Luminous

Colorado’s Karen Sexton says that these luminous polymer clay pins she just finished are the result of a simple process. She lightly painted Pinata inks on thin alternating layers of translucent and pearl clay and stacked the layers.

She impressed the stack with various tools, mokume gane style. Thin slices of the resulting cane were applied to a pearl backing to create the pins. A deceptively simple process.

What she leaves out of this description is her lovely sense of balance and color. Karen’s one of those artists without a site and her local guild’s site is under reconstruction. The guild will have a new gallery of members work up soon but I couldn’t wait to show you Karen’s fine work.

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13 Responses to “Luminous”


  1. 1 Melanie West

    Agreed, Cynthia… Karen’s sense of design is terrific! Wow! And I love the idea of bringing alcohol inks into the picture. (I love any excuse to use those little bottles - lol!). Thanks for sharing Karen’s work. :)

  2. 2 Lynda

    it is very sympathetic nerve of shared its art!!!!!
    thank you has to you two!

  3. 3 DrMom

    GOrgeous… Thanks for sharing

  4. 4 jana

    stunning…

  5. 5 Ana

    I love the work.
    thanks for sharing, it is wonderful…

  6. 6 Julie Picarello

    Very striking…love the ‘abstract art’ look as well as the wash of muted colors. Beautiful work!

  7. 7 Trina Williams

    Beautiful! I have one of Karen’s pins from quite a few years back and it’s one of my favorites. This new work is really nice.

  8. 8 Maniguette

    It’s really hard to believe that such beautiful pins are the result of a simple process!!! It’s a delight for us, thanks for sharing.

  9. 9 Donna

    Beautiful work from a beautiful lady and I do mean, lady! Great, as usual, Karen! We expect nothing less of polymer clay in your hands.

  10. 10 Rev Mark

    Stunning work! Karen’s sense of balance, colour, and movement come together in such a delightful way! Well done!

  11. 11 Lunes

    Beautiful - you would think they were glass!

  12. 12 Kim Cavender

    Incredible finish on these pieces and the colors are wonderful!

  13. 13 Polly S.

    I think this is awesome Polymer Clay pieces and very well designed. Good overall color. Hard to believe it is layers of Thin clay. Thank you so much for sharing.

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