The Process
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It’s difficult to explain the process of how you make patt erns or a picture out of polymer clay. The best way to explain it is to do it visually with captions, as I have done here.
The process shown here is just so you can get a general idea of the process involved in creating an image or pa ttern from clay.
I do prefer to keep my jewellery patt erns much smaller than this turtle patt ern, so that I have the time to do a larger selection of designs. This turtle patt ern came together over a few days.
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| The dots that appear at the end of this cane are created using various coloured spaghetti shaped clay, pushed together into a log shape called a cane, then wrapped using slices of clay from my ol’ faithful pasta machine a tool I wouldn’t be without. | |||
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| If the initial cane is created large enough, it can be rolled and stretched smaller to be used for all the parts of the turtle shell. The edge of the shell are just flattened versions of the canes. | |||
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| Each part of the turtles face and her flippers is created with a cane wrapped in a sheet made from a lighter shade of clay that has been put through the pasta machine. | |||
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| Each part of the turtles face and her flippers are created using canes wrapped in a lighter shade of clay that has been put through the pasta machine to flatten it into a sheet. All the blue water surrounding the turtle is created using sheets of various tones of blues and turquoise clay - again, from the pasta machine. | |||
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| When the turtle cane is complete, it is rolled and pulled out to reduce it’s size in diameter, until it is small enough to create a keyring. By this time the cane is very long and has to be cut into shorter pieces. There is also a lot of excess clay to cut off as you reduce the size of the cane, this is due to puckering. | |||
About The Artist
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Those of you who have heard me give my spiel at my market stall* know that when you ask me about how I make my jewellery, you usually can’t stop me. All I can say is “Don’t get me started!”, I get all excited about the details and the process . . .sorry about that, I just can’t help myself. . .I ‘m passionate about using Polymer Clay - I am a Polymerholic! (if there is such a thing).
The name ‘Sal’s Studio’ came about because people call me Sal (obviously) and I’ve always created in a studio - whatever I’ve created. The name leaves me enough room to grow into whatever else I choose to create and sell, besides my jewellery. Right now though, it’s all about the Polymer Clay jewellery, but who knows in the future.
It is most certainly all about the colour too! As you can see from my earlier works pictured here, there’s not really anything subtle going on, I have always loved bright colours. Saying that, I am learning to be a bit more subtle colourwise in some of my clay designs for jewellery. I know, it’s one thing to hang a brightly coloured painting on a wall, but quite another for some of you to embrace colour in your jewellery. Thankfully though, there are plenty of you who do love colour too, wherever you can get it, which includes jewellery! Well, you’re definately in the right place.
I used to paint with oils on canvas and also create ceramic pieces, I’ve always loved alternating between the two. I have also studied drawing, sculpture, photography, painting and Art history in college after high school...only a couple of years full time, and I was ready to carry on experimenting myself. I’m not the University type, so I went to work instead, creating fine art in my spare time. Since then I have dabbled in watercolours, created mandalas using sacred geometry and collages using anything I could get my hands on! Whilst creating in my spare time, I was working as a Graphic designer and Art Director for fifteen years, which has probably made me a bit more organised in my business, if nothing else. In the end, I just had to say goodbye to all that commercial art stuff... they took my coloured pens away and gave me a computer to work on instead...It just wasn’t enough of a creative outlet for me, so I quit.
I used to do all types of other creative stuff too - and then along came Polymerclay - definately ‘my thing’ I think. Now I really don‘t have time to focus on much else creative, it’s been just over two years now and there has only been a few days where I haven’t touched my clay. That reminds me, I still haven’t finished that (I’ll just do one in this lifetime) quilt in the top of my wardrobe . . . it can wait. Having sold my kiln which I used for ceramics before I left Australia for overseas, I came back to Queensland (instead of Sydney) looking for a clay that could be cooked in a conventional oven. That is how, in September 2010, I stumbled upon Polymer clay - and I’ve been absorbed ever since. . . so much for inbetween painting, more like no more painting for now.
All that’s past has lead me to this website, spreading my enthusiasm - I hope. None of my other passions have ever quite pushed me enough to do the same.
I hope you enjoy browsing here and maybe even purchase one or more of my designer jewellery pieces. Please don’t tell me you only where the one silver or gold necklace, this jewellery of mine is meant to be fun! Just one necklace can turn ‘casual’ into ‘smart casual’ and give the right outfit the WOW! factor. It’s so light weight too and most of them can be just thrown on over the head at the last minute before you leave the house. Anyway, If you don’t see any design you like, come back later because I will be regularly adding new designs in both clay and jewellery, as I am constantly creating them.
