Heather Powers and I are in the same “seashells by the seashore” state of mind. A weekend at the beach will do that to you. Her polymer clay urchin beads captivate me and I finally have a chance to take an impression from the real thing here in Florida.
The seashell beads by Norway’s Flowermouse and more sea creatures from Tina Holden caught my eye as well.
This is not the work I “should” be doing but I’m on vacation and going with the flow. Perhaps this is the start of a go with the flow week for you too. Here’s Heather’s Etsy site.
heather powers ,
Thank you for featuring my beads Cynthia. I’m counting down the days until I’m back at the beach!
Lone ,
Thank you for mentioning me!! I´m really proud, Cynthia. I´ve startet a faux polymer group on Flickr. There are so many great techniques in faux. Check out some of them: http://www.flickr.com/groups/polymerfauxcorner/
Best wishes
Flowermouse – Lone
Tina Holden ,
Thanks for the honor of adding me, Cynthia. I’m working on a tutorial that will include sea urchin textures. I’ll be doing 2, one with beadwork, one with just polymer clay, based on the one I posted a couple of days ago here http://beadcomber.blogspot.com/2009/05/tutorial-in-works.html
I think a lot of us are in that state of mind. I’m on the beach at least once a week…
Vancouver artist Joan Tayler just made some awesome Sanddollar canes http://joantayler.blogspot.com/2009/05/sea-dollarhigh-and-dry-in-penticton.html
Janice Ruizzo ,
I love Heather’s work. I watch the bead magazines to see who uses her beads. She is an inspiration. I’m not trying to copy but only imitate. Keep up the good work, Heather. I’m watching.