2011 - Talk Birth

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While I was at the painting, I also painted a mother-baby figure that my friend Summer made for
me as a blessingway gift (don’t I have nice friends?! This was one of her [13]first attempts at creating birth
art and I was touched that she gave it to me! She left it white, saying that I could paint it if I wanted to.
So, I painted it sparkly purple :))
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I decided to redeem myself artistically by making a new Crowning Mama figure the following day.
This one I applied pigment to in my usual way and decided to bake. Interestingly, I accidentally set the
oven for 350 degrees, rather than the normal setting for polymer clay! Yikes! When I got her out, the tips
of her hands were smoking! (I’m reaching now, but perhaps some kind of subtle ”ring of fire” issue being
manifested here...;))And, the pigment turned from purple to blue in some places, which actually isn’t a bad
effect, but is also not normal! And, I am critical of the shape of her arms—too fat, long, and no graceful
taper like some of my others.
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