Meet my pet dragon: The inspiration for this home was two-fold: our broken A/C with temps above 100 degrees, and fire which can both warm and destroy. It was 103° outside, two small kiddos at home, the A/C didn’t work (and the repair company that worked on it didn’t return our calls for over a week!), and then I made …
Somethin’ Fishy (Heads or Tails)
Though maybe I should have called this piece “Living in a Fishbowl…” This home is a tribute to those who have lost homes due to flooding. It uses two of my favorite techniques, printing digital imagery on tissue paper (not as hard as you might think!) and ice resin paper which creates the coolest translucent effect! An inner support …
Dragonfly Necklace – Ice Resin Paper and Wire
I have been having so much fun with the Ice Resin techniques I learned last weekend from Deryn Mentock (Something Sublime)! This dragonfly was created as a gift for my neice, Beta, who loves the color yellow. The translucent wings on this dragonfly necklace are actually from a napkin with yellow lemons that has been treated with ice resin. The …
Ice Resin Jewelry Workshop
Yesterday my mom Linda, my friend Andreea and I attended a fabulous Ice Resin jewelry workshop taught by Deryn Mentock (Something Sublime). It was a blast! Here are a few of my creations: And these were made by my mom, Linda Long: Andreea was very creative and used some antique spoons for her bezels – I wish I had remembered …