Thursday 12 November 2020

Autumn Polymer Clay Colour Recipes | PDF Colour Palette Tutorials from Lottie Of London

 Here's our latest PDF colour recipe tutorials with an Autumn theme.  

Pumpkin Spice Colour Recipe


Polymer clay colour recipe tutorials | Pumpkin Spice at Lottie Of London
Pumpkin Spice Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London


Autumn is a time of changing colours from the last green hues of the summer to the changing of leaves in rich oranges and browns, not forgetting the rich warming tones of harvest.



Pumpkin Spice Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London
Pumpkin Spice Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London

Woodlland Stroll Colour Recipe




Woodland Stroll Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London
Woodland Stroll Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London

A woodland stroll is the perfect time to experience the changing of the season and take in the wonderful hues of nature that surround us.


Woodland Stroll Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London
Woodland Stroll Polymer Clay Colour Recipes at Lottie Of London


Thursday 5 November 2020

Mandala Ring Dishes! But what are mandalas?

 

Mandala Ring Dishes at Lottie Of London Jewellery
Mandala Ring Dishes at Lottie Of London Jewellery

Our latest collection of mandala ring dishes are proving very popular this season.  With their beautifully intricate designs they make for quite an eye catching centre piece for your home.  But what are mandalas?

Pronounced mon-dah-lah, mandalas represent wholeness, a diagram reminding us of our relation to infinity.  They are often circular designs to symbolise the notion that life is never ending.

Many mandalas have a spiritual significance in both Hinduism and Buddhism.  The Hindus where the first to use mandalas, but many are more familiar with the ones created by Buddhism.

Vajravarahi Mandala, Tibet, 19th century

Vajravarahi MandalaTibet, 19th century

In some spiritual traditions mandalas may be used for focusing attention and would be used as a spiritual guidance tool to establish a sacred space and aid meditation.

 In modern day life mandalas are now more commonly know a a generic symbol for a diagram or geometric pattern often seen within mindfulness colouring books.

Free Mandala Coloring Pages

 Free mandala colouring pages

 

Pop on over to Lottie of London to see our latest collection of mandala ring dishes and pendant necklaces.

 

 





You can read more blog posts on our ring dishes here

 Sources

  • http://spiritualawakening.weebly.com/mandalas-what-are-they.html

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vajravarahi_Mandala.jpg

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala

  • http://www.whats-your-sign.com/free-mandala-coloring-pages.html


This post was originally published on Lottie of London Blog on 14/10/2017

Wednesday 7 October 2020

Polymer Clay Colour Mixing Recipes and New Statement Jewellery

 

With the looming cold weather upon us it's time for a colour explosion.

Introducing my latest Limited Edtion collection created with my new Candy Mix colour tutorial, its the perfect pop of colour for the upcoming seasons.


PDF Colour Mix Tutorials at Lottie of London Jewellery
Candy Mix PDF Colour Mix Tutorial

My first is a new Tube Statement Necklace, a first for me at Lottie of London which I enjoyed crafting.  With bold and bright colours in an abstract design my tube necklace has been strung onto a simple silver plated chain so as not to detract from the design. 



Two new designs of my Half Moon Statement Earrings, a firm favourite of mine so I couldn't resit making more.





To finish something a little different, a new style of stud earrings in an abstract shape.



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Tuesday 15 September 2020

Polymer Clay Colour Palette Tutorials

Commissions for jewellery aren't the only thing I get requests for here at Lottie Of London.  I often get requests for the colour recipes that I create especially for my designs.

I love colour mixing for both my customers to create something special for a unique commission or playing with colour mixes for inspiration on new designs.

 Colour Pallette Tutorials at Lottie Of London

 

So it made sense that as I have my recipes written down to turn these nuggets of infomation into PDF Tutorials for the polymer clay community.  My PDF tutorials are now available to purchase both from my website here but also in my Etsy store.

Polymer Clay tutorials for colour palettes | Sail Boat Colour Palette

 

So whats so different about my colour palettes?  Polymer clay is available in a wide variety of colours but rather than have stacks of little or even large blocks of all these colours I decided a long time ago to learn how to make my own from only the Fimo True Professional Colours.

Fimo True Professional Polymer Clay

 

6 colours plus black and white are all that's needed to create my recipes and its a great way of learning colour theory.

You can of course use any brand of polymer clay to create these recipes, your colours will turn out different but that's the fun in colour mixing!

I'll be adding more of my personal recipes over the coming months but also create some new yummy recipes for your to try like our Candy Palette Tutorial.

 

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Friday 11 September 2020

Autumn Statement Jewellery Collection

 

Colour mixing Autumn statement necklaces at Lottie Of London
Colour mixing Autumn statement necklaces at Lottie Of London



With autumn settling in and the days starting to get grey and drizzly, here at Lottie of London Jewellery we believe that's even more reason to add a flash of colour to your wardrobe.

Autumn colour mixing at Lottie of London
Autumn colour mixing at Lottie of London.



So we're excited to introduce our latest collection of statement necklaces and stud earrings handmade and designed with unique colour mixes from polymer clay.


Chunky statement necklace for women


Our new navy statement necklace is super chunky, handmade in navy blue hues, touches of grey and splashes of bold yellow.


Autumn colour mixing | Stud earrings at Lottie Of London
Colour mixing autumn hues | Stud earrings for women



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Tuesday 11 August 2020

Red Long Statement Necklace Commission | Polymer Clay at Lottie Of London

 

Colour mixing red polymer clay beads | Commissions at Lottie Of London
Colour mixing red polymer clay beads | Commissions at Lottie Of London
Blog post taken from Lottie Of London Jewellery Blog 06/10/2017

I love to colour mix at Lottie Of London Jewellery and my recent commission request was no exception.

I was asked to create my popular long statement necklace with red hues to coordinate with a clients coat.

When mixing primary colours such as green and blue you can shift the colour to lighter or darker resulting in a pale blue or navy blue for example. Working with red is a little different although adding black will darken a red into burgundy, adding white will quickly start to turn the colour pink and yellow will shift the red into a coral hue before becoming orange.

So it was decided to stick with the obvious bold red and shift into burgundy.

So after some colour mixing and testing I created a selection of seven red hues for my client to make her final selection, as seen below.

Once the final colours had been decided I set about creating the necklace and matching drop earrings.

Commissions at Lottie Of London Jewellery
Commissions at Lottie Of London Jewellery


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Sunday 9 August 2020

Lottie Of London Polymer Clay Blog Update

 



Lottie Of London Polymer Clay Blog Update
















Its been a long time since I've updated my polymer clay blog, but I know polymer clay blogs are a great resource to other clayers and for that reason I haven't taken the blog down.

My jewellery work took over and once I opened my shopify store it made sense to start a new blog over there that would be linked to my website.

Although predominantly my posts are related to my store, you can find posts on my commissions and new work ideas.  if your interested in taking a peek here's the link.


I'll be going through my posts to update and reload the photos that have been missing, surprisingly I have quite a few but you may find some are missing photos.