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12-06-03: DemoLog, from Noon to 3PM. Making the Cane and covering the tin. Check the links that are in the enlarged pictures and in this demo log to find the tutorials to help you make Leaf on Water Sheet. Doing the face is a whole other Demo. |
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Staci: Hiya NJ liteladi (liteladi) joined the room Staci: Hiya Penny liteladi: hi staci, NJ Staci: I am really thinking I need to run to the store and get some regular paper clips though metalartiste2001 joined the room Staci: Hiya Metal liteladi: i have been productive today got to batches of hungarian christmas cookies cooling the in fridge and almost have a necklace finished for a gift liteladi: hi metal metalartiste2001: hi staci Staci: cool Staci: I have been messing with this darn scene since I got up Staci: which means I haven't been very productive liteladi: yeah and i found an old gingerbread man cookie cutter im going to try those gingerbread men garlands for my tree liteladi: you will get it staci the moose is cute Staci: Oh they are so cute Staci: I think I am going to make a few gingerbread men ornaments for my tree Staci: and I am making a wreath too Staci: I might add some tiny ones to it liteladi: yeah i have come choclotate colored clay so i thought i would give it a try but my icing will have to be had made since i dont have a clay gun liteladi: wreath where can I see it?? Staci: LOL I haven't started the wreath yet liteladi: oh well let me know when you do i want to see it Staci: I have a green wreath I am going to add fabric and clay ornaments to it Staci: I can work on that now if you want? liteladi: oh that kind of a wreath liteladi: whatever you wish to do is fine Staci: yeahfor my front door metalartiste2001: been snowed in all day, something like 15 inches and still going liteladi: cool idea. i have several that i made myself. glued ornaments on them old ones that had the tops missing and i use them every year Staci: I would like to do some Poinsettas (sp) wonder if NJ, knows how to make them? liteladi: dang i want some of tha tsnow here liteladi: its 34 degrees and the sun is out Staci: I am glad our snow didn't stick yesterday liteladi: maybe Staci: I feel for you Metal Staci: I can't stand snow liteladi: we didnt get any snow metalartiste2001: where are you staci? Staci: I think I will move back out to Nevada liteladi: to far north for this sotrm liteladi: storm Staci: Missouri Staci: Springfield Missouri metalartiste2001: what's nj doing today? Staci: Looks like NJ is getting sheets of clay ready Staci: not sure what she will be making Staci: but looks as though she has some prepared clay already Staci: and she is getting her work surface clean and material ready to go Staci: Penny you see that tiny gingerbread man I found? metalartiste2001: did she ever show her supply area on screen? liteladi: on your desk there Staci: UGH Staci: looks like my cam is frozen again Staci: brb smorgan364 left the room liteladi: k Fearless Leader: ok, so what am I preparing to do? Fearless Leader: Penny knows, do you Janice? Staci (smorgan364) joined the room metalartiste2001: no liteladi: a blend Fearless Leader: Staci, what am I preparing to do? Staci: Make a blend? Fearless Leader: exactly Fearless Leader: Janice when you want color to go gradually Fearless Leader: from one part of the clay to another, let's say in a sheet techi_mom56 joined the room Fearless Leader: it's blended, Howdy Nancy Staci: Hiya Nancy liteladi: hi nanct liteladi: nancy that is Fearless Leader: Most folks think that they need a pasta press to blend colors, but I do it by hand Fearless Leader: it's quicker liteladi: i see that little gingerbread cookie cutter is cool staci Fearless Leader: so that's what I'm going to do right now Staci: Nj, do you know how to make poinsettas (sp)?? Staci: I figured that would be the perfect size for a little ornament for my wreath liteladi: yup it will Staci: here, let me move my cam Staci: I will make a few really quick liteladi: where do you find such small ones?? Fearless Leader: go search out some poinsetta links and share them here, only way to make a thing is to look at a thing Fearless Leader: break