(Another) Auction Project: PMC Jewelry

These are the Sculpy stamps the kids made in class, I mounted them on wood dowel pieces.

The foreground pieces are dried copper clay with the kid's stamps, these haven't been fired or "worked", the background three have been fired and cleaned. These were rejects or samples for experimenting. I would like to enamel some of these.

These are the pieces after they have been fired, cleaned and had a patina applied to them.

This is the bracelet. There was a surprising amount of work put into this, mostly because I changed my plan about how to put it together. Originally I was going to make it more like a charm bracelet but didn't like commercial chains available.

This is the neck piece. This took me a while to figure out, but I was happy to use a piece of hand-woven chain I had made recently. I really love this necklace, the spontaneity of the kid's art alongside the more planned execution of the piece.

Mandalas. That's where it's at. Mandalas were where our minds were focused when we began this project. Each child had three discs of Sculpy to press objects into to make a mandala pattern. We used pens and pencils and other small, every day objects that have details you may usually miss. Take a look at the pens in your pen cup, check out the diverse detailing on the ends of those pens and pencils. We used those patterns to create more patterns. This part was my favorite and the only portion of this project the kids were involved in. The reason I enjoyed this part was the amazing creativity the kids displayed. They were all little master pieces in their own right. I won't go into the details of how I made this, it's not complicated but not all that interesting either. If you'd like to know more then do email me, I'm happy to tell you about it.

I'll update this when it's been auctioned off to let you know how much it went for!