Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Industrial Chic Blog Hop Part 2


Vintage Vessels meet Industrial Chic


A couple months ago, I received a wonderful box filled full of the most awesome goodies from the new Industrial Chic Line!  I loved them so much, I almost immediately hopped in the car and headed to my local Michael's to see the rest of the line!   Wow!  Talk about kid in the candy store!  Even with the stash at home, I still had my little basket filled in a blink of an eye with  all sorts of the delightful thing-a-ma-bobs! I have lots of projects in store for these little lovelies!

                              industrial chic

I had been working in polymer clay, and within an hour or two had created the fun "Relic Rings" out of the Industrial Chic ring bezels!  I love the fat and wide and smooth styling- no pinching of fingers here when sizing.
 Using the 2 part molding putty, I created molds from some vintage cameos I owned, and with the addition of polymer clay, metal paints and a patina or two I was thrilled at the results.


Encouraged by the polymer clay fun, I decided to take my "Vintage Vessels" further with added Industrial Chic flare.  I particularly enjoyed the pinch frames, as I could pry them apart easily and add some of my own vintage photos and flowers and reassemble them under the transparency. 

I adore the metal knobs as the feet and the dangling charms make me smile.  What fun it was to take something I've been doing for awhile and change it up with the addition of these beauties!  I love going further and pushing myself to do more, and with this line, it makes it simple and successful!


  




I'll be teaching this Vintage Vessels class on Friday August 24th in Lisle, IL (Chicago area) at the Create Mixed Media Retreat!  Still have a few spots open, come join me! 

Our fun continues with a second Blog Hop for Industrial Chic. Here are the artists participating in the August Blog Hop:  See previous post to follow the great ideas in the July Links!

August 10th - Barbe St. John


August 11th - Cheryl Bodkins Waters


August 12th - Cindi Bisson

August 13th - Gretchen McHale


August 14th - Jenny Barnet Rohrs


August 15th - Kari McKnight


August 16th - Lindsay Obermeyer


August 17th - Seth Apter


August 18th- Suze Weinberg


August 19th - Tami Bayer


August 20th - Theresa Cifali


August 21st - Tracie Stivers Lampe


August 22nd - Traci Bautista


August 23rd - Jen Crossley


August 24th - Eileen Hull


August 25th - Pam Carriker


August 26th - Sandy Martin


Bezels and charms and spacers, OH MY!     Knobs and frames and chains, OH MY!        We're off to create in the studio, the wonderful studio of art!

6 comments:

Cindy Cima said...

Love your rings - very cool!
The Vintage Vessels are terrific!

Joanne Huffman said...

Very cool creations. I particularly love the rings.

Seth said...

These are really incredible Kari. Job well done!

cathy @ ma vie trouvee said...

These are GORGEOUS! I love vessels and boxes so these really caught my attention. Oh I so wish I was in Chicago to attend your class. Cheers!

Tami Bayer said...

Way to rock the supplies! These are amazing and thank you for the ring ideas. I really need to start working with clay now :)

Camille Short said...

What great projects! Thanks for sharing.