Enchanted Adornments

IntroductionFinding inspiration and creating personal symbols

• Look Books and Inspiration Boards
• Documenting ideas in a Sketchbook

Basic Techniques

• Workspace setup and safety
• Wirework
• Polymer clay
• PMC
• Resin
• Chemicals and patinas
• Mold-making and basic sculpting

Projects

• Owl ojime with cabochon eyes on a wirework necklace
• Bracelet with nail-head studded beads
• Cabochon studded egg earrings
• Shrink film and polymer petal earrings
• Stamped charm and crystal necklace
• Vine necklace with drawn bead wires and crystals
• Bird-stamped earrings with crystals
• Bead caps wire-wrapped onto hollow glass beads filled with charms, stones, drawings and text
• Stamped crescent pendant with polymer beads and crystals
• Silver branch links, using texture plate and mica leaves
• Ring inset with beach glass
• Bezel pendant necklace embedded with wire spirals and secured with clay balls on chain
• Hollow pendant with watch crystal prong set, holding stones and crystals inside
• Wire-wrapped ring with dangles and bezel set with stone
• Flower corsage cuff using polymer, mica, wire and crystals
• Wing bracelet using wire and transparencies of wings coated in resin
• Resin pod necklace on chain using molds and dyes
• PMC bezels filled with powdered gesso and polymer mix with watercolor on top, encased in resin
• Sculpted and molded heart pendant poured in clear resin with text inside
• Keyhole locket with decorative bezel and painting encased in resin

Cynthia Thornton and her husband, Greg Ogden, started Green Girl Studio in 1997. They attend over 35 bead shows a year. With over 100 designs, they sell beads all over the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan. They live in Asheville, North Carolina.