Sometimes polymer clay pieces can feel primitive and iconic. Callie Velmachos has a crude but captivating way of embedding beach pebbles and found objects in polymer clay. And she’s got a tiny tutorial on her site that shows you how she does it.
Callie admits that it was cRis Dupouy’s book
Eva/le Loup ,
hi!
Cris Dupouy’s book is a great one for those who love ancient designs. I do love antique jewelry. ;-))
Coco Chanel showed a way of making some good reproductions. And I think You wrote a good post about Parrish relics didn’t you?
I’m a little upset with gold paint, and i know that metallic powder is not better, but it’s a little walk to metalsmith! 😉
that’s a joke!
thank you for all you share!
see you soon!
callie ,
hi eva, read your comment about the paint. actually, i use water base paints, because i really didn’t want to use the smelly model type paint. i just use plaid (brand) metallic paints, and a wash of black to bring out texture, and i have just discovered a thin coat of wax helps bring up the shine on the stones, and protects the piece too. what a great site, i’m new at all this. callie
Velmachos sets crockery bits in polymer at Polymer Clay Daily ,
[…] Here’s an earlier post on Callie’s ancients. […]
kathy ,
I just stumbled on this old post, but I was very interested in seeing Callie Valmachos’ brooches and how she set stones in the clay. It seems they are no longer at that link; does she have a new site, is there someplace else I can find her art?
Alizarina Art ,
Hi , I agree with Kathy . Please upgrade this post with a new information of Velmachos and her site !!