Mondays with Marly - California Comes to Ontario!

BY GUEST BLOGGER MARLY FROM STUDIO 28

Angie and I are SO excited that Ruth is coming for a visit to Waterloo! As you read this blog, we will be having fun together in Toronto!  We’ll have to post lots of pictures of our adventures together! It is always wonderful to spend time with Ruth. There’s lot of laughter, sharing of ideas, and interesting metal clay collaborations. It is so enriching to have the opportunity to share ideas and studio time with another metal clay enthusiast!

 I am very fortunate to have a wonderful friend and business partner, Angie, who I can collaborate with on a daily basis. I’d like to dedicate this blog to her and thank her for her constant support, encouragement, and inspiration. She is a talented and creative artisan and I am lucky to have her presence in my life! Below are some of her beautiful metal clay creations!

Ancient Treasure

Dream Box

Dream Spinner

 

 

 

 

Love Letter

Mushroom Stones

Tribal Drums

Varanasai Sun

Stay tuned for the further adventures of Ruth, Angie and Marly in Waterloo.  Ontario will NEVER be the same!

And the winner is........

Yeah! We have a winner!!! The winner of the mixed metals bracelet naming competition is Chui! Congrats sweetie!!! The name chosen was Chrome-o-somes.

Thanks everyone for entering and also for voting!

And Chui, I'll bring your prize over with me.........

By the way, Christine who won the previous competition sent a lovely message about her prize. So glad you like it Christine!!!

For those yet to win - keep trying!!!

Thanks again. It's interesting to hear your suggestions and reasons why.

Competition hotting up!!

Looks like Chui is in the lead right now with her name idea of "Chrome-o-somes"......A few hours to go yet....... Pressure is on...... Who will make it till 11.59pm tonight?

It makes me think of horse-racing! Although it's not quite neck and neck yet!!! It may not seem like an obvious connection, but I head back to England tomorrow to Cheltenham - where they have a big race course and next Sunday, we are going to the races - with Chui and family...... So the connection is there!!!!

Vote for the name!

Time to vote for the name of the bracelet. Please see the voting on the right hand side and select which you like best.

Yes, because I can't decide!!!

And if you have a different idea or another, please add it to comments here and I'll put it up for the vote. If you want to read why someone chose the name, see the comments under the Tuesday competition post.

Please vote! Some interesting choices!

Competition Tuesday!

I've finished my mixed metal bracelet. It's made with three types of metal clay. Firstly, the usual silver clay, then bronze clay and also copper clay.

The design has a lot of movement as each little
piece can twist around. When the pieces are twisted and not laying flat, it reminds me of jacks - that game we played as kids with little funny shaped pieces and a ball.

I'm thinking that that's what I'll name it - maybe "relaxed jacks". But I'd love to hear if you have a better idea.

So here's where this week's competition comes in. Think of a name for my bracelet.

And please - not mixed metal bracelet! You know what sort of names I normally choose.

My other thought was "indecision day" bracelet. Especially as it is election day today. You can't decide what colour metal to wear for your jewelry today - just one too many decisions, so instead you wear three colours - silver, bronze and copper!!!

So you've had two of my ideas - none of which I really like. Let's hear yours!!! I'll give a prize to the name I select.........