* My market stall is a small part of Bargara Beach Windmill Markets. For more info about my stall and this fabulous little market - click here |
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About The Artist Test
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Those of you who have heard me give my spiel at my market stall* know that when you ask me about how I make my jewellery, you usually can’t stop me. All I can say is “Don’t get me started!”, I get all excited about the details and the process . . .sorry about that, I just can’t help myself. . .I ‘m passionate about using Polymer Clay - I am a Polymerholic! (if there is such a thing).
The name ‘Sal’s Studio’ came about because people call me Sal (obviously) and I’ve always created in a studio - whatever I’ve created. The name leaves me enough room to grow into whatever else I choose to create and sell, besides my jewellery. Right now though, it’s all about the Polymer Clay jewellery, but who knows in the future.
It is most certainly all about the colour too! As you can see from my earlier works pictured here, there’s not really anything subtle going on, I have always loved bright colours. Saying that, I am learning to be a bit more subtle colourwise in some of my clay designs for jewellery. I know, it’s one thing to hang a brightly coloured painting on a wall, but quite another for some of you to embrace colour in your jewellery. Thankfully though, there are plenty of you who do love colour too, wherever you can get it, which includes jewellery! Well, you’re definately in the right place.
I used to paint with oils on canvas and also create ceramic pieces, I’ve always loved alternating between the two. I have also studied drawing, sculpture, photography, painting and Art history in college after high school...only a couple of years full time, and I was ready to carry on experimenting myself. I’m not the University type, so I went to work instead, creating fine art in my spare time. Since then I have dabbled in watercolours, created mandalas using sacred geometry and collages using anything I could get my hands on! Whilst creating in my spare time, I was working as a Graphic designer and Art Director for fifteen years, which has probably made me a bit more organised in my business, if nothing else. In the end, I just had to say goodbye to all that commercial art stuff... they took my coloured pens away and gave me a computer to work on instead...It just wasn’t enough of a creative outlet for me, so I quit.
I used to do all types of other creative stuff too - and then along came Polymerclay - definately ‘my thing’ I think. Now I really don‘t have time to focus on much else creative, it’s been just over two years now and there has only been a few days where I haven’t touched my clay. That reminds me, I still haven’t finished that (I’ll just do one in this lifetime) quilt in the top of my wardrobe . . . it can wait. Having sold my kiln which I used for ceramics before I left Australia for overseas, I came back to Queensland (instead of Sydney) looking for a clay that could be cooked in a conventional oven. That is how, in September 2010, I stumbled upon Polymer clay - and I’ve been absorbed ever since. . . so much for inbetween painting, more like no more painting for now.
All that’s past has lead me to this website, spreading my enthusiasm - I hope. None of my other passions have ever quite pushed me enough to do the same.
I hope you enjoy browsing here and maybe even purchase one or more of my designer jewellery pieces. Please don’t tell me you only where the one silver or gold necklace, this jewellery of mine is meant to be fun! Just one necklace can turn ‘casual’ into ‘smart casual’ and give the right outfit the WOW! factor. It’s so light weight too and most of them can be just thrown on over the head at the last minute before you leave the house. Anyway, If you don’t see any design you like, come back later because I will be regularly adding new designs in both clay and jewellery, as I am constantly creating them.
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About The Jewellery
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Please read this section before ordering your jewellery as it will answer a lot of questions you may have regarding the following Jewellery content
Each necklace is strung on 21 strands of stainless steel, twisted in three groups of seven strands, then coated with nylon. This wire is generally kink resistant, meaning it doesn’t kink easily. I wouldn’t suggest you roll it up tight, or force it into a little bag for instance. Metal Content There is no nickel contained in any of my jewellery. The only exposed metal is either pure sterling silver or 14k gold, electro-plated silver or electro-plated gold onto peuter or stainless steel. Rings attaching clasps are either solid 14k gold or sterling silver The stainless steel appears in the wire and the loops attached to the signature beads on long pendants and long one strand long necklaces only. All the bails (sticking out of the top of the pendants) are electro-plated fine sterling silver or 14k gold onto peuter and will last much longer than regular gold or silver plated nickel or brass. All short necklaces contain electro plated fine sterling silver or 14k gold toggle clasps and all the two and three strand necklaces contain the same electro-plated peuter links. After a few years, you may need to polish these electro-plated parts with a polishing cloth. Every crimp cover, earring hook, earring post and jumpring holding a clasp in place, is either pure 14k gold or sterling silver. Beads Cleaning
Signature All necklaces contain a signature bead that reads ‘SS’ for Sal’s Studio. Earrings are not signed. |