it down to components Staci: Those I picked up in a box Fearless Leader: there's flower petals Fearless Leader: leaves Fearless Leader: and how they are piled up together Fearless Leader: there's nothing we can't make if we just look at it a spell, I'm now going to show Janice how to do a blend, I'll get the link first Fearless Leader: http://www.norajean.com/Biz-Archive/Blend-Grp.htm Staci: See the box of them? Fearless Leader: Also, if you go to my cam window Fearless Leader: hit, WEBCAM Fearless Leader: and then Fearless Leader: Always on top Fearless Leader: you can check out the links for the tutorials and keep one eyeball on this boring part of the process that I'm going to do right now Fearless Leader: LOL Fearless Leader: trick to it is this Fearless Leader: instead of folding this clay in half and passing it through the press 24 times Fearless Leader: I roll it up Fearless Leader: and wring it like a rag Fearless Leader: then pull it to a flat shape to roll it up and wring it again Fearless Leader: that's how I get the blending done in less moves Fearless Leader: NoraJean.Com/Biz-Archive/Sheets-Group Fearless Leader: So now I'll get on to it bonsaikathy joined the room liteladi: hi kathy Staci: Hiya Kathy bonsaikathy: Hi Folks metalartiste2001: hi kathy Fearless Leader: Shall we do a roll call so everyone knows each other, first name and location Fearless Leader: NoraJean, San Francisco metalartiste2001: janice, sharon, ma liteladi: Penny Lansing MI techi_mom56: nancy nw oregon Staci: Staci, Springfield Missouri Staci: I gotta move my camera somewhere else so I can use my pasta machine LOL bonsaikathy: Kathy in E. TN bonsaikathy: I'll be back in just a bit. I need a little TLC from hubby on my neck. Weather changes are killing me. If I don't I'll end up with a headache from you know where Staci: Take care Kathy liteladi: by kathy metalartiste2001: got to watch my daughter play in the snow a while - be back later liteladi: by janicerd liteladi: janice Fearless Leader: That's a blend Staci: Nice NJ Fearless Leader: and I still think it's quicker this way than with the fold in half and press Staci: that is the same way you make a blend for your flowers correct? bonsaikathy: ok I'm back Fearless Leader: yes it is Staci Fearless Leader: this sheet here is a sandwich of silver and blue Fearless Leader: I have this idea that I'd like to try bonsaikathy: I love putting those colors together Staci: Wb Kathy bonsaikathy: thanks honey liteladi: i have neck problems that give me a headache too kathy if i dont do my stretching every day bonsaikathy: there is no way to stretch today, it's so stiff all of a sudden I can barely move it, liteladi: yeah i was in physical therapy for my neck for 6 weeks and its much better now but i cant slack off on the exercises or i feel it metalartiste2001: i start pt next week for the neck as well. it must be an artist thing liteladi: yeah all that bending the head down forwards i think metalartiste2001: just ran upstairs to see what point she was at bonsaikathy: with me it's from a car accident and arthritus, but oh well, bonsaikathy: NJ it looks like you took your blend that you rolled into a jelly roll and then started placing the cut strips around the roll bonsaikathy: now slicing off the end bonsaikathy: gives you a slight strip look around the outter edge bonsaikathy: if I'm seeing correctly techi_mom56: i like that NJ...but i love blue Staci: I have to try to make a smaller tool Staci: my other one is too big Staci: So I am using a plastic q-tip Staci: for a mouth bonsaikathy: I missed something NJ did but it looks like now the roll is in a wedge shape and I'm not sure if she isn't denting in each side somehow Staci: Yep, makes a perfect mouth Staci: I think NJ, cut the log into 4 weges bonsaikathy: yup, bonsaikathy: now kind of fitting them all together bonsaikathy: oh NJ, it's fantastic liteladi: wow cool bonsaikathy: hang on and I'll get a screen shot of that Fearless Leader: ok? bonsaikathy: ok I've got two screen shots Staci: I got a full screen shot too Staci: that is beautiful bonsaikathy: it's beautfiul bonsaikathy: I absolutely love it Staci: LOL but once I made NU's cam big Staci: I couldn't figure out how to get is small