Another poochie....

Here is the latest in my little excursion of doggie sculpted beads! I am hoping to get a tutorial finished on how to make them and have it downloadable from this site or my website, http://www.darbelladesigns.com/ . Hopefully with the help of a couple of good friends, I can get that done! I am going to try and make a few more dog beads tommorrow for the groomer up the road. Also some from a couple of requests I got from a yahoo group I belong to. It is Memorial Day weekend and I am looking foreward to claying and relaxing. Check back to see my progress...

Been a little busy the last few days...

I have been busy these last few days and have not had time to post as I hoped to do on a daily basis. I am preparing for a show in Lexington Mass. with my other polymer clay guild I belong to. We are doing a combined show with the painters guild. i am hoping to post my pieces tonight on the blog, so stay tuned.......

Bead Show Today....

Well, today I went to the Big Bead show in Mass. with my sister Heather. As usual, we bought lots of things we did not need. What else is new! I actually was good considering all I have gotten at past shows and still have not used! I must focus on using all the things I have in the studio.
It is cold and wet here today and my bones and joints a reacting poorly, so no claying today. I did manage to bake the lamp I am working on for a Gallery exhibit with my clay guild in Lexington, Mass. It is called "A Brush with Polymer" and we were asked to interpret our renditions of the painters guilds artwork they are exhibiting with us. I will post the picture of the lamp and the photo of the painting for comparison as soon as I make the shade for the lamp. Hopefully tommorrow I will not be in pain and get more claying done for the exhibit!

Dog Portraits

I was recently asked to sculpt a pair of dog earrings by the owner of a local bead shop. Little did I know, but she apparently has a large customer base that are dog lovers and owners! She called me for the next several days with orders for her customers. I have been having a lot of fun, as I myself am a dog (all animals actually, except ants!) lover. Here is a picture of a German shepherd I had to make for a lady that lost hers recently. I had to re-do it several times, however she was not happy with it because it still did not look like her dog. (Everyone I showed it to alongside the picture thought so). I think it is hard for someone to grieve over the loss of a pet and therefore cannot see that although the bead came out great, it cannot fill the void of the lost pet. So now I will offer it for sale on my website, and I am sure there is someone out there that will adopt it! I think from now on I will have to really explain to customers that I try my best to duplicate their pet, however, if it is a lost pet, they may not see it as good as others do because it literally cannot fill that empty space, not even the acquiring of another pet could, so sometimes. we have to move on and accept another life into our hearts.

Mid Week mind block...

Here it is, Wednesday, and I am feeling not very creative. Or rather I should say that in my mind, I have lots of ideas, but the body is physically unable today. Lots of pain....I wonder if it is the fibromyalgia kicking my butt today????? I hate that on days my mind is roaring to go, the body aches, and on days the body is feeling like a kid again, my mind is in slow motion and will not kick into gear! Hopefully tommorrow will be better, but with the rain scheduled over the next few days, looks like pittsville is near! Here is a past work I did called Karma Kameleon. Enjoy!

Great weekend...

I had a great weekend. My friend Lizzy came to visit and stayed a few days so she could join us crazy claydies for our monthly guild meeting! We all tried a technique from an old Bell Amoire magazine and it was interesting! I am going into the studio tonight to work on several pieces i am making for my other guilds exhibit called "A Brush with Polymer". We have to interpert in polymer clay the way we see different artists paintings that were submitted for our consideration! I need to get crackin' cause they are due this weekend! Procrastination is my middle name!

My New Blog !

My friend Liz helped me set up a blog! I am sure to screw it up!