ALL ABOUT THE ARTIST

THE JOURNEY

In 2001, I started experimenting with color. I started my journey with Oil and Acrylic paints, and I was playing with fabrics and mosaic. From these experiments I discovered that I take pleasure and comfort when I work with soft materials and I fell in love with the endless possibilities of colors. 

"AyeletBeads - Polymer Clay Art"  had begun when my brother sent me a box of beads.

I started playing with beads and creating jewelry, and at the same time looking for more beads to buy online. This search was taking to much of my time and I could never find exactly what I was looking for so I started looking for a way to make my own beads.

I was a young mom of 2 kids, I was a creative art enthusiast who had been dreaming of creating a business, one that revolved around my passion: Art!

I started learning and experimenting with Polymer Clay.

I am self thought, I learned from books and internet, in a pre-facebook and youtube time, when info was limited.

It was and still is an incredible journey through which I met artists from all over the world and made friends for life . 

Polymer Clay is my passion I love this media.

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THE MATERIAL 

Polymer clay is an amazing material , its soft and colorful , therapeutic, and comforting. Polymer clay is a versatile material and limited only by your imagination.   

 

THE PROCESS 

Millefiori is Italian for "Thousand Flowers." Originally a technique used for making decorative glass works most frequently associated with Venetian glassware. More recently, the millefiori technique has been applied to polymer clay and other materials.

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This complex process is time consuming and involves hard work .
I create the flower design with my own polymer clay flower canes. (it’s a similar process to making rock candy)

I build my canes large and reduce to the size I want to work with, then I slice my canes to very thin slices. 

Every flower is a separate slice out of my millefiori polymer clay canes.

I lay my flowers slices one by one, moulding each one in to a polymer clay surface/base, and smoothing each flower to a beautiful composition of flower arrangements.

I bake the items and let them cool, then I sand them with 5 grits of very fine sand paper, using 400 - 2000 grits dry/wet sand paper in soapy water. Then finish with a buffing wheel to get a beautiful shine and rich look.
 

ONE OF A KIND 

I create from the heart, I give every creation a part of my soul. Every item is unique, and no two are the same.

 

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