Julie Picarello Class

Last weekend I coordinated a 2-day class for the SBPCG with polymer clay artist, Julie Picarello. It was fantastic! She is a great teacher and everyone produced lots of new beads and other pieces. I haven’t done much with polymer clay lately but it was certainly fun. I hope I can figure a way to incorporate other things into my silver jewelry. Maybe I can use polymer clay.

Julie won the second place award at last year’s Bead & Button Show Bead Dreams competition. She has put her own twist on on a polymer version of Mokume Gane. She also incorporates metal work into her finished pieces.

Julie discussed how she adds metal to her polymer clay pieces.

Mokume Gane examples

More examples of Mokume Gane

This is Julie’s piece from the 2008 Bead Dreams competition.