Julie Eakes is pushing the boundaries of extrusion-based mosaics again. This time she used a looser palette and a more stylized image as her starting point. Would the image still be discernable? This is the small version of the finished cane. I’m partial to the dimensional original cane. Mixing the palette for one of these […] Read more
Julie Eakes combined four pounds of extruded polymer clay into one remarkable 5.5″ by 8″ by 2″ mosaic face cane. Calculating colors and preparing each cane is a painstaking task that took Julie three weeks. Julie says her inspiration came from those photo mosaics that are made up of other little pictures. She adds that, […] Read more
Julie Eakes offers a nifty poinsettia tutorial on her blog. She collages slices from four or five basic canes onto a graduated background for one variation. Then she shows how the same canes can be used for sculptural or dimensional pieces. What a nice gift to readers. If you’ve caught the generous spirit of the […] Read more
“A little of this and a little of that,” is how Donna Kato describes her gallery of polymer clay work. Recently she added these music pieces. They were titled that by her mother who said simply, “They look like music.” The making of a president You must go and see Julie Eakes’ Obama cane. His […] Read more
North Carolina’s Julie Eakes can cross one resolution off her list. She launched her blog. Go give her a pat on the back. Julie has become known for her elaborate polymer clay face canes like the one shown here. There are more samples on her Flickr site. Thanks to Jana Roberts Benzon for tipping us […] Read more
Not-quite-finished box elder bowl composed at a recent get-together. It helps to sit next to color expert Lindly Haunani and have friends like Julie Eakes lend a hand in positioning the inlay. “Teamwork is dream work” as Julie says in the video. The clay is only 1/16″ thick and I fire it with a heat […] Read more
Julie Eakes loves to pixelate images. In many of her works, she divides an image into squares and reassembles the pieces into a whole again. That’s the way her brain works. Thirty-six polymer artists were given 3″x3″ drawings to replicate in the polymer colors and techniques of their choosing. Follow the pattern that you are […] Read more
It’s 2020 so why be predictable? Bet you didn’t guess the maker of these funky dangles. North Carolina’s Julie Eakes creates photo mosaics and silk road patchwork and 3D dolls. She even dipped her brush into gelli prints. So it’s not surprising that she’s wandered off the reservation again with these layered cane slice earrings. […] Read more
Puzzle night has always been a hit at an annual gathering in the mountains that’s been going on for 20+ years. Though we’re online this year, the puzzle was still a huge hit orchestrated by North Carolina’s Julie Eakes. Each player created a 3″x3″ polymer tile based on the line drawing that Julie sent via […] Read more
These canes, veneers and finished pieces come from a student (not sure which one) in the small intensive classes with Meisha Barbee, Dayle Doroshow and Julie Eakes in Durfort, France. What luscious colors and fashionable floral shapes with a very French feeling! Thumb through Julie’s gorgeous photos on Facebook to see how a week with […] Read more
