tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37466699812744428772024-02-19T13:50:12.982-08:00Trinket TalesGhiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-25248437128319825452013-01-11T01:49:00.000-08:002013-01-11T02:27:08.114-08:00ABS JANUARY CHALLENGE<br />
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Now that the holidays have come and gone, I’m slowly getting
back on track. I thought that a better way to jump-start the New Year is to find
an inspiration challenge and <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2013/01/january-2013-challenge-color-palette.html">Art Bead Scene (ABS)</a> will always be an awesome
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This month’s challenge artwork is a gorgeous 1940’s painting
by <b><i>Jessie Arms Botke: "Black Peacocks with Japanese Persimmons." </i></b></div>
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I am awestruck by the details of the painting but I already
know what to do at first glance. I've focused on the details on the delicate
feathers of the peacock’s tail and have chosen the pleasing colors on it. I've challenged myself to make polymer clay cane petals that will resemble the
peacock’s feather and played on some hues of pearl blues, pearl greens, ecru
and gold. I then arranged the cane petals to create my focal flower art beads.
I must admit that I’m an amateur caner but I was very delighted with I've made. </div>
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Here’s the finished piece:</div>
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Since Botke is a fan of metal leafing technique in his
works, I've incorporated some metal elements like filigrees, bronze leaf
connector, and metal chains in the assemblage and added some hints of gold
lining for the flower petals. The metallic spikes which represented the twigs of the persimmon tree have added some modern twist
on the assemblage since spikes and studs have been a trend carried over from
last year’s jewelry style and are still very “IN” for 2013. <o:p></o:p></div>
Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-11460131752151914652012-10-09T01:58:00.001-07:002012-10-09T04:13:28.703-07:00ABS October Challenge<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-monthly-challenge.html">ABS October challenge</a> painting inspiration is an art
piece by <span style="background-color: white;">Kurt
Schwitters “Revolving.” Circles and lines are dominant in the painting but what
is amazing is its assemblage decorated with splashes of earthy organic tones. I
am not particularly fond of geometric styled art work and the painting isn’t </span>really
appealing to me but I see myself taking an exciting challenge… that is,
perceiving an inspiration that is less appealing. Haha!</span></div>
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Here's what I've made:</div>
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Two months ago, I purchased some Helen Breil Stamps and I
thought that the textures in the stamps would be perfect for this month’s
challenge. I focused on the lines and circles in the painting and pulled some
interesting color mixes from the palette. The challenging part here was the
handling of colors from the palette to complete the elegance I want for the
project since most of the colors in the painting are repeats or with little
variation. I ended up mixing polymer
clay colors achieving some hues of teal, medium blue, dark blue, brown, and dark
green and of course I love the touches of metallic bronze and gold for an added
contrast. I came up with a floral statement piece made with polymer clay
capturing the circles and lines by stamping on the individually sculpted
polymer clay flower petals. I made the
assemblage asymmetric (conforming to the minimal asymmetry I noticed in the
painting) and that I thought would have been enough but the addition of
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I had fun doing stamped flower petals with my new set of stamps and i 'm lovin' the asymmetric style assemblage which i thought would drape beautifully on anyone's neck so i made another one:</div>
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Thanks for reading and... STAY INSPIRED!!! =)</div>
<br />Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-22696261878364542032012-09-26T04:09:00.000-07:002012-10-05T01:02:30.722-07:00ABS September Challenge <div style="text-align: justify;">
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flowers in the painting. Instead, it’s my first time to incorporate those
really bold colors like orange, amber and some tinges of brown and red which
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Isn't she fab? She's my very good friend Jhoi and the owner of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/enjhoiwith.clay"> Enjhoi with Clay</a> where she displays her polymer clay masterpieces. I made the necklace she's wearing but she also makes lots of beautiful statement pieces out of polymer clay. She's very artsy, a woman of class and appreciates lots of details... but above all she's one generous friend, a confidant and I'm just so blessed to have her! =)</div>
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Here's a collage of her masterpieces... "Enjhoi!"</div>
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By the way, here's me wearing one of her works and with my pretty sister-in-law. =)<br />
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TGIF! Wishing everyone a great weekend! =)</div>Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-53549311503882472942012-07-09T23:13:00.000-07:002012-07-10T02:07:57.693-07:00Flower Power!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It’s been definitely an interesting few months for me and I
made a handful floral statement pieces. I know of a Romanian polymer clay
artist who also makes 3D flowers whose name is <a href="http://herinabysoos.blogspot.com/">Herina Bysoos</a>. I love her flowers
and I decided to make my own version. Hers looks fresh and mine is a little
stylized. I don’t know why but even if
it’s my own work, I am still amazed with how I manage to sculpt each petal to a
blossoming piece. It’s totally a process…
prompting some neck and back pain but it’s a fun creative process! Haha! You
really need a lot of patience. The process starts of course with having a real
flower inspiration (a photo will do) which I shape using polymer clay.
