Amethyst and Another Day at ‘My Personal Polymer Workshop’
Lazy River Technique with Amethyst Chips By now, I've lost track of what day I've made what technique in polymer clay. I do know that I am enjoying trying the various ideas in Julie Picarello’s book, ‘Patterns in Polymer - Imprint & Accent Bead Techniques’. I have never taken the time to explore a technique book in depth and I find that I like being immersed in polymer with a focus. Usually I flip through a book, stop and look at something and go, “hmmm – that would be interesting to try!” Today’s focus is ‘Lazy River’. My Lazy River is definitely different than Julie's but I use the same techniques. My colors are purple, green, teal, translucent, glitter and silver. My theme is nature, leaves with shimmering dew, moonlight through forests and swirling hidden streams. A friend gave me some amethyst chips and I decided to use them as accents and work them into some of the layers of clay. Just an experiment! Large chips in circles for earrings, layered
