Necklaces and Clavichords
My Necklace on the Clavichord Plans This past weekend Peter and I were busily working on our individual projects - I was making my first large hollow bead necklace while he was building a clavichord. Usually the noise is out in the garage but this weekend he had some delicate drilling to do and needed to be in our Arizona room while I was working in polymer clay. Drilling holes in the soundboard of the clavichord This is the story of the necklace I made and actually it is the second such necklace. I threw the first one away. I tell you this just in case you think I never make mistakes! When I opened one of my plastic boxes, I found a layer of clay that had design lines made of various canes. It dawned on me that it might make great beads. I recently saw a video by Kathleen Halverson Dustin showing her technique and wanted to try it. sheet of polymer clay canes in design lines The first thing I did was to make scrap clay in the shape of...