Sometimes though, my imagination which is just laying there… stirred in its
sleep… will start murmuring and my hands will begin molding what I call my “stylized”
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I aged with alcohol inks to embody the post apocalyptic setting of the novel. I
thought that a knotted chain would be perfect to embellish it and could also
serve as a lock. I made the focal rose a little off-set and put a dangling
butterfly locket, which both have meaning in the novel. The hanging beads
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she named her facebook account. I guess you’ve read about it in my previous
blog post. I have received an email from her with her picture and a list of her
favorite things. I find her list really cute with her own handwriting and
drawing in it. She wants a fairy locket necklace from me and I’m happy that it’s not
the chibi-ish type. Kid’s stuff is my waterloo. I really have no qualms in
making kid’s jewelleries but I just feel that they are all the same fairytale
looking characters that I'm not good at. Whenever I receive requests to design
something for my clients’ kids (usually the chibi-ish type), these are the
moments I wish I live in Cinderella’s time when I can ask fairy godmother to
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’m thankful that she sent me her photo (not posted here,
hehe) where I can take at least a glimpse of who she is. Her Mom </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">knows that I rely on impressions,
photos, writings, drawings, etc. in order create pieces that would reflect my
client’s taste </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(btw, this is the 6th time i custom made for her. )</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the fairy locket
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her Mom. I experimented on gold inks to mimic the metal looking base and I’m
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She’s a client whom I find interesting. When I do custom made pieces for
clients, I usually check their facebook profiles and make something appropriate
based on personal impression, but her facebook profile is blank and I have only
seen her photo twice. Before I start working on her pieces, she just sends me
amazing quotes and inspirations… a “moodboard” of some sort and I can instantly
feel that she’s naturally classy (in my opinion)! I just love her taste! Let me
share with you some of the pieces I made for her and her lovely feedbacks. I’ve got a
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 14px;">"The aquamarine necklace you made for me with the lady sitting on a rock near the beach is still my all time fave. </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Among the pieces I made for her, this set was the most challenging. It took a lot of thinking on how i will be able to put all all elements together in one cohesive look.. they're too many! Not only that, I need to interpret the quotations she gave me. She wanted pieces that will remind her of the most significant message she got from a retreat. It made me inspired all the more, knowing that I'm becoming part of her personal journey. =) </span></div>
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This is the hunger game inspired necklace i made for her. I made a version that I thought would suit her style...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I made some cane flowers that represented "Katniss on fire" </i><br /><br /><br />Thank you Kate for your unending trust. I'm so proud to have an awesome client like you. You inspired me to keep going and create more...Looking forward to working with your pieces again... =)</span></td></tr>
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My good friends Ciela and Tina have again challenged my
creativity by doing some Hunger Games inspired pieces for them. It’s been a
long time since a movie/novel like Hunger Games has made me inspired and kept
my right part of the brain functional. But the irony of it all, the inspiration
came out last... that is... after finishing all the pieces… haha! I never had
any idea what the story is all about but I just feel the urge of doing them.
I believe that something in the project was fascinating and without any
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I called this cuff “The HG Flora Cuff.” Each flower in the
cuff embodied some characters and images in the film. Though the whole piece
was made with polymer clay, I’ve tried to make the flowers look just as pretty
as the real ones. I appreciate that Ciela made these illustrations with some
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Here are Tina’s pieces. The mockingjay necklace symbolizes
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I had the great pleasure of seeing the film and found those
pieces I made come to life in big screen. Haha…
It’s really a wonderful experience! Thank you Ciela and Tina for the inspiration…
may the odds be ever in your favor! =)</div>
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Steampunk is <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">most directly influenced by,
and often adopts the style of, the 19th century<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_romance" title="Scientific romance"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">scientific romances</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">of<span class="apple-converted-space"> writers </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Jules Verne</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.G._Wells" title="H.G. Wells"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">H.G. Wells</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley" title="Mary Shelley"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mary Shelley</span></a>. Their
works often feature the Victorian Era or the Wild West Era where steam engines
are still widely used and mixed with elements of science fiction and fantasy. I guess, Steampunk jewelry can be often
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What actually inspired me to do steampunk style jewelries are my bookworm cyber friends (Ciela and Tina) who requested a steampunk
angel inspired by Cassandra Clare’s Novel entitled “Clockwork Angel.” There
was a slight hesitation at first but fearlessly, I said YES! The project had
