Exploring More This Year!




Introspection and Thinking....
  The Year of Covid-19 means more introspection and more observation on my part.  Staying home, exploring art, enjoying the color and nature around me encourages me to try 'the new'!  New recipes, new art materials, recreate my space and so much more.  It turns out that I have quite a few supplies, art books, and ideas to explore.
My version of Deb Hart's Southwest Polymer Egg
I've taken some online classes, one I'll share today, read books, entered online gallery shows and actually used my notebook.  The class I took was Deb Harts - 'Southwest Polymer Eggs'    Since I'm allergic to chicken eggs, I buy turkey eggs at The Prescott Farmer's Market.  They are equal to about 1 1/2 chicken eggs in size.  I'm often asked, "Do they taste like chicken eggs?" and my answer is 'I don't know.  I have not had a chicken egg in a long time.'  They do have a thicker yolk and white and the shell is a tad stronger than chicken eggs.

After making sure I had all the supplies for the class including my blown out clean turkey egg, the tutorial started.  Deb Hart writes a detailed well thought out tutorial with many learning lessons.   It took me almost a week to build all the canes and understand her process and it was well worth the time and money.  Usually I take side trips during a class and sometime I don't follow the directions exactly.  This time I did almost everything Deb told me to!

Ready to start applying the polymer
After finishing my Southwest egg, I just had to try another with my own design.  My next post will tell you about fixing a cracked egg!

By the way, welcome back.  I've missed sharing my experiments with you.



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Location: Prescott, AZ, USA

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  1. NoreenMay 4, 2020 at 7:38 AM

    I like that you used turkey eggs. That would give you a little bigger egg to work with. More space for beautifulness!! Looking forward to more blogs. Going to go back and read the one on PMC now. Happy distancing!!

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  2. Judi TucsonMay 4, 2020 at 4:37 PM

    Nice to have your ponderings and projects back!

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