. I finally made enough "good" ones and let my brother choose his favorites to made into pendants. One slice got a little out of control as to its size so I made a framed piece which I pictured at the start of this blog entry. It was a challenging project and I enjoyed pushing the boundaries of cane making. I enjoyed working with my brother and hope to do it again soon. Phyllis will be missed by her loved ones and I hope they will enjoy looking at the pendants and remembering her.<br />
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Here is a part of a project that I started awhile back. It is different from the mosaics that I have done in the past. This one is made up of over 50 black, white and gray canes. After making the canes I reduced each one to 1/2 inch square and sliced them up. The final piece is 36 inches by 24 inches. To bake this I needed to build the piece in sections because it all wouldn't fit into my oven. I also wanted to give it some texture rather than have flat pieces. To do this I built a bottom layer of scrap clay. I formed each to have even raised bumps. I baked these and then applied the slices one by one to this base in order to create my picture.<br />
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I am sure that many of you have guessed that it is the artist Chuck Close. I think he is a wonderful artist and obviously has influenced my art. My brother had the wonderful opportunity to work with Chuck Close when he was an art student. I even got to meet him on one occasion. He was doing his large photo realistic paintings at the time. His illness has forced him to change his style but he is still leaving a impact on us all. My brother who is a digital artist now created a 3d model of Chuck. The image of this model was published on the cover of "the Village Voice" magazine in New York City. I created my polymer clay mosaic using this photo. Here is my brother, Glenn Dean's, photo from the magazine.</div>
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Sorry it's been so long since I posted but I promise I haven't been idle. Soon after I got back from Kansas City I headed off to the annual Clay Carnival in Las Vegas. This is a yearly event headed up by Donna Kata. 2006 was the first year that I attended the Clay Carnival. A lot has changed since then. I have taken several classes, been to retreats, published a book, traveled to teach and have made many many clay friends. I can remember the first year I attended walking down the halls of the Imperial Palace and passing Donna Kato in the hall. I was star struck. After all it was THE Donna Kato. I had only seen her on the Carol Duvall show. This was my first polymer clay class that I had ever taken. Six years later and I am happy to say I think of Donna as a friend now, along with many of the instructors. I even had some surreal moments myself this time with strangers coming up to me, introducing themselves and I can only guess having a moment similar to what I experienced when I saw Donna for the first time all those years ago. Now I am not saying I have the stature/notoriety/famousness (I know that's not a word) that Donna has but I guess I have reached the notice of some polymer clay people through my blog and through my art. One lady came up and told me she had taken my classes on craftartedu and was thrilled to meet me. Another woman from France admitted she was a fan and that she followed my blog. OK I admit it, it was fun, it was uplifting and I appreciated it. But it was still weird after all it's just me.<br />
OK that's enough about me...WTF this is my blog. I can make it all about me if I want. So what I did I do in Vegas. I still enjoy taking classes. They push me to do things that I don't normally do. I will admit that a lot of things I make never make It out of the bag but I still leave having learned many things and also with more confidence in those area that I don't tackle that often. If you read about my "Benjamin Button" sculpting you know that sculpting isn't my thing. This year at Clay Carnival there seemed to be a lot of sculpting. A new instructor this year was <a href="http://wendywallinmalinow.com/" target="_blank">Wendy Malinow</a>. I had met Wendy before I knew that she.......let's just say she has her own drummer. She likes bird sculls, bones, teeth and other odd bits. I just loved her class. I think it was the most productive that I have ever been in a class at Clay Carnival. It was the opposite of complex caning. Just what I needed. This class was a combined with <a href="http://themoodywoods.com/" target="_blank">Leslie Blackford's</a> class of sticks and stones and creatures. I was able to follow their examples and had fun making the bits for this bracelet.<br />
