Friday at Last!

It's been a verry long week. At 5:00 in the morning I'm trying to get some things done. Husband is in hospital and has been since Tuesday. Hope that he will be released today and things will get back to normal. Is there such a thing? Have not had much time to do things, signed up for a swap on CF Originals group site and looking forward to that. They are doing a swap for seahorses in the Christi style, so it should be fun both to do and to get! I've never been one to sign up for any kind of swap because I wouldn 't want to disappoint someone  on the other end receiving my items plus the fact that I have to be THE worlds worst procrastinator!

Today I'm presenting some of my "Compressed Cane" items.  There are two ways that I do this technique and I love both of them. Is there another name for them I wonder? Anyway......

Here is one, Bangles in Silver and Gold,

and another,

This is a reversible Tile Bracelet:

Front Side - Compressed Cane,

Reverse....Plain Cane

(I like the look, by compressing the cane patterns, you get a totally different but coordinating look)

When I do my clay work, I want someone to look at it and say that what I do is MY style and not someone elses. Like all the Grand Dames of the polymer clay world. I have a real problem with copying someones work. If I can't make something my own, I don't want to put it out there. I have done that since I've been playing with clay. I am pretty well able copy someone's technique but I'm afraid of copyright infringement, not to mention the fact that I would view myself as completely talentless. Never the less, the "Weathered Wood" nor the "Compressed Cane" techniques that I do, to my knowledge, have been put out there that I have seen, and if they have, I would love to know the artist...

Have a great day!