Victoria James New Things

	What's New This web site still needs a total re-work, it's 2008 NOW, and still no time !! So I'm adding to this page until I get the time to put these things in better order !!!!
	GoldBack Fern Texture Sheet I spent the morning making Goldback Fern texture sheets. I like to wait until the fern is full of spores. The spore pattern is very fine, and almost looks like granulated gold. We've had a dry March and April. The ferns on my property dried before developing spores. Luckily, my neighbor let me collect a few nice specimens above the pond on her property. The Goldback Fern texture sheet will have a very limited production this year. Here is a a small vessel made using the Goldback Fern texture sheet. It's about 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"
	New Texture Sheet Examples All my texture sheets on my 'Real Textures' page have example pages. These pages have pictures of pieces I've made using the texture sheet. I'm working on example pages for the new texture sheets on this page. I've been playing with textures on cuff bracelets. This texture is Dark Side Wood. I used a green mix pearl clay, with a teale acrylic paint patina. This is made using Wood Block Three (this page) on a gold/purple Skinner blend, and highlighted with gold paint.. I used Weathered Wood and Desert Sandstone (this page) to simulate the antler look on this cuff bracelet.
	I've been away from home a bit this month, and my 'take along craft' is knitting socks. I saw some 'double pointed needle holders' in a catalog.. well you know the feeling ..I could make that ! I finally got some time in my workroom, and I've been wanting to have some examples of what my new texture sheets look like in use. Not innovative design, ivory clay with burnt umber patina, but functional. I'll update the rest of this site soon, really soon !!!!
More new texture sheets	New Texture Sheets I'll re-do the 'Real Texture Sheets' page soon to show these, with some examples, but until then ..... I know, I know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions !! Email me if you would like more information. Like my other texture sheets , these are $10 each.
	Desert Sandstone This is a wild texture. It looks like nothing else. The scan doesn't quite show how deeply textured it is. These are about 3” x 2 ½”.
	Shingle Cracked Growth Ring This is taken from a wedge left over from logging. It has set on the ground for about 30 years. This is very deeply textured. The texture does not look like wood, more like scales These are about 3” x 2 ½”.
	Wood Block Two This is molded from an old hand carved Indian textile printing block. This block has several areas of pattern, depending on which area you choose, the impressed pieces look quite different. The texture sheets are about 3 ½” x 3 ½”.
	Wood Block Three This is molded from an old hand carved Indian textile printing block. It works better than it looks. The texture sheets are about 3 ½” x 3 ½”.
	I made three new texture sheets for the Artist Store at Sandy Camp this year.
	Fine Lauhala This is a finer and slightly deeper texture than my other Lauhala. It is molded from an old, very fine piece of Lauhala (Pandanas) basketry. The weavers are 1/8" wide. The texture sheet is slightly curved, because the basket is round. It has wonderful depth and detail. This is a smaller sheet, there just isn’t much basket to mold. These are about 3 ½” x 2 ½”.
	Goldback Fern This is a beautiful Sierra native. It shows up with the winter rains and is gone when the soil dries. It has a very fine spore pattern, almost gives it the look of a tiny granulation. These are a larger texture sheet, about 4 ½” long.
	Wood Block One This is molded from an old hand carved Indian textile printing block. The texture sheets are about 3 ½” x 3 ½”.
	Here is a focal bead made using 'Wood Block One'. It's Premo and acrylic paint, with nylon cord.
	New Basket This was my entry for the Great Basin Basketmakers show ' Interwoven'. It was in Las Vegas, at the Nevada State Museum through November 18th, 2007. The basket is made of polymer clay, waxed Linen, and acrylic paint. I know I wrote the dimensions down somewhere...hum.. anyway I think it's 9" wide and 7" tall.
This was my donation to the Sandy Camp raffle.	Sandy Camp '07 I had a great time at the San Diego Polymer Clay Guilds annual retreat, Sandy Camp. It is such a inspiring event, with so many great artists. I need to get a 'links' page up, but until then: Marie Segal is doing wonderful new work: www.mariesegal.com My local guild Clayville California ,has a new web site: clayvillecalifornia.com Thanks to Julie Picarello and Maureen Thomas.