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For Donna's class we made pods. I will be honest and going in this was not my favorite class. Usually Donna's class is one of my favorite. I think they had a "sculpting" theme going this year and she followed with a more sculpted piece. She taught us a stripey/ikatish cane and then attached to a pod shape. OK so the piece I brought home I hated. I thought it looked like one of those yucky orange peanut marshmallow things you find around Halloween. Now this was my choice of texture not Donna's so don't think I am saying it was her fault. Having said all that i have to say I loved what I did with it once I got home. First I colored it with some colored pencils and pens. I tried darkening/antiquing afterwards to fill in the white peanut divots. This didn't work so I had to apply more paint and then sanded if off (which of course took off all of the color) I then reapplied the colors. I hit the high spots with some guilders paste. Now I can't say I love the pod shape but I love the depth of the colors that I got on the surface. Below is a picture of how it looks when I got it home and then how it looked after I colored.<br />
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For Kim Cavender's class we were to make ..........well let's just say something that many in the rowdy room thought resembled a certain female body part. I chose to do my own thing and came up with this. It has holes for a pendant.<br />
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That's all for now I will write more about my fun time in Vegas. I have been working on a new project which I hope to write about soon.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-82963262652138845302012-10-02T20:45:00.000-07:002012-10-02T20:45:30.040-07:00I'm Going to Kansas City. Kansas City Here I come!I hope you sang the title of this post. I am leaving tomorrow to teach a face cane class and I can't get that tune out of my head. We are going to have a great time. Wish you here!<br />
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Who was it who said that I never get anything finished?.....Oh wait, that was me. Well I am here to tell you that at least for now that has changed. I got two new pieces done that I left with Ellen and Sue at the Create Journey Studio. Of course once I did that I didn't have anything left so I got to work. I finished a framed piece with my grandmothers cane in it. I also did a few more framed piece centered around my mosaic faces.<br />
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I also went back to some of my fairy tale canes. I have written about my little red riding hood cane but I don't think I mentioned much about my Beauty and the Beast cane. I think I was working on that when I got the brainstorm for the bowl. Well I wanted to send a piece to my niece who was nice enough to pick up a new iphone for me. (Verizon pisses me off but that is another story) Anyway I came up with this cylindrical pendant.<br />
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From it are little tiles which say "Beauty comes from within". I liked the way they looked. They reminded me of scrolls. I did another Beauty and the Beast. I just now realized, as the picture loaded, that the image is reversed. It's funny to me because usually I have my pieces in the orientation that I built them which would have been like the first one. Oh well since they are canes it makes no difference.<br />
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I then decided to make a some with my Little Red Riding hood cane. I managed to get the cane slice to wrap around completely. Working the tree and the bushes together to hide the seam. Really looks cool up close.<br />
