by polyarts | Jun 25, 2018 | art, color, crafts, creativity, dolls, faces, polymer clay, textiles
It is officially summertime again, and my sweetie and I have celebrated another anniversery and we are another year older…still loving each other and our family, art and music. Still in love with the wide open Wyoming countryside after a year here. We just moved...
by polyarts | Jan 15, 2018 | art, color, crafts, creativity, what's new, wood. laser cut
One of the treats I gave myself during the changeover months of the end of 2017 and the start of the 2018 was to put together a new batch of designs to make on the laser cutter at Tinkermill, the makerspace in Longmont CO. I came up with almost 100, narrowed it to my...
by polyarts | Apr 23, 2017 | art, color, crafts, creativity, wood. laser cut
I love computer design programs and the computer-driven tools like the laser cutter. But when it comes right down to it, I’m a visual-tactile learner. I need to see the real thing, not just an image on the computer screen. For one thing, my ability to tell what...
by polyarts | Feb 12, 2017 | beads, color, crafts, tie dye, wood, wood. laser cut
The same cold water, fiber reactive dyes from Dharma Trading Co. that I have long used for dyeing textiles also dyes wood. Above you can see some 1/8 in. maple slices. I love the way the color accentuates the grain. At right are 1/8″ birch plywood samples. The...
by polyarts | Jan 26, 2017 | crafts, creativity, dolls, faces, hands, wood, wood. laser cut
I’ve been adding color to the little wooden faces I’ve been making. Now in three sizes, ( 3/4″, 1″, and 1 1/2″) these make up into sweet pendants, earrings, charms…and dolls! I think they will be great added to the little 3 and 5...
by polyarts | Jan 15, 2017 | art, crafts, creativity, dolls, faces, wood. laser cut
These wooden ladies make quite a crowd! I’ve been using the 80 watt laser cutter at Tinkermill to cut charms that can be made into keychains, earrings, pendants, or spirit dolls. I started with my own ink drawings and brought them into a free CAD program called...
