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~ ABOUT 'NEW CLAY' ~ |
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+ LEHB SERIES KAREN LEWIS RAA: HANDMADE BEADS, AMERICAN ARTISTS each color is a different piece of clay: She layers the colors. Once this is accomplished, it is sliced. She makes a ball then flattens it. She slowly works other cane designs into it. Once the bead is complete, she makes the hole then bakes it. She often adds tiny elements of designs to the surface like an appliqué. + ~inspired scripture~
EACH COLOR IS A DIFFERENT PIECE OF CLAY She layers the colors. Once this is accomplished, it is sliced. She makes a ball then flattens it. She slowly works other cane designs into it. Once the bead is complete, she makes the hole then bakes it. She often adds tiny elements of designs to the surface like an appliqué. To finish her work, she sands the surface with 'many grits of wet/dry sandpapers'. Finishes range from satin smooth to glossy. Note that every color you see is a different piece of clay, there is nothing painted on the surface. + SMALL ANTIQUE GLASSS
ON TOP OF PURPLE LEAVES + ABOUT KAREN LEWIS' WORK THE 'SPIRITED BEAD' IS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL We met Karen several years ago and have been fans ever since. Her work is very collectable and very durable even though one might think that polymer clay is vulnerable. We believe it is stronger than glass. Karen explains her technique with polymer clay is the same found in the ancient glass canes of Venice. 'A cane is a bundle of colors painstakingly gathered together to create a design or picture when seen from the end or cross section'. She explains 'they become like a thick puzzle. When the cane is formed, it is then compressed, stretched, rolled, pressed, squeezed and flattened to reduce the size of the cane...' + STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL WITH TIME I have seen beads that she has made that are well over 5 years old and used on a key chain and they remain perfect. Nothing has fallen off, and the only visible difference is that they gain an exquisite patina over time. Hard to believe when you realize that every color you see in each leaf, each berry, is a different piece of clay. Nothing has been drawn or painted into the design. It is pure. Once the cane is gone, there is no way to replace it, therefore each series is limited. + LOOKING BACK BELOW: A small sampling of past rosaries and chaplets in this series - now in praying hands. Each one - so rare - so beautiful - never to be repeated, one of a kind - that we just like looking at them. for more, see links below LOOKING BACK - MORE LINKS |
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MISSION STATEMENT Our vision is to provide the finest handmade rosaries, chaplets and other fine religious art forms for personal worship we can make using the best supplies available. The Guild believes the work of our hands should give visual Glory to God, therefore for us, the best for you is very, very important. for more, enter 'Klew" in search above RETURN TO ROSARIES ALSO SEE CHAPLETS - TOP OF PAGE |
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