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On one the tiles read "sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth" the other says "wolves lurk in every guise". I need my nephew back to take some better pictures. I hope you enjoy.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-20427060554032577262012-07-30T07:57:00.000-07:002012-07-30T07:58:33.705-07:00Life Is Like A Bowl Of Polymer<br />
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When I made the last face mosaic canes, I would cut the ends off and save them. I was then left with a full size "slice" of the cane. I always thought these were cool looking. I liked that the ends were not even with each other. I had ideas going through my head of ways of adding depth and making it more like a sculpture. So when did I finally come up with my next idea? Right in the middle of my last project. I was working on the next project in my fairy tale line, beauty and the beast, when I came up with this idea to create a curved surface. Not only do you have to step back from the piece but you have to be looking straight on to see the whole picture. This was even a larger leap of faith. I was probably 1/3 to 1/2 done before I had convinced myself that the layout was working. When I built my previous mosaic canes it was unbaked and I could replace some of the canes later (although it was not easy to do) if a section didn't look right. I couldn't do that this time. It was also harder to step back from it and see the face. The curve was hard to prop up. But I pressed onward and finished it with faith. Of course since it is made of extruded canes the picture is the same on both sides. It brought some new challenges in coming up with building the piece. I think I still have to work on some issues for the next one. I also think I will be going bigger next time. This one is 9 inches round by 3.25 in depth. The one drawback is that there is no cane to reduce to use for other items. It is a one of a kind. But I like it and hope you do to.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-19955926634306326772012-06-30T14:38:00.000-07:002012-06-30T14:38:16.757-07:00Join Me For A Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a couple of face cane classes coming up that I thought I'd tell you about. The first will be held at Creative Journey Studios outside of Atlanta on Aug 11 and 12. The next will be In Kansas City on October 6 and 7. I will be teaching how I make a face cane. This two day class is jammed packed (how else can you get a face cane made in two days) But it is also packed with fun. Above you will see some of the canes made by my students in earlier classes. It covers how I take a picture and create a cane based on that picture. Tricks and rules of caning are covered. How to reduce this giant cane and still have it looking like a face. I show my process and I hope my students step away no longer intimidated by complex canes. They learn that "they are the masters for their clay and it WILL bend to their will."<br />
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If you are interested in the Creative Journey class watch for information on it <a href="http://www.creativejourneyart.blogspot.com/p/summer-classes.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
For more information on the upcoming class in Kansas City email me at the link above and I will connect you with the person in charge.<br />
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If you or your guild would like me to come teach a class at your location please email me. I'd love to hear from you.<br />
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Here are some pictures of the cane we will be creating and some various things you can do with it.<br />
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<br />Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-84426526083276943932012-05-31T21:02:00.000-07:002012-05-31T21:02:07.435-07:00Red Riding Hood Revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A while back I posted about my wolf for a Little Red Riding Hood cane I was working on. Then there was nothing more about it. Well I finished the cane and I just wasn't that happy with it. I figured the best thing to do was to just step away from it for a while. It worked. When i created the pendant I didn't think that Red Riding Hood stood out enough from the background. I decided to go around her and other things in the picture with a needle tool. Then added a touch of paint. The end result has a carved wood look to it. I liked it. For the necklace I made some beads that say " the sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth". Another pendant says "As you're pretty, so be wise; wolves may lurk in every guise".<br />
