AD: At last - my polymer clay beads up at Ebay !

Welcome back, busy Emma! I love the pink shimmer lentils and the Clarice beads....soooo beautiful, KLUNK. Good grief.

~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce

Aw thanks Sooz - it's good to BE back! And nice to speak to you again, I hope you and yours are well.

I try to read here as much as I can, but never seen to have much chance to post at the moment. Hopefully that will change now my workload has lessened.

Thanks for your kind words about my beads - your faves are the same as my faves. I just wish I could get the images a bit sharper. I was lazy and scanned this time, but if I can sort the lighting situation out I might be able to get better images with my digicam next time.

Do other members here dream about marrying a professional photographer when they grow up? ;-)

Emma

Congrats on the book!!!

I'm convinced that I'll do far better with a better lighting system. The big ball of gas in the sky doesn't like Yorkshire. I keep looking at those photo cube thingys but the bead guy isn't convinced. Of course, he only makes the darn things, I get to make them look clear and focused.

Absolutely not! I won't grow up, first off, and my first husband did photography as a sideline. It involved him and his friend spending loads of time at the race tracks and then in the dark room (the second bathroom which used to be mine...) and shouting 'Neat' a lot. And drinking beer.

Oh, you mean someone who is serious about photography? Yeah, sometimes. :-D

By the way, your beads are simply gorgeous. I love the Clarice sets.

-Su

Hee hee, Hi Su

You do make me laugh - I can just imagine the "serious" photography going on with your hubby and his pal. My brother used to do some photography too - but oh-so-conveniently not macro - so could never help me out with beads and jewellery!

Hope you are all well and not bobbing about too much now the weather is getting chillier.

Emma

Thanks Roxan,

I think that is one of the biggest addictive aspects of polyclay - the colours and the ease at which you can make any colour under the sun and then some!

Emma

THe Clarice beads take my breath away! I'm pumped to find another Clarice Cliff fan; I was captivated by her work when I saw it at a little musee in Brussels. If you're interested, this is my homage:

Well, some of us are great photographers, and some are the class clown! I bet you can't guess which one I am...

Men! Can't live with them, can't make them into meatloaf. They used to get less photos printed as the evening went on, but they did manage to sell some of what they didn't splash beer all over.

We're tied up snugly for the winter, it's not so bad yet but by February I'll be happy to see some calmer weather. We haven't had any real frost yet but I need to get my lavendar cut before it gets any colder.

Hope you're keeping well dahn sarf.

-Su

Hi Emma:) Can I be you when you grow up? I've just started working with polyclay (and don't listen to the evil rumormongers who say I sparked a mini resurgence in the medium around here--they're all full of baloney, HA!) and your work is overwhelmingly beautiful. I'm loving your signature base, especially.

Ooh yummy I love your chair - we have the same influences for sure - I immediately saw the Mackintosh influence too - you like all the same styles as I do. I made some Mackintosh beads too for a while.

I think your chair is great. Absolutely fabulous. Oddly enough I bought a wooden chair yesterday. This was silly as I dont have a house (living in one room) and am most financially embarassed at the moment, so chairs are the last thing I need. I just fell in love with it, it is a dark pine or oak (not sure which yet) smoker's bow chair. It was a steal though, so I keep telling myself that I can always sell it if need be.

Although seeing your chair now, makes me wanna go dig my paints out .... Thanks for the kind words about my beads and thanks for sharing your chair - it rocks

Emma

Hee hee

Thanks for the kind words Candace.

But I really dont wanna grow up myself just yet - that would be way too sucky! Glad to see you are dipping your toes in the clay waters. Its fun to try new stuff - I am playing around with some lampworking when I get a chance - I am still pretty awful at it when I look at the beatiful things everyone here makes, but I LOVE the challenge of having something new to play with, and learn, and grow in.

Clay is a great medium for beads though - truely limitless - I have been claying for a long time and there are still so many techniques I havent even tried yet - it is such a great medium for people like me who get bored easily!

Emma

It's all her fault, it really is!!! Wicked Candace I call her. Hey Candace - maybe it is you that become my muse! (don't get a big head now, you excessively creative woman you).

.Stephanie.

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Could you say that again? My ears were stuck on the door frame and I didn't hear you. hehehehe Excessively creative....hmmmmm I like that much better than "split in 50 different beady directions"!!

I love the faces!! Especially with the purple. Really whimsical!

Thanks Kandice, The Klimt Faces series are really fun beads for me to make - one day I might make her awake though - she has been asleep for years now ;-)

Oh, and I must say I just love your glasswork and often visit your auctions to drool! I think the colour combos that you use are gorgeous, they really sing to me.

Emma