finally tapped my creative nerve and I was able to finish more than one version
of the steampunk angel project. Look how they evolved:</div>
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I’ve made quite a lot of steampunk works and some are
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“Steampunkery” to help me kick-start my creativity. You can check her works at: <a href="http://www.cforiginals.net/">http://www.cforiginals.net/</a><br />
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Today, the Philippine Polymer Clay Guild concluded its
valentine challenge: “Create a Heart with A Steampunk Theme.” My original plan
was to actually make an anatomical heart. My last minute decision to join the
challenge made me realize that I lack all the time to do it. I just let my
hands played with gears and some reclaimed watch parts, scrap clays and voila…
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I am
part of the Philippine Polymer Clay Guild also dubbed as P3. It is the guild’s
requirement to join quarterly challenges to hone our skills and keep us
inspired. This month’s challenge is all about INCHIES. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Quoting from
the guild’s definition: An "INCHIE" is a small piece of art; a
snippet of self-expression. We’re required to express ourselves by making four
(4) separate inchies. Oh well, I have to admit that this challenge is pretty
intimidating at first and it’s not as easy as it seems. On my part, any attempt
to define the kind of a polymer clay artist that I am is already a challenging
task. Hence, those four (4) little squares though little as they are, should
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collating some common design elements. I found out that I like wings,
steampunk, flowers, romantic images, vintage, rustic but vibrant colours. I love mixing clay with anything that may end
up with a tasteful, bold, and yet feminine piece. I made some squiggles on paper to compose my
ideas and decided to try out some techniques I’ve long wanted to do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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through those four little squares. But I swear…. I’ve managed to complete this challenge with a
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The entries of the other guild members will be posted on our guild page soon! The guild's logo on the right-hand side will lead you to our Facebook page. Just click it, like it and enjoy! =)</div>Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-64436265339382296432012-02-06T19:41:00.000-08:002012-02-10T00:36:24.935-08:00A Thrifty Treasure Hunting Weekend<br />
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One of the things I love doing on a weekend is shopping. LOL!
But let me clarify it… I’m fond of bargain hunting! It was a pleasurable weekend for someone like
me who loves the thrill of finding something beautiful but of course
potentially inexpensive. Just look at what I've found!</div>
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If you are a lover of art and lover of vintage like I am, I’m
sure you’ll fall in love with this vintage vanity case I got from EGG (exciting
gifts + goodies) at half the original price. This is perfect for my future <strike>closet </strike> craft room.</div>
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Next up is my all time favorite shop for bargain books ---
BOOKSALE! Everytime I sneak into this
store, I always manage to pick up some hard to find books (craft and non-craft related)
and beading magazines at a cheaper price. You just have to be patient quarrying
through their heaps of second hand books and magazines but some are really new... and these gave me double
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bargain hunting? Have a fun productive week ahead! =)<o:p></o:p></div>Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3746669981274442877.post-65601480478874567682012-01-23T06:12:00.000-08:002012-01-23T23:01:02.255-08:00HELLO!<br />
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Hello! I’m Ghie. I love to work with my hands. Crafting is
something I do to express myself. As I start this blog, I couldn’t help but
think of my Mom. My mom, hands down, is the craftiest person I know. When I was
a kid, she would sew beautiful clothes I would wear for school programs and special
occasions. She used to design carpets and curtains at home. With such an early
influence from my mom, I started crafting as a little girl by making my own
dolls and Barbie’s clothes out of scrap fabrics. As far as I remember, I already did any and
all kinds of crafts like cross stitch, paper tole, crochet, embroidery,
beading, scrap booking, etc. I even made
everything decorative on my wedding day. Right now, I’m really loving polymer
clay art and photography, but once in a while I would still dabble in
embroidery and scrap booking (now digital scrap booking). </div>
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Crafting… some have a gift for it
and I’m thankful I have. Aside from the creative outlet that crafting can give,
I find a lot of value in something I made… </div>
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First, I get appreciated when I
give something handmade to my friends and relatives. I feel proud when people
compliment my work. </div>
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Second, I earn money by selling my
crafts. It’s something I do as a hobby and turned into a lucrative business. On May of 2010, I opened a humble trinket
store I named, “Trinket Tales (hence, the name of this blog).” I sell handmade
accessories made of polymer clay mixed with other raw materials like beads and
metal findings. </div>
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Third, I come to know new friends
by conducting workshops and meet fellow crafters. </div>
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Fourth, crafting has allowed me to
write. I am a Chemist by profession and not a writer. My sentences and phrases are made of atoms and
molecules, thus, I struggle with words. So please forgive me for some grammatical
errors. Trinket Tales is where I will embellish your world with my crafts and
anything and everything about life that is worth sharing! =)</div>Ghiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809630892478648591noreply@blogger.com2