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I have plans for some more fairy tales. My neice, Erin, has helped me with the sketches that I will be basing the canes on. Stay tuned for those.Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-63072612814012409192012-05-07T20:12:00.001-07:002012-05-07T20:12:49.005-07:00The Many Faces of Columbus, OhioFirst so sorry for the long gap between posts. Geeesh ....Feb was my last post. You'd think I was out solving the problems of the world. But I am back.<br />
Just back from teaching a face cane class in Columbus, Ohio. Thanks so much to my host Jeanette Kandray for making it such a great weekend. Thanks also to all of my super students. I worked them hard the first day but most got finished or near to finished with their canes. I think they did a fantastic job. I can spend up to three weeks on one face cane so getting this much done in a weekend is certainly a job well done.<br />
Here are some pictures from my class. I will be teaching this class again in Aug at the Creative Journey Studios outside of Atlanta. We are close to finalizing a teaching gig in Kansas City in October. Let me know if you are interested in either of these classes and I will get you in touch with the proper people.<br />
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We had a great time in Columbus so why don't you join me for the next go-round?Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-18981344328482606882012-02-21T09:03:00.005-08:002012-02-21T09:44:14.662-08:00The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra6ew6r0PG6jW3YZ06DCmKlDwu6q08dD7hS4291wuOdvz3kaw2iFyY-yf6y0zA6upQPvmZB-STgK3ZDNv75lValGjzFkY4kfN_p7y-jOegfegDAdzeVEXZIjBe11nC4n4a84vXrzBC2Q/s1600/head+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 391px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711644533934148834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra6ew6r0PG6jW3YZ06DCmKlDwu6q08dD7hS4291wuOdvz3kaw2iFyY-yf6y0zA6upQPvmZB-STgK3ZDNv75lValGjzFkY4kfN_p7y-jOegfegDAdzeVEXZIjBe11nC4n4a84vXrzBC2Q/s400/head+1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KGdlGAheBnFs6mXliaDtwGvxdj1Vr-Ernt-OeYM4jYNP0dvXy77lg8jwKEancXVagxue87gOAd3jjzVhuVrWzh30zRAOmfnr5D2LLx5hnNkHn2Zw7qxZHMz1C_AFg4f7LK6O0GkOC2E/s1600/head+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 268px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711643867764865330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA2gwCsC_f8h8J9izftT6puA9wU46fCtfcgkd8XQZKtXhH-wMcucIy9LplmCWNgktYOGt4fg3v8KmsfyWxq0d5e7HV0PkO1qu-20vYOBSCGDC0C5OufA7dwnX9GSJhKivI1KbYJ76yqg/s400/mad+hatter+3.jpg" /></a><br /><div>So what have I been doing since my last post? I was writing about a Red Riding Hood cane that I was working on. Well lets just say several pounds of clay and many hours later it is done. And I am not happy with it. I could write about that failure but instead I thought I'd write about a different failure. It started with Clay Carnival in Vegas last November. I knew I was taking a class from Leslie Blackford. I just love her and her classes but I never seem to finish in her class. I work slow I can't help it. So I decided to work on my "Mad Hatter" before I got there. I had had help with some sculpting from a friend, Maggie Westall, and I was really happy with my mad hatter head. I took this with me to Vegas but even with this finished before class I still didn't complete my box until I got home. Here it is. So after I got home I started working on my red riding hood cane. After that failure I was tired of caning so I thought I'd try to sculpt a woman. Not sure what the final was going to be I just started on the head.<br />This first head was made with premo right out of the package. It was small and I thought not too bad for a first attempt. (actually I had done a little sculpting of Santa's in the past. Hmm... maybe that's why they were all turning out too masculine) So my first thoughts on head 1 was I hated the eyes. I tried painting them on and they pretty much looked like crap. The other thing thing was that my head was far from the beautiful woman I wanted, but it was my first try.