Ancient Luminous Art Dolls

I haven't had much time lately for any type of art, but this weekend I got a chance to be in the studio. I wanted to make a couple of dolls using some glass bottles, polymer clay, and other embellishments, and came up with this couple.

I hope everyone out there has a wonderful Mother's Day.

Ancient Luminous Puzzle Beads

I was recently thrilled to learn that I was featured on Polymer Clay Daily for my new clay beads! I have been working diligently on refining the process to these beads, and having a lot of fun in the process.

I have not made jewelry in over 2 years, so this is a refreshing diversion for me. I will most likely be obsessed with this new technique for a while before returning to my encaustic work, but isn't that what creating art is all about?

Teaching Art

I have a friend whose daughter is an art teacher, and during our recent bad weather has now opened an etsy shop for her designs. She is making really cute signs for kids, family and holidays, so please check out Lori Martin Designs.

New Year, New Art Projects

Wow! It has been a long time since I have had time to do any art!

I tore a tendon in my elbow, and have not been able to use my dominant hand, so no art. Plus with the holidays, it gets fairly busy at our house.

I am taking a little break from Encaustics right now. I am working on some new beads, and made a necklace with some of them. I am taking a bracelet class from my friend Lisa in March, and wanted to have some beads ready before class.

It does not show in the pictures well, but these beads are very luminous. They have a matte finish, but can be polished as well. I prefer a matte finish, so I left them alone.

Fall Encaustics

It has really been a long time since I have done any artwork! I spent the past two weekends working on a few fossil pieces, and trying out some new inks I just bought. Here are a couple of the pieces I finished up yesterday.

The lavendar one is probably my favorite, and both are done with the new copic ink refills on the clay pieces.

Sea Lily Earth Globe

Here is another "Ancient Earth Orb". This one is on a 5" diameter ball, encaustic wax, decorative paper, polymer clay and freshwater pearls.

Finding a base to bake the clay on in this size is next to impossible, so from now on I may be limited to the 4, 6 & 8 inch diameter balls. Since I really like the 5 inch size, I may try to find something that will work.

Ancient Earth Orbs

Here is the new project I was talking about. I wanted to add Polymer Clay fossil replicas and Encaustic in a new way, and came up with "Ancient Earth Orbs". They are much
harder to do in this round shape, but I do like the results.

These three are the first ones I have completed, with more in the works.


The smaller pink orb is 4" in diameter, and the other two are 6" diameter orbs.