Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Field of CA poppies Beautiful fields of yellow and of purple Green hills that I've only seen be brown in color Tiny flowers that only bloom every few years Rain makes the desert bloom! Brittle Bush Chia Fairie Duster Green Bug on Chia Penstamon California Poppy Most of these photos were taken on my recent trip to the Anza Borrego Desert where I thoroughly enjoyed the magic of the desert in bloom.  I hope you enjoy them too!   More picture next week of different desert blooms.

The Flower! The Prescott Art Market recently started a quarterly art show-competition.  There is space to hang 20 canvases that measure 20" x 20" x 2"  and anyone who shows their work in the gallery is eligible to participate.  The theme and color scheme is based on the seasons.  Spring is coming up!  March 1 is the opening show from 6 pm to 8 pm and you are invited! This is the color scheme for spring and these are my test pieces for the polymer colors. I'm trying some new (for me) ideas in polymer clay and instead of making only jewelry, I'm exploring polymer on a canvas with some 3 dimensional pieces. I gathered canes I had and made additional ones in the colors of the spring scheme and started to design a canvas that tells the story of making a 3 dimensional flower. Canes I selected for the project Several canes were selected to make a design line and then I sliced the long composite cane.  A thin blue sheet of polymer was rolled

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 the necklace and cover