I’ve been working on polymer string portraits and I have to say they are really fun. 

I’ve admired the continuous black line drawings for some time now and have always wanted to do my own take on the look. 

Years ago I joined a Kickstarter campaign for a 3d pen that used plastic stings. It’s now sold in Michaels and other places I guess.  I suppose I could have mastered it I I’d spent more time with it, I still have it and might take another look at it now. 

Don’t judge now, I was just playing.

But what I really know is polymer clay. I’ve had pc in my hands almost everyday for the last 25 years and I know how it behaves and what I need to do to make it work for me. 

So finally I took the time to give it a try. I posted my first two on Instagram and Facebook with a great deal of support from other people which made me very happy. I was delighted to have one of the portraits featured on Polymer Clay Daily.

Even though I will always be experimenting, trying, failing, succeeding, both acknowledgements are always a great conformation that I’m pushing polymer.

The first and second faces were pencil drawings by me and they worked very well. I place them under a piece of glass and begin. The next one is from a picture of my friend Syndee Holt.

I wanted to make a portrait of someone I knew and Syndee always wears great hats and this picture fit the bill. I even liked the sunglasses. 

I still have work to do on this, Syndee always has a smile, I have to fix that.

I sent a photo of the portrait to Syndee for her approval and she recognized herself right away. Whew. She even said I could share it. Thanks Syndee.

Back to fixing the smile and looking for other interesting photos.