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Mimi-Mushroom — Rainbow Necklace

Published: 2006-09-27 00:08:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1054; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 5
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Description This turned out to be a pain in the bum to make...

Polymer clay, a ton of crimping beads and some tiger tail...
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Comments: 27

LyzardGoddess [2007-05-05 03:33:06 +0000 UTC]

this is adorable!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to LyzardGoddess [2007-06-03 11:02:51 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou - it's almost as colourful as your wonderful signature!

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LyzardGoddess In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2007-06-04 05:42:27 +0000 UTC]

indeed! lol!

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CountOrlok [2006-09-28 18:27:20 +0000 UTC]


This is funny

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GoblinMorningTea [2006-09-28 08:01:30 +0000 UTC]

It looks like the wire is going through hollow tubes on the rainbow? If I'm right, then it would be a pain in the rear end to make the necklace, but the finished result looks neat!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to GoblinMorningTea [2006-09-28 08:25:36 +0000 UTC]

the tiger tail holding the raindrops on the bottom of the necklace is held in place by securing the ends with crimping beads which are then inset by about a centimetre/⅓ inch and held in place with plastic cement. The hardest job was actually the main line of tiger tail swecuring the whole thing around the neck - It took me three attemps before I found a way (using hand-corkscrewed eye-pins) that I was convinced would be durable enough.

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GoblinMorningTea In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-28 11:03:15 +0000 UTC]

The finished piece looks worth the effort it took to make it, and it's always interesting how things you don't expect to be hard can turn out to be damn near impossible.

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talyra [2006-09-27 11:49:29 +0000 UTC]

*peers* Does the tiger tail holding the raindrops actually run right the way through the coloured bands of the rainbow? Sheesh, no wonder it was a pain It looks like it was worth it though! Very, very cute!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to talyra [2006-09-27 12:53:47 +0000 UTC]

No, I do have another rainbow neclace made the same using that method - done with a long embroidery needle, but I find that I have to plug the ends of the hole with two seed beads to stop the tiger tail from eroding the polymer, so this one I made a little differntly. Without being able to find any tiny screw hooks hough I had to make my own by winding long eyelet-ended pins around a needle to make little screws to wind into the rainbow and then attach the tiger tail through those loops with a couple of crimping beads...

These two rainbows were the first pieces of jewellry I have ever made though, so it was really trial and error having never seen or heard of 'tiger tail' crimping beads' etc etc before this point, lol

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talyra In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-27 15:14:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's actually a pretty neat method of securing the eyepins into the clay - they certainly won't be sliding out! Good thinking

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lunardreams [2006-09-27 09:15:56 +0000 UTC]

preeetttyyy.. i want this.

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to lunardreams [2006-09-27 13:02:13 +0000 UTC]

Well, this was my first attmpt at something like this, so it was a bit trial and error. If I get a bit more confident I may put a couple up on eBay or as trades or something.

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Lollipocalypse [2006-09-27 09:03:51 +0000 UTC]

That's purdee!!!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to Lollipocalypse [2006-09-27 12:58:57 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou PrincessPanessa!

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Lollipocalypse In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-27 17:41:21 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome! I love rainbows, they always make me think of Cartman.

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Scafusss [2006-09-27 07:46:21 +0000 UTC]

I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv it!!

It's really cute my little jewelmaker!!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to Scafusss [2006-09-27 12:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thankyou honey, it means a lot to hear you say that!

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Scafusss In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-27 15:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Who's too modest now??

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Scafusss In reply to Scafusss [2006-09-27 08:40:56 +0000 UTC]

Are we brain connected? [link]

Do you think you will appreciate some of my magnets? I mean, travelling with Sherlock?

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to Scafusss [2006-09-27 12:58:00 +0000 UTC]

Hhe - you have no idea how much I actually made a cloud one too, with little raindrops hanging from it, but I left it in too long and it went slightly off-colour, so I am going to make another one - but it looked exactly like your cloud magnet - I think we are perhaps psychic, lol...

Well, I didn't want to say so much as it was a surprise, but I was making a few pieces of jewellry for a certain little pady with a fondness for sexy heeled shoes, but I have a few other surprises for your box of goodies anyway, but I am so happy that you like it!

I think the little magnets are gorgeous and I'd love one!

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Scafusss In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-27 15:29:32 +0000 UTC]

For me?
Oh thank you dear!!!!
I'm haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaappyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

It seems that the word Pastrocchi could be translated like that:
pastrocchio: nm (dialetto) bungle, muddle, mess, muck-up, mix-up
but I don't know if the English word could express the same "mood" as the italian one does.....

I will send you a very heavy parcel I think!!!!!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to Scafusss [2006-09-27 17:06:42 +0000 UTC]

I was speaking to Marco, (well, emailing), an Italian friend of mine who lives in Biella (I think it is spelled) and when I asked him to have a go at translating it for me he said it was like 'hotchpotch', or, as you said, 'mess'. I think it is a lovely word - It brings to mind a bit of chaos, creativity and almost a childishness, I think it is a lovely tag for your works (which, of course, are nothing like a hotchpotch or mess, but beautiful in their simplicity and vision)

Ah, I look forward to this parcel swap!!!

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THATGUYWHODRAWS [2006-09-27 01:11:19 +0000 UTC]

thats cool, looks like a necklace

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to THATGUYWHODRAWS [2006-09-27 07:19:08 +0000 UTC]

lol, it IS a necklace!

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THATGUYWHODRAWS In reply to Mimi-Mushroom [2006-09-27 09:51:23 +0000 UTC]

awesome ahhaha i thought it might be ahha

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yourbirdisgreen [2006-09-27 01:09:24 +0000 UTC]

so cute!

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Mimi-Mushroom In reply to yourbirdisgreen [2006-09-27 07:18:47 +0000 UTC]

ah, thankyou very much ~yourbirdisgreen , and thankyou for the fave x

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