What goes around comes around - cuffs and rocks

Hi and many apologies for not posting for a while. I have been pretty busy 'making' and have a couple of pictures of new things I have made to share today.

The picture on the right shows 2 of several Rocks bracelets I have made since attending the Melanie Muir 2 x 1 day workshops in South London on June 9th and 10th. 
I really like the Mokune Gane effect and this fits right in with the Kimono fabric theme. I used a flower rubber stamp and a mixture of pearl and plain colours to get the 3D effect.


Here are a load of other bracelets that I have been working on. The other workshop with Melanie was her Cuff bracelet technique. It was nice to revisit the technique which had already been covered during the 2012 Polymer Pamper Play. I did have a dislocated finger at the time (still sore by the way )

Kimono fabric pieces

I have been very interested in re-creating the feel of antique Kimono fabrics in polymer clay. Here are a few examples of my progress so far.
A friend at Polymer Pamper Play II (Ruth) gave me this bangle blank which was originally covered with leather which she had removed. I had already made the veneer using the peacock cane as a background and with applied flower cane and swirl slices so only had to fit it to the bracelet.

The ghostly hand is a plaster cast of my friend Angela's hand. She was impatient and wiggled her fingers in the algeanate so the ends of the plaster cast are not as good as I would have liked. Still its a good reminder of her as she now lives in Australia and this ghost of her hand lives on my bookshelf.

PS this bracelet shape is almost totally impractical unless you are Wonder Woman.