Jewelz Creatives: aceo

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Polymer clay canework and ACEOs

Life has a habit of getting so busy that I find some days I just cannot keep up with everything. I always mean to blog more often, but you know how it is. So....here is just a quick update on a few of my latest creations using polymer clay cane work.

This one has a dried and pressed Dianthus flower (from my own garden) and at the bottom I have attached an adorable green tourmaline that I purchased from Annasjewelry on Etsy.

This one has a dried and pressed pansy flower in the centre, and in the 4 corners are slices of a little yellow flower cane I made. It also has a gorgeous shade of green tourmaline attached to the bottom.

If you would like to see more lovely gemstones, check out Annasjewelry. She has quite a selection!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

February Challenge for the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy (PCAGOE) : ACEO's

It is time again for the PCAGOE to hold it's monthly Challenge. This month's theme is ACEO's. Personally, I have made very few of these and found it to be an exciting adventure! I never really considered the fact that I could make these intriguing little trading cards out of polymer clay!

For those who would like to know, an ACEO stands for Art Card Editions and Originals. Another name you may be familiar with is ATC (or Art Trading Card) which normally is made out of paper. These are fairly inexpensive ways for an artist to be able to provide art work for collectors at less expensive prices, and definitely easier to ship all over the world at reasonable rates. They have become extremely popular over the last few years. If you would like to see some examples, please visit http://www.etsy.com and do a search for ACEO or ATC and you will see some amazing ART! You can also do a search on Wikipedia and read the history if these wonderful collector pieces!

My fellow guild members of PCAGOE have put together a wonderful collection for you to browse and if you would like, please vote for your favourite. You can go to http://www.pcagoe.com to view the entries, and you may also view the prizes available to be won. There will be prizes for the most voted for entries, but best of all, as a voter, you will also be eligible to win a prize! The winners for voting will be randomly drawn and announced on the main website. Voting will be held from February 1st to February 7th.

Here is my entry for the challenge!