Tools & Gadgets 2
MTD polymer clay box & Victoria James Art texture sheet samples
As a texture fanatic, one of my favorite tools for working with polymer clay is the texture sheet.
Victoria James, my friend and fellow
Clayville California member, creates the most amazing silicone texture sheets. There’s always at least one on my work table. Victoria started by using trees, moss, rocks, and plants to create the texture sheets, but she now offers sheets made from her vast collection of textile print blocks. If you work with any kind of clay I think you will find a texture sheet (or two or three or…) a wonderful addition to your tool collection! They are strong, flexible, and they don’t require a resist. (Note: the sheets are actually green in color.) The polymer clay box shown above is currently on display at The Art Building in Auburn, CA as part of a promotional show for the upcoming Autumn Art Studios Tour 2009. Click
here for more details.
Maureen
Maureen Thomas Designs
October 5th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Beautiful box Maureen! You must have a secret to getting the texture right up to the seams like that without smudging them. The texture sheets looks fabulous! I will have to go check them out. They’re nice because they’re unique and don’t look just like all the other texture sheets out there. I can see why you use them a lot in your work.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Thanks Cindy! I have a love/hate relationship with these boxes. It’s as though the stars have to be in alignment, I have to wear my four-leaf clover, the weather conditions have to be just right, etc. I still haven’t come to many conclusions why some come out beautifully and other collapse, split, etc. It’s very exciting when they do turn out!
I’ll have to admit I’m partial to Victoria’s texture sheets. She and I both love textures and she’s been very generous in letting me test-drive some of the sheets before she puts them into production. They’re silicone so they don’t require cornstarch or water. In fact, I’m so used to using them that when I do grab a plastic texture or rubber stamp I usually forget to use the resist.
Maureen