INDUSTRIAL

Adam of AcrylicAndSteel.etsy.com makes these cool industrial necklaces with some steampunk flavor from his wife's roller skates. The main part is an up-cycled Abec-7 bearing, filled with polymer clay, and it has an additional steel ring in the center.

Find out more about this lovely young family and their art by visiting their blog, acrylicandsteel.blogspot.com.

CLEAN

Clean lines and bold colors define the polymer clay and sterling silver jewelry by Susan Dyer. You may find her necklaces and earrings in Susan's Etsy shop and also on her web site.

FRENCH CANADIAN

I found this polymer clay artist during my recent trip to Canada (I just came back yesterday night).

Sophie Dowse and two of her friends own a little boutique on rue Saint-Jean in Quebec (Quebec), called Sophiori. You may find her colorful works on Etsy under the same name.

RECYCLED

Here are a few examples of a clever use of found and recycled objects with polymer clay. Iris Mishly decorates aluminum disks from computer equipment with her beautiful canes to make these amazing necklaces.

There are more pictures of her work in her photo album, and I am sure you will enjoy her blog, polymerionline.blogspot.com.

KINDRED

Dogwoods, lilies, dragons and swirls – I think I just discovered my kindred spirit!

These works of Rebekah Payne may be found in her new Etsy shop, Tree Wings Studio. There are more pictures of her work – both finished and in process – in her beautiful blog, treewingsstudio.blogspot.com.

EXTRAVAGANT

The beauty of your own rules is that you get to choose how and when to break them. So today I am happily breaking my own rule of three works per post to show you one incredible necklace.

This is the work of Louisa Meece. The necklace is named “Ice Princess” and it features a beautiful hand-sculpted polymer clay cabochon as a center piece for intricate bead work. This necklace won First Place in the Cabochon Category in 2008 FireMountain Gems Annual Beading Contest. Find it in Louisa'a Etsy shop, Beaded Extravagance.

STYLISH

Giia's stylish neckpieces evoke the images of catwalks and high fashion runways.

The works of this Italian designer is another example of what polymer clay could be. She uses felt and fabric in these designs, but don't you see them made in polymer clay?!

EDUCATIONAL

These original hair sticks and Steampunk Squid necklace are from the shop of Sheryl Westleigh, noadi.etsy.com.

Sheryl is inspired (in her own words) “by a love of marine animals (especially the cephalopods), science, and all things weird and wonderful” and is eager to share her knowledge. The listings in her Etsy shop read like a fantastic illustrated encyclopedia of marine life. Here is for example, an excerpt from her description of the octopus hair sticks: “Octopus are cephalopods like squid, cuttlefish and the nautilus. They are extremely intelligent non-vertibrates including having problem solving abilities. There are over 300 different species ranging from the penny sized Octopus Wolfi to the 14 foot diameter North Pacific Giant Octopus”.