<br />I did some research on the web and came up with some eyes that were prebaked that I could insert into the head. Head 2 has these eyes in them. Now when I start sculpting I do like the books and video's say and mark off the eyes (mid way down) the nose and mouth areas. What happens for me though is that while I am working it the head becomes misshapen and ends up looking like Benjamin Button. ( and I don't mean the handsome Brad Pitt version) So here is head 2.<br />Head 3 is a little less Benjamin but still not right. For some reason Head 4 went back to Benjamin. Head 4 has slightly different eyes. These I coated with resin that hardens in the sun. This is the best part about head 4. She is still no beauty. I also switched to a mix of translucent and beige Kato clay. This cracked when I took it out of the oven.<br />Head 5 and my last attempt has some improvements but the shape is still not right. Like the last one there were cracks in the clay. Still not much of a beauty. I penciled some eyebrows just to see if it would help. Not much.<br />I guess it is back to caning for me.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-72527067402711345822012-01-04T21:22:00.000-08:002012-01-04T21:46:09.029-08:00Thin Is Great For People - Not for Canes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P_CGmzd2uJiFT1ESVSpcfYhUe8DRDri2G_tNlyLF8X-bkpKEe3sxmIoFb7mxec2HG-JpZPYEZnwoU763u03dl5LdtrzPYLJSTO_sSxtTEWrE41Xb0BQA1HSQFTjCeNHLkltOlQsZrio/s1600/wolf7.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694019616843867714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P_CGmzd2uJiFT1ESVSpcfYhUe8DRDri2G_tNlyLF8X-bkpKEe3sxmIoFb7mxec2HG-JpZPYEZnwoU763u03dl5LdtrzPYLJSTO_sSxtTEWrE41Xb0BQA1HSQFTjCeNHLkltOlQsZrio/s400/wolf7.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3Z-TJ6PGc7zO_c878wKOped6jOqNRo92mSCvMhyQtPe_lnSbAhC9x8V-yUbCV52EF-ePRimTxoJqReS8TzuKhC_ZJ0pNof64yKt7yXAoWfi_gbGBuPvGkftxTUNlHNG2-9n2axc7TCw/s1600/wolf8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694019321396927346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3Z-TJ6PGc7zO_c878wKOped6jOqNRo92mSCvMhyQtPe_lnSbAhC9x8V-yUbCV52EF-ePRimTxoJqReS8TzuKhC_ZJ0pNof64yKt7yXAoWfi_gbGBuPvGkftxTUNlHNG2-9n2axc7TCw/s400/wolf8.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVov2ENYFg2PMF9psbKBeVhu5wDSaM9oA6q-J8fOeCO3EsA0np-d8HsmV7HArbYkGFYCqF73CFge2WDpUh0pgGf7T_cm_wekUpMG5vUeQGQ38NoUG6AtJnR_kxBTAG8a_IkFv4WrZSB0/s1600/wolf8.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug_KOe1n4agh5V-WHhOb401rdWbP8JeU187G6QxSOsXAJGIC6A9qwyxt3MhJfr_-LPe3EpXy0fSMFD0776XzOLLuPdi_X4HQLVCWYspObT7lIzrKrRC1cWKS-R56RRQshKgXj4FE91FQ/s1600/wolf6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694018534157091874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug_KOe1n4agh5V-WHhOb401rdWbP8JeU187G6QxSOsXAJGIC6A9qwyxt3MhJfr_-LPe3EpXy0fSMFD0776XzOLLuPdi_X4HQLVCWYspObT7lIzrKrRC1cWKS-R56RRQshKgXj4FE91FQ/s400/wolf6.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGmBYpIan_27bIVWUWoH3CQGBTrHXOmh6BY80lXw9GR_2WV_QWU6vjMmMgGPvzn_Pn8qvzNZbz1KnjS0Hp47IwNqm2WkRlX7QlSsZ-RTqrObX-qee3PARR-bqaKL8MxHlPBxd0CsRO1w/s1600/wolf5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694018532776018498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGmBYpIan_27bIVWUWoH3CQGBTrHXOmh6BY80lXw9GR_2WV_QWU6vjMmMgGPvzn_Pn8qvzNZbz1KnjS0Hp47IwNqm2WkRlX7QlSsZ-RTqrObX-qee3PARR-bqaKL8MxHlPBxd0CsRO1w/s400/wolf5.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I have a wolf update for you. So I remade my wolf cane. This time I gave up on the play dough and filled with a background. Now I decided to keep the cane thin like last time. This made the cane much easier to make but not easier to reduce. I was really feeling optimistic since the reduction of the previous wolf went pretty well. Well not so much this time. I packed the cane with scrap clay as before but it just didn't go well. In the picture you can see all the sections of cane that have the gray scrap clay coming through. There was 10 ounces of clay in the original cane and I ended up with 3 ounces of usable cane. Oh the waste. Oh well. It is what it is. At least I have enough for my Red Riding Hood cane. </div></div></div></div></div>Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-68977940564004008232012-01-02T09:22:00.000-08:002012-01-02T09:48:00.035-08:00First Lesson for 2012 - Don't Be Stupid<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhZhK_2x4xlBVlT_VdBTmNSPmDKKyOtV2k2gV9XhBp4F2YAEKw26kZsKlZgtkFc4yM6yi4eG3kobtEU0fwABvSpyUtdaF2eEi-_9PO8QCpUsD1UkaVnm0uLmcItMw3lOldTXQWQebZ_U/s1600/wolf1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693092550183025554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhZhK_2x4xlBVlT_VdBTmNSPmDKKyOtV2k2gV9XhBp4F2YAEKw26kZsKlZgtkFc4yM6yi4eG3kobtEU0fwABvSpyUtdaF2eEi-_9PO8QCpUsD1UkaVnm0uLmcItMw3lOldTXQWQebZ_U/s400/wolf1.