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What’s in the shop?

I try to add new items to the shop each week (although some weeks this doen’t happen) or to relist items that have not yet sold. This means that the front page of Polyclarific’s Etsy shop will change on a regular basis. What’s on the front page right now? Here’s a peek:

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To visit the Etsy shop please click here. If you would prefer to pay in Australian dollars you can try the MadeIt shop (which has less in it than the Etsy shop) which is found here.

I Heart You

If its hearts you are after for your Valentine then you may just find what you’re after here at Polyclarific. I am able to custom make hearts for you with initials or names scratched into the surface. These can be made into earrings, pendants, magnets or rings. Contact me if you are in need of anything like this.

In the meantime, here’s my selection of hearts which are available in the shop. Click on each image to go directly to their listing.

Flowers for my Valentine

I love flowers and all things to do with them. I love their smell, the variety of colours and textures, the way that some become fruit and most of all how much they light up a room. This is apparent in my work as there are quite a few floral based items in the shop. I thought I’d share a few items with you that would perhaps brighten someone’s day. Just click on each picture to go directly to its listing. Enjoy!

Valentines Day

For those who await it Valentine’s Day is less than one month away. I do love this quote by Michael Leunig

Love one another and you will be happy.

It’s as simple and as difficult as that‘.

~Michael Leunig

Here is a collection of red items that may just be what you need for Valentine’s Day to help show how much you love someone.

Click on it to go to its on-line listing.

Gumnut Cane

Recently I had a request for a set of buttons with gumnuts on them. For those who don’t know what a gumnut is, its the ‘capsule’ for the flower of the Eucalyptus tree. These are very common here in Australia and there are many different colours and shapes depending on the species. Here’s a photo of one from our own garden:

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So, here is a step by step series of photos showing how I created the gumnut cane. Enjoy!

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And the Winner is….

Thank you to all those who entered my giveaway! It was great fun hearing which of the items in the shop you preferred. After using a random number generator the winner is…….

#11 which is Erin!! She said:

“I LOVE Them all lol I think that the fact that each is one of a kind makes them all the more special!”

Thanks Erin, I’ll get your prize to you asap.

Christmas Give Away!

Polyclarific is having its first give away in a long time! To enter you will need to do the following:

1. Visit the Etsy shop – Polyclarific’s Etsy Shop

2. Leave a comment (above) telling me which item you like the most and why.

3. Feel free to promote this on your own blog.

Its as simple as that!

Your Prize will be this Hills and Dales Necklace. This competition is open to anyone anywhere in the world. The winner will be selected using a random number generator and will be chosen on Sunday 6th December, 3pm Perth time. Feel free to enter as many times as you want to.

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More to come

I have continued to prepare to put more items in the shops by taking many photos of those yet to be listed. At the moment there are 208 items in the Etsy shop and 38 in the MadeIt shop. I will be adding more to the MadeIt shop as time goes by. For now, this is the stash that is listed, doesn’t look like much but every bead, pendant, ring, bookmark, miniature and more is right there.

P1160743Here is some of what is yet to list:

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Not shown are the remaining beads that need to be photographed and listed also. So, as you can see there will be a steady stream of new items in the stores in the near future. Please let me know if you are after anything in particular, its quite likely that I’ve made it already!

Millefiori, what’s that?

You may have seen some intricate polymer clay work around which has detailed images or patterns embedded in the clay and wondered, ‘is that painted on?’, ‘how do you do that?’. This technique is called millefiori, here’s its dictionary definition:

mil.le.fi.o.ri

–noun

decorative glass made by fusing multicolored glass canes together, cutting them crosswise, joining them into new groups, embedding the groups in transparent glass, and blowing the resultant mass into a desired shape.
Also, mil.le.fi.o.re.
Origin:
1840–50; < It, equiv. to mille thousand (< L) + fiori, pl. of fiore < L fl?ri- (s. of fl?s) flower
Here is a picture of some of my millefiori cane work:
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Canes are created by rolling long tubes of clay and forming them into shapes. Clay is packed around the shape to hold it in place. This is similar to the way they make lollies with names and logos in the center at places like Roc Candy. As you can see, my canes are tiny, usually no bigger than a few centimeters across. Many people make canes the size of a dinner plate, like this one.
There are many great tutorials on-line for how to make the cane but this is where I started, on Heather’s Over The Rainbow tute. It was seeing this while visiting her site to buy jewelery findings that I got the polyclay bug.
After creating your canes you can make all sorts of things with them such as is seen in these photos;
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Beads
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Caning can be a challenge but once mastered its very rewarding. Why don’t you have a go?

200 Items To Choose From

We now have 200 items in store! Some of the newly listed and relisted creations include:

Spring Tree Necklace and Earrings Set

 Spring Tree Necklace and Earrings Set


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