Color test

I am posting photos of my test for red translucent clay for a customer order. I need dark red with translucent effect. I can't obtain what I really want. With bolder colors I usually have successes. But when I mix the color with white translucent clay it looks like not red but like raspberry color. Anyway I am posting the photos of my last tests as I promised to my Flickr buddies. The result is not really good but it is much better than my first try. Here I used Fimo brand clays. Cherry red (only red I have, maybe I have to try with indian red?!) ,chocolate brown, black and white translucent!
Sorry for bad photos! As I am a night time clayer I couldn't take better photos. Click the photos to view larger size.




I think I will use red with chocolate. Mixture with black seems like more raspberry.

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I am very very busy at the moment. I have a lot to share. So stay tuned! I will be back soon.

I am featured on Polymer Clay Daily

My green wearable vessel is featured on Polymer Clay Daily today! I am very delighted! Actually I feel like I won an award. Thank you, Cynthia Tinapple!

Thinking big by Kathleen Dustin

Yesterday I read a post by Kathleen Dustin. I really appreciate that she shares her thoughts with others. It makes me think many things. Such priceless article!
Now I am off for awhile to think as big as I could. : )

I am addicted to doing vessels. I made dozens of them. Here are some of them and some beads and pendants, of course.

More will come soon!

Toner transfer attempt

I've tried to make toner copy transfer but I couldn't achieve what I expected. Image transferring is so, so complicated. I will give up.

Inkjet transfer

OK, this the first post of 2008. I am trying to make an ink jet transfer right now (burnished the image and waiting to sit). It seems to be very confusing. Yesterday I tried it with a Ilford professional photo paper though I never heard that paper works with the ink jet transfer. It didn't work as I expected. Now I am using HP brochure,flyers paper. From Donna Kato's blog I found that Susan Tourney used the paper so did Donna and she says the image transfers very well onto the clay but needs to be coated to protect. I am not really sure if I bought the right paper. Anyway I can see now the image begins to show through the paper. Another half an hour and I will bake it.
Since last week I opened a forum on PCC to know about which printer is suitable for image transferring. I am advised to buy laser printer or HP which works with vivera ink or any ink jet printer that works with pigment ink. I went to Fnack for a later version of HP all-in-one but a shop assistant guy persuaded me to buy Canon multifunctional printer. I really wanted to buy HP as I found people on the forum uses mostly HP. But I bought Canon. He just didn't stop explaining Canon is great and he has the same one at home. I even forgot about the pigment ink. When I came home I found that the printer uses dye ink (also black pigment ink for photo copy). About the quality of the printing is really good. I am satisfied. About the transfer I don't still know. I am just going to put the clay into the oven right now....

I am really disappointed. It didn't work. :( Wrong paper or wrong printer or wrong ink?!