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Vintage Vessels meet Industrial Chic
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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!
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!
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:
Love your rings - very cool!
The Vintage Vessels are terrific!
Very cool creations. I particularly love the rings.
These are really incredible Kari. Job well done!
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!
Way to rock the supplies! These are amazing and thank you for the ring ideas. I really need to start working with clay now :)
What great projects! Thanks for sharing.
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