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1coD4eVDcDUUNyXCX7-Bb8iqUO5BLq8zvlyZV4DM4ZIyh4RvRBxmoy7w2XhyphenhyphenjPM-nGpY80ogzqHm9c_0vlt4igY9UgQ1iWVBKznVlUJFMRnob4Qoy3LG43b2P3_P8lGAAUwoXXHQ1MZY/s1600/wolf3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693091585025417170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1coD4eVDcDUUNyXCX7-Bb8iqUO5BLq8zvlyZV4DM4ZIyh4RvRBxmoy7w2XhyphenhyphenjPM-nGpY80ogzqHm9c_0vlt4igY9UgQ1iWVBKznVlUJFMRnob4Qoy3LG43b2P3_P8lGAAUwoXXHQ1MZY/s400/wolf3.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuYIV8ngFG0BbIsNDqoSHJY4Tk3BGyT6NyuX-ttGaD3-aIk9ctE3TPiSgiT0Ce4wMLtGMWrZ0UfPNDz927x4DtskH5U1_uYGqQZ0ZTarwau688AfYQOoC0BiKJL2q27s_1vP5KMUs1mk/s1600/wolf2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693091583518902322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuYIV8ngFG0BbIsNDqoSHJY4Tk3BGyT6NyuX-ttGaD3-aIk9ctE3TPiSgiT0Ce4wMLtGMWrZ0UfPNDz927x4DtskH5U1_uYGqQZ0ZTarwau688AfYQOoC0BiKJL2q27s_1vP5KMUs1mk/s400/wolf2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcJ5CjVyAgf09A87l20ufeAFdeBnBNpxol3s-b3j9zLRRECwinti66wHLN_TxUL_f7RNOIVJmfyOsE7O6rnsffwZd01CC-YhnFMN0YryefQARXXjgHBES8WxnOJ2qfk3FqQPFJRp6lKg/s1600/wolf1.JPG"></a><br /><div>Happy New Year everyone. As we tend to do each year I came up with some new resolutions. One seems to be the same every year - lose some weight. Another for me are to update this blog. I really need to update the slide show that appears on the right. My flickr pictures are all old so I need some work there. </div><div>I have a lot of ideas for canes this year. I thought I'd do some with a fairy tale theme. I love the new show on ABC "Once Upon a Time". So I have a preliminary sketch and I dive into the clay. (This also keeps my hands away from the food!) I spend most of the first day of 2012 working on a section of the cane. It is of a wolf that I hope to work into the larger "Red Riding Hood" cane. Trying to figure out how to do this I decide to keep the cane very shallow. It is between 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep. This allows me to cut into the clay using an exacto blade. Everything is going fine. I build the cane. </div><div>Then I get stupid. I really don't know exactly how this segment is going to fit into the whole cane so I have this brilliant idea to use the play dough technique. If you haven't tried this before, this is where you wrap the cane with play dough, reduce the cane and then remove the excess clay. I stupidly thought I would be able to fill in the reduced wolf with the selected background color later. You can see the play dough is the orange around the wolf. The cane measure 9 X 4 X 1/2 inches. I pack the entire clay with scrap clay. This is necessary because of the shallow depth of the cane. (at least it is necessary for me)</div><div>The good news is that I learned that I can reduce a cane this shallow but the bad news is that I learned that it will be too hard to repack the reduced cane later. The play dough did work great so I will keep that in mind for future projects. I may try baking the wolf pieces and see if I can slice off the baked clay. I have a little bit of the cane still encased in scrap clay that I should be able to slice off, soak off the play dough and then use for something.</div><div>I have to start the cane over but I did learn some lessons today. Stay tuned and I hope to post more about my Red Riding Hood cane.