Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Who's heard of wall button?  My older brother, the wood turner, went to a wood turning demonstration in Kansas City, MO.  He learned about wall buttons there and I'm including a video of that meeting.  The wood turned wall button makes interesting wall art especially for someone who sews, knits or crochets.  It's definitely a conversation starter.  Rick Bywater's Wall Buttons He made one for my birthday and I was pleasantly surprised when it came! Mine, made of Purple Heart, had grooves in it for polymer accents.  Dave and I collaborated on several turned vases that included polymer bands.  What fun to work together.  The colors of metallic gold, red and yellow combine in concentric circles and are quite striking against the Purple Heart.  After the polymer was conditioned, placed and textured it was cured with a heat gun.  Had to be careful to cure the polymer and not burn the wood! I'm thinking of asking him to make a cou...

My Inspiration - Collection of Sea Shells Every year my collection of seashells increases.  If I find a really interesting shell at an estate sale I buy it.  If I'm walking on the beach I'm looking for unusual shells.  Apparently the love of seashells runs in the family as I now have incorporated some of my father's shells.  I love the variety of color and shape and love learning about the animals that left them. When I saw Donna Greenberg's latest installations of underwater polymer, I knew I had to use my seashells as inspiration to create my own polymer beach segment.  It was such fun to develop the shells.  The following pictures show the development of the mushroom coral. Basic shell shape I cut each oval in half and used a paper punch for the holes. I stacked each half and put a wire through them to create a circle. Find the finished mushroom coral below in another photo.  I experimented with many shapes and as I finished o...