{"id":2024,"date":"2011-06-18T12:15:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T05:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/?page_id=2024"},"modified":"2019-03-05T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:02:17","slug":"color-inspirations-10-pinched-petal-necklace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/workshops\/tutorials\/color-inspirations-exercises\/color-inspirations-10-pinched-petal-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinched Petal Necklace (p.62)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JeanetteThere are\u00a0many ways to play with this project.\u00a0Jeanette Kandray<\/a> sent a photo of her\u00a0 necklace on the collage that inspired it. \u00a0 Its not a rainbow skinner blend. Instead it is more of a value study from the dark purples though the pinks with the yellows\u00a0of the collage captured in the yellow used\u00a0for the center cane.\u00a0\u00a0 Note that Jeanette chose not to give her cane a final\u00a0wrap. \u00a0This gives the cane slices\u00a0a softer\u00a0feeling more in line with the overall appearance of the collage.<\/p>\n

\"pinchedTerje<\/a> in Estonia photographs her pieces on white\u00a0tableware. \u00a0Her pinched-petal necklace looks as if it\u00a0is crawling over the plates. Very fun!<\/p>\n

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Weekend Extra Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Try\u00a0changing with the composition of\u00a0the cane by\u00a0using different colors for the center of the cane and for the wraps\u00a0or try\u00a0not using an outer wrap at all.<\/p>\n

2. Make a skinner blend using a variety of colors from your collage – not just your version of magenta, yellow and blue.<\/p>\n

\"pinched<\/strong><\/a>3. Experiment with stringing the petals in a variety of ways. Here is one of my necklaces from the book restrung\u00a0 in a\u00a0different way. Instead of trying to keep the petals in the order of the rainbow, I purposely split the petals into seven color piles and rearranged them so they were not in rainbow order. Then I strung the petals\u00a0by picking up one from each pile in\u00a0a repeating pattern. The color flow is gone. Its a very different project!<\/p>\n

TIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have a light colored collage and\u00a0 made your rainbow skinner blend from pastel colors you may want to flip the value contrast in the center cane by putting a darker color in the center and wrapping it with a light color.<\/p>\n

If you have more petals than you need for a necklace, remove every fourth or fifth petal along the line. You may have enough extra petals to make earrings or a bracelet.<\/p>\n

FAQ’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. In the instructions you say to use “your” black and white. What does that mean?<\/p>\n

Sometime black and white are too harsh for a palette and we recommend making a custom “black” and “white.”\u00a0 For\u00a0my palette in the book, \u00a0black is a dark purple brown and my white is cream colored.<\/p>\n

2. Why are my cane slices cracking when I pinch them?<\/p>\n

Sometimes\u00a0this is\u00a0caused by cutting the slices too thick. Try cutting very thin slices and see if cracking is still a\u00a0problem. \u00a0Some clays are more brittle than others before baking and it doesn’t matter how\u00a0thin you\u00a0slice it.\u00a0 If your petals are\u00a0 still cracking, it helps to warm them up before pinching them. If you have warm fingers, you can do this by squeezing the cane slice between your thumb and forefinger for a few seconds before pinching. Just don’t do what I did when I wanted to hurry up the process. I\u00a0decided to\u00a0lay out my flat slices on\u00a0a food warming tray,\u00a0which baked them all\u00a0 before I even\u00a0finished\u00a0cutting all the slices from of the cane!<\/p>\n

Another reason the slices might be cracking is that you waited too\u00a0 long after making the cane to cut the slices. Each clay sets up at a different rate. Its better to try slicing too soon than too late. If the cane is still too “squishy” to make clean slices just wait a little longer.<\/p>\n

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