again bonsaikathy: lol bonsaikathy: fantastic NJ bonsaikathy: hang on bonsaikathy: hold it up again so I can get a screen shot please Fearless Leader: How's that Kathy? bonsaikathy: got it liteladi: gorgeous NJ bonsaikathy: thanks Fearless Leader: now we can deconstruct this Fearless Leader: we got our blend Fearless Leader: then after doing a jellyroll of that blend Fearless Leader: we stack sheets, not just sheets, but a sandwich of sheets Fearless Leader: three sheets pressed at the widest setting Fearless Leader: then stack the sheets and when you have a stack you slice off slices Fearless Leader: and wrap those slices of lines around the jellyroll plug Fearless Leader: now that's the new wrinkle Fearless Leader: wrapping lines as a surround Fearless Leader: then surround that with a solid color Fearless Leader: the cut Fearless Leader: is the fish scale cut Fearless Leader: cut into fourths lengthwise Fearless Leader: and stack with the points all pointing in the same direction Fearless Leader: reduce and cut four sections and stack that and reduce Fearless Leader: that's our triangle cane there in the back Fearless Leader: now it doesn't look like much at this stage Fearless Leader: techniques like this look better after pressing Fearless Leader: a lot of faith goes in to the making of this cane Fearless Leader: because you're never sure how it will look until you press it for the first time Fearless Leader: if you like the initial press, you're all good to start making sheets Fearless Leader: slice, lay on a sheet Fearless Leader: press Fearless Leader: back with more of the backing color Fearless Leader: press some more Fearless Leader: then you can start doing stuff with it, cover tins, light switches Fearless Leader: notebook covers Fearless Leader: stuff like that Fearless Leader: I always do blue and silver experiments around the holidays Fearless Leader: seems very Elvis Blue Blue Christmas to me Fearless Leader: LOL Fearless Leader: so questions? Fearless Leader: Now this can be the first layer, see? Fearless Leader: we can now press other stuff on top techi_mom56: is the blue bluepearl? Fearless Leader: using this as a background, it reminds me of water patterns in kimono Fearless Leader: that's a blend of silver and cobalt blue straight out of the pack Fearless Leader: from the Blue MerFamily techi_mom56: perfect...i am out of blue pearl Staci: I think NJ, has alot of blue Staci: I am still trying to figure out how the silver looks like triangles liteladi: making notes to get some blue pearl Staci: or was that the wedge you cut? Staci: It is beautiful.... Staci: I dont have any of that color of blue though Staci: eeewww Staci: my cat just killed a mouse liteladi: lol in front of you Staci: LOL which kid can I talk into cleaning it up Staci: ??? Staci: No, in the living room Staci: we live in the country Staci: and the winter the mice find their way in Staci: the cat caught a mouse, blood in one spot and dead mouse in the other liteladi: heck i live in the city and they find their way in here from time to time too Staci: Staci: Then kid threw up techi_mom56: laugh...well we do have something else in common staci..i live in the country too and never leave the light off and go into the bathroom...cats leave there gifts there... liteladi: after the holidays i need to get me a wish list going for clay stuff and some of those cutters Staci: LOL liteladi: our cat once left the carcass in my husbands shoe for him to find Staci: Penny, I think I got mine at JoAnne Fabrics Staci: but I believe I saw them at Michaels too Staci: Eeewww Staci: my new cat caught 3 mice a couple weeks ago Staci: Nj, I love that liteladi: the cutters? our michaels doesnt have much in the way of cutters. my husband found it when he was getting ready for work the cat was very proud of himself. Needless to say my husband was less than impressed liteladi: totall awesome NJ looks like blue and silver leaves Fearless Leader: leaves falling on water Fearless Leader: is what I'm going to call this liteladi: yup it sure is bonsaikathy: sounds like a great name for it bonsaikathy: I took 4 screen shots of it Fearless Leader: see you can't tell how it will look until you press it Fearless Leader: