Monday 6 August 2012

Exploring New Colour Themes with Polymer Clay

The past week I've been playing around with some new colours, I seem to be stuck in a bit of a colour rut lately featuring many pink and blues within my work and I have decided it is time to explore some new colour themes.

To aid me in my colour exploration I have found a fantastic website called Design Seeds, its a wonderful website featuring an array of colour palettes, which can be searched by colour value or theme.

I already had an idea of what I was aiming for a summer feel reminiscent of the sea and nature and finally found the perfect colour palette for my new designs Urchin Tones.

One of my favourite past polymer clay canes has been my seashell cane, featured in some of my past designs and seen here in my seashell cane bracelet.



Beige seashell print bracelet created from polymer clay
Beige seashell print bracelet created from polymer clay
So I set about making my new polymer clay cane, colour mixing and combining the urchin tone palette, here is my finished seashell cane.

Polymer clay seashell cane using my colour mixed urchin tones
Polymer clay seashell cane using my colour mixed urchin tones


And here are my finished designs using my new polymer clay cane, I decided to keep in tone with the theme and created some new urchin beads to complete my designs. 

Polymer clay oblate necklace with urchin tones
Polymer clay oblate necklace with urchin tones

Polymer clay oblate necklace fearing my new seashell cane and urchin beads
Polymer clay oblate necklace fearing my new seashell cane and urchin beads

Polymer clay thong necklace featuring urchin tones
Polymer clay thong necklace featuring urchin tones

Polymer clay thong necklace featuring my seashell cane
Polymer clay thong necklace featuring my seashell cane

Polymer clay silver necklace with urchin tones
Polymer clay silver necklace with urchin tones

Polymer clay silver necklace fearing my new seashell cane and urchin beads
Polymer clay silver necklace fearing my new seashell cane and urchin beads

I love the new colour theme and have some bracelets also planned for this new palette,  its quite a step away from the pink and blues I had been recently creating and I've decided to continue my exploration of new colours and to try some new themes over the summer.

This post is part of Handmade Monday with Handmade Harbour

8 comments:

  1. ClairLou (www.yarnsfromdownunder.com6 August 2012 at 12:48

    Wow I had no idea you could make polymer clay look like this.
    Really excellent!

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  2. goodness these are soo pretty, I really do admire anyone who can make polymer clay projects like this

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  3. You've captured the theme brilliantly. I love those little sea urchins. Am off to go take a look at your shop.

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  4. Oh these are so pretty. I love love the soft colours x

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  5. Wow, these are just gorgeous. Love the sea urchin influence!

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  6. This works reallywell. I love it. You have really created some great pieces. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

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  7. Wow, beautiful! Love the subtle colors and the designs. I had not thought of coming up with the palates in that way.

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  8. Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments, I'm really enjoying my exploration of colour

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