</div></div></div></div>Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931254244242422723.post-6555409573710468742011-11-02T18:01:00.000-07:002011-11-02T18:16:55.421-07:00Grand Mama What Big Eyes You Have<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_H_5Qy7BuK6xU2GiTGOM_eEfBmOsdex-phV1nxrZtd6UNrC-0ohEq-jskkCUCUDRWHUJocfs1h-xizg5kspszzucEzscwOKGLfO4CTBJyoJ6_Xx5i2b5SNJ-WTBcYNuNxVHThfIjLKs/s1600/grandma+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 383px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670572199960922642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_H_5Qy7BuK6xU2GiTGOM_eEfBmOsdex-phV1nxrZtd6UNrC-0ohEq-jskkCUCUDRWHUJocfs1h-xizg5kspszzucEzscwOKGLfO4CTBJyoJ6_Xx5i2b5SNJ-WTBcYNuNxVHThfIjLKs/s400/grandma+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRkZGjh00tiAFpkpTe_zEqRuKOfMxaBVm3eOou8sxvI2b2zESgwiKRUZDv-EcINdwVWEWi9yw0VeM2MyIWjBscYqO8DQ2mkuJtPwsL3-eVsewGMUJ1USwPAsg6vW2OsswR0Y5-_9FrTg/s1600/grandma+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 392px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670572196603233682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRkZGjh00tiAFpkpTe_zEqRuKOfMxaBVm3eOou8sxvI2b2zESgwiKRUZDv-EcINdwVWEWi9yw0VeM2MyIWjBscYqO8DQ2mkuJtPwsL3-eVsewGMUJ1USwPAsg6vW2OsswR0Y5-_9FrTg/s400/grandma+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJj7-O1ARwPiQ-2JjE2nHC99t02xfxqF3jA6w8whicFP74pNmT09iT6tM-qNGd6iw29YabXlC62GG0ctEtv-k-bf7no32At4_uy7sdPajZVOPd-L8s22YJyz7bBpkP4Mb-FJUCdR6QnU/s1600/grandma+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670572189357253186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJj7-O1ARwPiQ-2JjE2nHC99t02xfxqF3jA6w8whicFP74pNmT09iT6tM-qNGd6iw29YabXlC62GG0ctEtv-k-bf7no32At4_uy7sdPajZVOPd-L8s22YJyz7bBpkP4Mb-FJUCdR6QnU/s400/grandma+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ7wpM7Qiuy3-s20Be7m1hkN3vNuLIJicBjqghmhU11Eu4GBZU93495zQ9U4rZ3sjnETOULXkzGvpZ-yssAlp4WvHJ33J-fm9yAys7A3Jp0rGhLwRygBY7QwHNIaD636dHdTDecBoMNc/s1600/grandma+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 358px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670572182733754722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ7wpM7Qiuy3-s20Be7m1hkN3vNuLIJicBjqghmhU11Eu4GBZU93495zQ9U4rZ3sjnETOULXkzGvpZ-yssAlp4WvHJ33J-fm9yAys7A3Jp0rGhLwRygBY7QwHNIaD636dHdTDecBoMNc/s400/grandma+5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlv275BPN4X8f-1-C7QlB4wFW_9irv3SJ8PbbyPsUogzhDFA2hGa0Gfx4g_zCIh2UhQWuIJm-P2RmyWha8aqkYGyh4qdjcEYOjjelrDApbafFE61e6iNI6n0C-rope63lBjeTr5uu0mY/s1600/grandma+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670572177736494930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlv275BPN4X8f-1-C7QlB4wFW_9irv3SJ8PbbyPsUogzhDFA2hGa0Gfx4g_zCIh2UhQWuIJm-P2RmyWha8aqkYGyh4qdjcEYOjjelrDApbafFE61e6iNI6n0C-rope63lBjeTr5uu0mY/s400/grandma+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I never knew my maternal grandmother but I always loved this little pin that belonged to my mother. It was a picture of my grandmother when she was just a girl. I also always wondered why she didn't pass on her good looks and peaches and cream complexion to me. I decided I would try to do a cane of her. Like most of my canes it was not an easy thing. I have talked about my recent frustration with the inconsistency of clay. I happened on some Fimo classic on sale and bought up a bunch of cream colored clay. I liked the feel of it in the package but I wasn't sure how it would do mixed with my Kato. I did some preliminary testing and the color seemed to be OK after baking and it also took the higher Kato temperatures. I liked working with it. The clay was firm but would stick together when I wanted and yet I could pull it apart for "surgeries" that were required. Of course the big test will be when I try to reduce this "mother". (pun intended) I will let you know how it goes with the reduction.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I built the cane in six sections. You can see them all together as slices in the one photo. On previous mosaic canes my extruded pieces were made up of combinations of color. I decided to extrude individual colors to maintain the more muted palette of the pin. I don't think I quite captured her beauty but I hope she is looking down and appreciating the effort her granddaughter made. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Not sure of the market value of this cane but since I don't sell too often I guess it won't affect my pocketbook too much. Of course everyone in my family can expect something made out of it for Christmas whether they want it or not.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Julie Eakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00704454747145230002noreply@blogger.com24