couldn’t find one I liked. Knowing polymer
clay would give me the opportunity to play
with color I decided to try my hand at it. I
enjoy working with polymer clay and will
continue to dabble in it but copper is still
my favorite. I finally discovered a wonderful way to add the color I had been craving
to my copper which makes me very happy.
I have an extensive list of things I’d like to
try but not enough hours in the day to do
them justice. I work a full time job on top of
my jewelry and component work so time is
very precious. I recently upgraded my kiln
and now it’s possible for me to play with
ceramics so that has moved to the top of
my list.
Where do you get the ideas and inspirations for your shapes and textures?
Inspiration is absolutely everywhere. I’m
always looking for texture and always
touching everything wondering how it
would translate to clay. I like looking in to
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the textures to see if something else pops
out at me. For instance I have lots of lace
which is a great texture and I’ve pulled a
Fish and an Owl from within some of them
that I don’t think the creator intended.
As well as creating fabulous components, you also design jewelry, which do
you prefer?
I love them both! I’m addicted to art beads
so I have an enormous stash which makes
jewelry making so much fun. It’s especially
fun when another artists component/bead
work inspires me to create something in
copper specifically for it. The component
work is my bread and butter and luckily I
love doing it!!
What does your work space look like?
It looks like a hurricane came through. I
clean off my jewelry table every now and
again, but that whole time thing gets