"Big Bead - Chinese Cinnabar"
Studio by Sculpey polymer clay and artist-braided kumihimo cord
5" high x 5" wide x 2 ¼” deep
First Place, Polymer Clay Division, Bead Dreams International Juried Competition and Second Place, Bead Arts Awards, Lapidary Journal
Both in 2009
Photo by Harold Shapiro
"Big Bead - Chevron"
Polymer clay suspended from an artist-braided kumihimo cord.
5 1/5" high x 2 1/4" deep
First Place, Clay Category, Lapidary Journal Bead Arts Awards, 2006. First time polymer clay won that category which includes fired earth clay, ceramics, and metal clay.
Photo by Harold Shapiro