Busy in the Studio!

SO much AWESOMENESS we here at the Lost in the Woods Studio have planned for the upcoming year!

2012 will be spectacular...I can feel it!

The Tanana Valley Farmers Market is also a goal we have in mind. There is a bit of a process we have to go through to have a booth there and if they like our stuff we with any luck will be a vendor for the Summer to see how it goes and to share what we have with our community (We hope to see you there!...And we hope to be there!) :)

And without a doubt we will be at the holiday crafts bizaar's later in the year!

What will we have to offer you may be wondering? Well....

Cool art stuff includes: Cards from my watercolor prints and of course new and improved prints (up to 8X10).

SWEET sculptures and figurines, magnets and broaches, focal beads for necklaces and also some bits and pieces so you can go home and make something cool out of the bits and pieces!

***As of this point in the studio ALL of the creations in polymer clay are hand sculpted by my own hand and of my personal designs from my sketchbooks and my head muse's...In case your wondering :)***

Sid my son is the studio graphic designer and boy does he have some awesomeness planned!

We will be launching our own little tiny ETSY shop (i'll post when we open it...New Year's Day is the goal launch date) Sid has been working hard on getting the banner and other "technical" stuff together.

We have our first Lost in the Woods Studio Newsletter coming out next month via email to all who would like to receive it! (Newsletters will be available in any booth we may have wherever we will be at)

Sid is also designing some great new business cards and really cool tags for the figurines and sculpture! (I also have some other stuff for the studio that I want him to work on too...Hey the economy is rough and he needs a job so I have plenty for him to do!) :)

Lots of goals with the studio this year and two of them are to join the International Polymer Clay Association and the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of ETSY

I would like to write some polymer clay and possibly some watercolor articles for the guilds and maybe I should aim real high and try to write an article for one of the print publications...It's always good to have goals!

So that's what's happening in our neck of the woods!

From our family to yours...Happy Holidays and I will post again next year! (2012! Hehehee!).

Art work from my unpublished book:
"The Rainbow Raven"
by
S. Wyatt

Sneak peek at some of my one of a kind original figurines going in the ESTY shop! :)

~Enjoy!...And Happy Holidays and an AMAZING New Year!

Always Yours,

Shellie, Sid and Kailey

(Dave, Jo-Jo, Jinxie, Ziggy and Nessa)

And anybody else who lives here in the Lost in the Woods Studio Alaska! :)

Lovely Little Lemurs

Photo by
Gail Johnson
(Who's photos are spctacular!)

And what Lovely Little Lemurs they are :)

I LOVE lemurs...I'm sort of addicted to them...Ever since my awesome visit to the Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens in  Hilo, Hawaii.

The expressions on their faces and the hilarious long tail that they sling over their shoulders is probably what makes me giggle the most about them (also my cat sorta gets the same expression on his face as they do...So the bond is cemented!). 

So I wanted to share two "prototypes" of the lemurs I have been working on...I like one's little paw hands and the others face...Soooo, thus...They are not ready yet to offer for sale or as I call it "Adoption." (and yes, they will each be numbered, given an awesome little name and an adoption certificate...Still working all the awesomeness out.

Here are the first two "prototypes:" 

So as you can see I have a bit of tweaking here and there (and some more sketches...TO THE DRAWING BOARD I GO!).

Enjoy!

~S

Happy Thanksgiving :)

I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for their readership, kind comments, and companionship

Happy Claying to all and stay safe out there! :)

"Winston"
by
S. Wyatt
(2011)

Enjoy!

~S

"Larry the Halibut"

Bwaahahaaa!

"LARRY!"
That's the name my 17 year old son gave to my little sculpey clay halibut...
I loved it immediately :)

Pretty much from the start I wanted to start translating my watercolor art pieces into sculpey clay works for necklaces, pins and perhaps wall hangings...So this particular one I am in the process of creating is based on my watercolor art piece I titled "A Berry Lovely Halibut."

This particular clay piece is going to be a necklace: Halibut...Check!  Blueberries...Check!  Blueberry leaves...OH YEAH! I gotta make those today! :) (tee-hee) And I suppose assembly of the necklace would come next but i'm still deciding the total over all design and balance.

But I wanted to share some "beginning" pics with you so that you too can see what you can create from your art pieces and doodles or anything else that inspires you to want to keep "claying." :)

I will add to this blog as it starts all coming together...

