My Valentine's day gift arrived !

I was so happy yesterday to received my Valentine's day gift from my husband. It is very rare that I want something in particular but this time I knew I wanted a piece of jewelry by a wonderful jeweler, Angela Gerhard.


I have been a great admirer of her work since I saw her work in Flickr. Her enameling pieces are spectacular, her use of color is impressive. As you may notice already, I LOVE HER WORK. She is not only a great artist but also a beautiful person.

Can you see how happy I am ?

(You will have to excuse my sad eyes, I am still trying to came back from a terrible cold that lasted more than two weeks!!)

©2009 Angela Gerhard

Thank you to my husband for this great gift and thank you to Angela for making this amazing necklace.

Finally my Creative paperclay is over.

I have been sharing with all of you my new passion with Creative paperclay in my last postings. I promise this will be my last, at least for now.
Working with this clay has been a great and fulfilling adventure for me and my creative life. I got connected again with my heritage and was able to create in a different way what my heart wanted to express.
Every piece I made was a learning experience because I made everything without having any knowledge. A lot of what I do is like that, I just follow my heart and play.


For my last piece (for now), I wanted to take more time and really make something that can also have my metal clay work in it. Finally my "CATRINA" was born and she is wearing a necklace made with PMC and a CZ.


Hope you have enjoyed looking at my new pieces and thank you for your wonderful comments.


This is just the beginning of a new adventure and collection for my work.

CATRINA
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative paperclay, colored pencils, acrylics, beads, PMC original and a CZ.
4.5 inches by 1.20 inches by 1.11 inches

CATRINA
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative paperclay, colored pencils, acrylics, beads, PMC original and a CZ.
4.5 inches by 1.20 inches by 1.11 inches

CATRINA
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative paperclay, colored pencils, acrylics, beads, PMC original and a CZ.
4.5 inches by 1.20 inches by 1.11 inches

 Here you can see all of them together !

©2011 Lorena Angulo

I am obsess with Creative paperclay ! I need an intervention !!!

Hola, my name is Lorena and I am obsess with Creative Paperclay ! 
I have to accept that when I approach a new technique or material I really get into it to the fullest ! Since I got my package of Creative paperclay I have not been able to stop !!
I still have one more piece that I am working on right now but in general I finished the whole package and I am feeling sad !!!


Are you the same way when you play with a new technique or material ? 


These are my latest pieces I made and I had a blast making them !!!

©2011 Lorena Angulo

VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative Paperclay, colored pencils and acrylics.
3.11 inches by 1.45

VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative Paperclay, colored pencils and acrylics.
3.11 inches by 1.45

ANGEL
©2011 Lorena Angulo
Creative paperclay, colored pencils and acrylics.
3.05 inches by 2.40 inches.

RAW(ring a week) Blog Carnival.

This is my first blog carnival for RAW. I really like the idea of writing about our experiences and this time I am going to write about what was my inspiration for participating in RAW.  


After having participated in RAD(ring a day) last year I new I could not missed the opportunity to join this group. 


Joining a challenge group is a great motivation and inspiration experience. I joined the first group because I usually did not make rings and this challenge gave me more confidence to do it.

Creating with different materials and techniques is one of my goals during this challenge. I also want to make more stone bezel settings and continue to be more confident about my work.
This group is formed by incredible talented artists from around the world and it is a great inspiration to see all their creations.

©2011 Lorena Angulo
January rings

©2011 Lorena Angulo
February rings

Please visit these incredible artists blogs to see their posts !
Marcie Abney - http://labellajoya.blogspot.com/
Joanne Harrill - www.jojobell.com
Thomasin Durgin - www.metalriot.blogspot.com
Amy Nicole - www.rubymtnbeads.blogspot.com
Janice - www.doxallodesigns.blogspot.com
Aleksandra Micic - www.micicart.blogspot.com
Lana Chu - www.ginkgoglass.wordpress.com
Evelyn Markasky - www.markasky.blogspot.com
Kerry Alice-Twigs and Heather - www.twigsandheather.blogspot.com
Kate Jones-- www.katejonesdesign.blogspot.com
Maria Apostolou- www.createjewelry.gr/blog
Sarah Small - www.bysalla.blogspot.com
Rebecca Bogan - www.Adobesol.com/blog
Elaine Luther - www.CreativeTextureTools.com/news
Rebekah Timlin Meddles - www.lunasadesigns.blogspot.com
Laura M (Zoeowyn)- http://zoeowyn.blogspot.com/
Kimberly (bahamadawn) - www.bahamadawn.blogspot.com
Erin Austin - www.metalmusing.blogspot.com
Catherine Witherell - www.happydayart.typepad.com
Michele Grady- www.michelegradydesigns.blogspot.com
Joan Furilla -http://jfurilla.wordpress.com/
Kathryn Cole- www.kathryncolejewelry.blogspot.com 

Playing and creating with a new material.

I have been working full speed with an amazing medium, Metal Clay, since 2006. I have enjoyed every minute of it and I know I will continue with my big love and passion for this incredible medium.
Lately I reconnected with another material that I have used to make core beads to form hollow beads for my silver metal clay work. I never made jewelry with this material before but after seeing the fantastic work by Jillian Palone, I was inspired to start playing with this clay.I was overwhelm by how gorgeous her work is.

This new material is Creative Paperclay and I was amazed at how easy and fun working with this clay is.
My first project was a ring I made for my RAW group. What makes this so fun to me is that this clay gives me the opportunity to create pieces with a big influence in Mexican Folk Art, one of my big passions. My Metal clay work has a strong influence in my culture and this paperclay gives my work another alternative.

My second piece with this paperclay is another ring, this time I made an angel. I collect Angels, mostly from Mexico and Guatemala and making this ring made me so HAPPY !!!
Now, I need to learn how to paint faces !!! :D I know my painting skills will improve little by little, for now this is what I can do.
Hope you like it !!

©2011 Lorena Angulo

©2011 Lorena Angulo

 ©2011 Lorena Angulo

ANGEL ring

Creative Paperclay, colored pencils and acrylics.

3.13 inches by 2.10 inches by 1.37 inches

Do you like to play with new mediums or materials? I will love to know what are you playing with !

Love,

Lorena

Having FUN with paper clay !!

I just finished making one of my rings for RAW with a material that I had not been using a lot lately. It was so much FUN to go back to this clay and just relax and play with it.
This is one of the great things about RAW, it gives me the opportunity to play with other mediums to create. This time I choose paper clay and colored pencils.
After getting sick almost a week ago, this play day with myself and paper clay was a refreshing and excited adventure.
I hand sculpted the ring and used colored pencils to give a bright and colorful finish to my piece.
The fist idea that came to me was to create a "Calavera" holding a sacred heart in her hands.

Here it is !  Hope you like it !!

 © 2011 Lorena Angulo

 © 2011 Lorena Angulo

LOVE CATRINA

©2011 Lorena Angulo

Paper clay, colored pencils and beads.

3.75 inches by 1.35 inches

Do you like to play with new materials and just have fun experimenting with them? I sure did !!

Love,

Lorena

Thank You Metal Clay GURU !!

I am very happy and honored to have this gorgeous video of my work in the Metal Clay GURU site.
He made this video with images of my work and I am very thankful for it.