and this was pressed 3-4 times, turning it around to even out the slices Staci: Brb I gotta go find the peroxide to clean up the blood off my carpet liteladi: ugh staci Fearless Leader: ok if there's no questions at this point I'll save log and open up everyone elses' cams Staci: Gross Staci: I only had a tad twinmom94002 joined the room twinmom94002: hi gang Fearless Leader: Howdy Libbi, just got finished making this sheet twinmom94002: oooooh! very very pretty! twinmom94002: that's gorgeous, nj twinmom94002: cobalt blue & silver? Fearless Leader: yes Fearless Leader: and then after that fish scale background I laid leaves down twinmom94002: do you have a link for fish scale? (sorry if redundant) Fearless Leader: no worries, I didn't give that link yet Fearless Leader: let me get it Fearless Leader: NoraJean.com/Biz-Archive/Faux/FishScale/Thumb-grp Fearless Leader: what I did different was stack sheets and then cut slices and put those slices around the jellyroll blend twinmom94002: oooh! simple and very effective! Fearless Leader: I had this thought for a while, putting strips around a cane Fearless Leader: to get dashes like that Fearless Leader: now if we take this and instead of laying down lines Fearless Leader: we lay down more jelly roll blends Fearless Leader: or leaves, surround a plug with fancier stuff than just stripes Fearless Leader: that's where I'd like to take this idea Fearless Leader: so I'm going to get something to drink and take 5 minutes twinmom94002: surround the plug with something else, like reduced jelly rolls in interesting colors Fearless Leader: yes, exactly Libbi twinmom94002: k...happy break Fearless Leader: it is sort of paisley like or fractal Fearless Leader: ya, got to "go", brb bonsaikathy left the room bonsaikathy joined the room Fearless Leader: back Fearless Leader: had to get a bite to eat as well Fearless Leader: got to remember to eat liteladi: i have 4 3.5 inch gingerbread men to bake now metalartiste2001: well, i'm back - boy she loves the snow. Got some great digital shots, too metalartiste2001: what's nj doing now? Staci: LOL Penny you been making big gingerbread men? liteladi: yup for my tree LOL liteladi: they are huge compared to yours lol Staci: I have one mini done Staci: that is it liteladi: cute Staci: But I had to wait for the clay to get soft enough for me to push through the gun liteladi: i rolled mine out by hand liteladi: but thats ok it looks my frosting jobs anyway lol Staci: this little guy is `1 3/4 inches twinmom94002: so, we're getting our xmas tree tomorrow! I'm so happy! Fearless Leader: Where you getting the tree from? twinmom94002: it's more of a solstice tree, tho, really twinmom94002: delancey street lot on 19th liteladi: cool idea Fearless Leader: The kids can make polymer clay ornaments twinmom94002: yep! Staci: I already have my fake tree up Fearless Leader: that's so cool Staci: but it looks reql Staci: real liteladi: mine is up too all ten foot of it Fearless Leader: covered eggs make nifty ornaments, or take last year's ornaments and cover them with clay twinmom94002: for those of you who don't live here in SF, Delancey Street is a wonderful organization that helps recovering addicts develop job skills and training twinmom94002: brb...ben wants bologna liteladi: i got some glass ornaments from michaels last year after christmas need to figure out how to use clay on them Fearless Leader: That's my tree twinmom94002: oh! you can cover 'em with sheets, or do cut-outs and use tls to apply 'em to the balls...all kinds of nifty stufff! Fearless Leader: LOL twinmom94002: hehehehe Fearless Leader: love this Christmas junk box liteladi: thats too cute nj twinmom94002: heh! looks like our full-sized x-mas box! Fearless Leader: it was a gift Fearless Leader: I didn't make it but I've had it for years liteladi: you gave me an excellent idea NJ next weekend alex (grandson) and I can make some ornaments out of clay and old cookie cutters for the tree twinmom94002: i'm gonna run and clay a bit (puter's in the kitchen now....andy redid the office/studio much to my benefit! Fearless Leader: have you seen my "Getting for Christmas room box"? twinmom94002: let me know if you and RB need a break tomorrow....she's