tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post6580434219913312532..comments2023-10-15T01:12:44.852-07:00Comments on Simple Inspirations by Sandy: Ick!!! Week 24 of canesSandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922449945274834671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post-38117932902180379512010-06-20T05:56:02.090-07:002010-06-20T05:56:02.090-07:00I feel your pain - I struggled getting through all...I feel your pain - I struggled getting through all those petals and was ready to give up - DON'T!! just do a bit at a time, it is well worth the effort, and what looks really bad before stringing somehow gets transformed when strung. I agree with surfingcat - I made my petals much smaller as well - I think i ended up with 230 or so. From what i see on your picture, I think it would be a lovely piece for autumn - it has the "fall feel" to it. Also, when I made mine, I did not wrap in black and made the inner piece with a skinner blend of white and yellow- which worked well with the colors I used.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992186188681147823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post-52115675642929670152010-06-16T02:46:57.557-07:002010-06-16T02:46:57.557-07:00Thanks for your link to my necklace, I was surpris...Thanks for your link to my necklace, I was surprised how well it turned out.<br /><br />Your beads look bigger than mine, I reduced mine quite small cause I didn't use that much clay to start with. <br /><br />Did you use the black to white blend as a centre? Looks more dull than that to me in your photo.<br /><br />I nearly used a red for mine but went for the magenta in the end ,glad I did as it looks like it makes brighter colours when mixed.<br /><br />Using it as a mosiac is a neat idea, I think you should!Cara Jane (surfingcat)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06432355835617438260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post-24170158702658471482010-06-15T19:43:00.543-07:002010-06-15T19:43:00.543-07:00I agree with you Sandy about the Kato Red -- I'...I agree with you Sandy about the Kato Red -- I've achieved some nicer reds by mixing it with pearl and magenta. As a matter of fact I mix in a little pearl with many of the Kato colors which not only dilutes it a bit but adds a little shimmer.<br /><br />I dislike the Kato yellow color the most -- it is extremely weak and you have to use so much as it get easily overpowered when mixing in with other colors so I usually add some gold as well.<br /><br />I like the Kato clay but personally I love the Premo colors better so I follow a lot of the recipes from Shades of Clay to mix similar Premo colors.2 Good Claymateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628362579882660652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post-59876607399940424262010-06-15T17:32:42.016-07:002010-06-15T17:32:42.016-07:00Hi Kate,
I have Kato red, but it's a warm red...Hi Kate,<br /><br />I have Kato red, but it's a warm red, and for some of my colour choices I would really like a cool red. The magenta kinda works sometimes. There's quite a difference between the red colour on the bulk block and the red colour on the Kato concentrate. The Kato concentrate colour is perfect for the cool red.<br /><br />I'm sure your necklace will come out way better - I'd love to hear about it when you complete it.<br /><br />SandySandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922449945274834671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896198571126931965.post-3088098845222743492010-06-15T13:03:54.503-07:002010-06-15T13:03:54.503-07:00I was glad to see this post. I have been thinking ...I was glad to see this post. I have been thinking about tackling this necklace myself eventually so I loved hearing your thoughts. <br /><br />I am not sure if I am reading your thought correctly but I get 12.5oz blocks of Kato red from www.clayalley.com...if it's the quantity you are after?<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for putting this out there!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02285922907694409051noreply@blogger.com