My watercolor print titled "A Berry Lovely Halibut" that I created early last year (April 2010'ish)

"A Berry Lovely Halibut"
by
S. Wyatt
2010

And now "Larry" the halibut in Sculpey clay:

And "Larry" and the Blueberries (Sounds like an Alaskan rock band!)

  

When I make the leaves and assemble the rest i'll post more pics!

Happy imagining!

~S

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well here is the result of my "A Berry Lovely Halibut" necklace:

Enjoy!

~S

Mmmm....Chocolate's?

HEY! No fair...I tricked myself! :)

Mmmm...Not real chocolates!

I gotta tell ya, after about the 7th or 8th one I wanted chocolate SO bad I got up and made brownies!

I LOVED making these little beads and plan on making a gazillion-bazillion more because the delectable combinations for creating "gourmet chocolate" has infinite possibilities (but some were much more fun to create then others) :)

I will make the tutorial available in a few months when I start getting everything together...I promise it will be TONS of fun (and make you crave chocolate too!).

Enjoy!

~S

Good Morning Beatrice

That would be the name of my newest little bird sculpture: "Good Morning Beatrice."

"She" roughly took me around 15 hours to sculpt but I did learn a lot...Like using aluminum foil as an armature so that the sculpture (in my case) doesn't weigh a lot and also conserves on the clay usage. :)
I also used "Fimo Gloss Varnish."
WHOA...
This stuff really means "Gloss" too! My Beatrice bird almost looks like she slid through an oil slick (*Note to self: maybe try a "Satin Varnish" next time).
Or perhaps maybe she looks like polished stone. :)
I also got to really get into Pearl Ex brand of powders for to add in a bit of shiney "POP" color to her beak, eyes and feetsies! Her little eyes are jasper stone beads.

Without further adieu I give you my little Beatrice:

"Good Morning Beatrice"
by
S.Wyatt
2011

Hope You Enjoy!

~S

Benjamin's Heart

I mailed out my "Art Swap" piece on Monday...

I had actually never heard of an "Art Swap" before, mostly because i'm new to the polymer clay world (2 whole months!) but i'm really excited!

Christi Friesen (www.cforiginals.com) is holding her "Art Swap" and the theme is "Found Object."
So you create your polymer clay creation and incorporate something you found: bead, charm, twig...you get the idea :) and mail it into her. She will then exchange your art piece with another artists' art piece and then everyone can enjoy each other's work (Brilliant whoever first came up with the idea...I LOVE IT!).

I created a focal bead I titled: "Benjamin's Heart."

for the "found object" part I literally found a little tarnished heart charm in the bottom of one of my boxes (Have a feeling it belong's to my daughter from broken jewelry past) :)
My thinking was that I would tie a ribbon around my polar bear focal bead and the heart would be a necklace charm around the bears neck (I promise...It looked FABULOUS in my mind)...

So after everything was said and done...I really wish I had tucked the little heart charm under the "fur" and made it look like it was protruding from his fur a little bit...And illusion if you will that the bear was already wearing a necklace.
So I hope it all works out and "Benjamin's" new owner loves him (Also, if not...At anytime Benjamin can come home...Loves you Benji Bear!) :)

Enjoy!

"Benjamin's Heart"
by
S. Wyatt (2011)

Welcome to my new blog!

Welcome!

Those who know me know that I have been primarily a watercolor artist after I was medically retired from the U.S. Army (2004)....

HOWEVER, about a month ago I picked up a few packs of polymer clay (because I thought it would be a way to help the stiffness in my hands from arthritis) and so my new addiction has begun.

I LOVE IT! I can't get enough of pushing the limits daily to see what I can get this stuff to do.
I've made turtles and fishes and lions! (OH MY) :)

Having been in utter awe of my daughter's handmade jewelry I have been inspired by how the latches and beading's and the general "putting together of" jewelry is done.


I created a prototype necklace where I drew my inspiration from a very lily paddy pond picture I found.

The pics aren't great (sorry, still learning how to blog and edit pics and stuff) but you get the general idea.
After I tweak the design a bit more and get some other things lined up I will make the pattern available. :)

I will most likely be posting once or twice a week, but will be checking in daily.

Welcome to you and I hope you enjoy!

~Shellie