welcome for tea & chat too, of course Fearless Leader: RB is next week, tomorrow is the astrology reading, Libbi twinmom94002: oh...duh Fearless Leader: naw Fearless Leader: it's ok Fearless Leader: twinmom94002: well....anyway See y'all later twinmom94002: <----waves and vanishes twinmom94002 left the room Staci: Nj, I really love my shaper I can fix stuff I would normally squish Staci: Nancy what ya making? techi_mom56: snowmen ornament hangers Fearless Leader: when did you get the shaper Staci? Fearless Leader: I love mine to bits Fearless Leader: got to change the video metalartiste2001: what do you do with the shapers? Staci: Oh, I think I have had my shaper for about a month now Staci: just started using it over thanksgiving Staci: You move your clay with them Staci: or NJ, makes the most beautiful flowers Staci: that is a shaper Staci: can you see on my cam? metalartiste2001: i'll have to look liteladi: one day ill have to get one of those i think liteladi: those are shapers too NJ? Staci: Oh, NJ has all hers out liteladi: awesome Fearless Leader: use the big ones to move big bits around Fearless Leader: go to smaller and smaller sizes as you refine and make details Staci: when I just put that hanger in the gingerbread man, I poked it through his face which left a hole that wasn't suppose to be there Staci: so, I fixed it with my shaper by moving some clay to the hole sewdaisy2001 joined the room liteladi: oh good gosh thanks for the reminder staci i have to have something to hang these guys up with lol metalartiste2001: i've got about 5 shapers here using them for decorative painting - now they have another purpose! Staci: Yeah, I have another one besides the one I use now Staci: and I don't like it Staci: because it was meant for paint Staci: and it leaves marks on the clay metalartiste2001: not good Staci: can you see the big one with the pink ends? Staci: I don't use that one anymore Staci: leaves marks metalartiste2001: yeah Staci: but I am sure I will use it for my paintings later on pcajenny joined the room sewdaisy2001 left the room sewdaisy2001 joined the room liteladi: what are you going to do with the snowmen?? techi_mom56: use a few on my tree and give the rest for gifts... liteladi: how big are they going to be?? techi_mom56: around an inch...ish liteladi: sounds cool sewdaisy2001: Hi all, Pretty NJ! liteladi: hi Fearless Leader: Let's do roll call Fearless Leader: NoraJean, San Francisco sewdaisy2001: Sheri here , Ohio metalartiste2001: janicew, sharon, mas liteladi: Penny Lansing Michigan techi_mom56: nancy nw oregon pcajenny: Jenny Pat, Minnesota Staci: Staci: Staci Springfield Missouri metalartiste2001: does this have a technique name? liteladi: lovely NJ Fearless Leader: oh, sheets... let me get you a link metalartiste2001: or just something you whipped up? Fearless Leader: NoraJean.Com/Biz-Archive/Sheets-Group Fearless Leader: more like a continuation of a blue and silver meditation Fearless Leader: LOL metalartiste2001: thanks! i'll go look Fearless Leader: leaves we do Fearless Leader: fish scale we do Fearless Leader: take fish scale and monkey around with it Fearless Leader: and I got these wave patterns Fearless Leader: drop some leaves on top of them Fearless Leader: and we have a sheet we can cover an AOL tin with metalartiste2001: waves - link for those as well? Fearless Leader: I'll be adding something to the top of this Fearless Leader: the fish scale, let me get that, Fearless Leader: NoraJean.com/Biz-Archive/Faux/FishScale/Thumb-grp Fearless Leader: I love how the mica in the silver plays with the light liteladi: f liteladi: sorry grandson was fiddling with the keyboard Fearless Leader: see how when you turn this around you'll get different looks Fearless Leader: because of the mica shift sewdaisy2001: Nancy, ornament hooks, or plain wire? techi_mom56: ornament hooks but this one is a paper clip...grin..gotta find the ornament hooks.. liteladi: verry cute nancy sewdaisy2001: LOL I know how that goes pcajenny left the room pcajenny joined the room Fearless Leader: is yahoo being mean Jenny? Fearless Leader: I should save at this point if that's the case pcajenny: no, I just had to
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