Mixed my colors for inlay into a walnut bowl using Anita Long’s app that was a dream once I got the hang of it.

Ran my colors by good friend and guru Lindly who sent me a black and white photo of my inspiration to more clearly track the value spread (the lights and darks) and the proportions of colors (lots of blues, small pops of pink/purple/orange contrasts). I’d forgotten that trick.

Made a quick pair of earrings from scrap. Could see I’d missed the proper orange. Help from friends makes the work easier.

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Stopped in my tracks when I saw this sculpt (on Bluesky flashes…which I don’t quite get yet) from Minneapolis’ Marilyn Morrison. This is not your mother’s polymer! She describes herself as an introvert, but obviously, the clay lets Marilyn unleash another side. Doncha love the hair, the scream, tattoos…and yes, the boobs?

I thought I’d begin my return to PCD with something profound or stunning. Great insight! Revelation!

But first, it seems, I need to reintroduce myself to the software and make friends with upgrades. I’m sure it’ll all come back to me. I’ve been gone an ETERNITY in digital time. So here’s something small as I dip my toe tentatively into the digital stream again.

This little trick of organizing extruder disks on safety pins is so old school, clever, and thrifty that it totally delighted me when it arrived from a donor passing on decades of polymer tools as she downsized. I’ll find her name but right now, it escapes me.

I said I’d be back in March and if I get this done before midnight, I’ll have told the truth. Stay tuned for more.

My 2008 video interview with Judith Skinner about how she came up with the blend. Think of her when you check the weather on TV and see your local weatherman pointing to the moving graphic on the wall. She came up with that system too!

I thought I’d keep writing PCD occasionally but my inner 5-year-old defiantly stomped her feet and said, “No.”  There was no coaxing her back to the computer.

Abandoning artwork and artists gathered over 18 years didn’t feel good either. That’s a lot of water under the bridge! How to solve the dilemma?

My mind wandered back to the beginning of my art adventure…the Columbus Guild, the National Polymer Clay Guild. Each step got me closer to the IPCA which was fortuitously rebuilding their website. IPCA said yes!

PCD and much more are only a click away thanks to Amy Brown and her amazing group of very capable sidekicks. I threw 200+ videos and tutorials from my travels in for good measure, handed over the passwords, and headed off.

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