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Current Rants and Recent Rambles: The New Foam on the Mouth |
For the first three years of rambling check out the Ramble Index For reviews of particular techniques or subjects check out the Review Index | ||
| Return to Polymer Clay Index 10-13-2019 - Where to find the new rambles, rants, and chronicle of my return to polymer clay after a half dozen years of absence. | |||
05-08-2018: Dragon 15
and Philips DVT. or how to get a novel written without RSI from
typing for hours and days on end. 
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| 12-16-17 NaNoWriMo Rambling in the Wee Hours. Future rambles about the process of writing will be in the NaNoWriMo section of the Bonsai Trailer Court. | |||
| 02/12/08: These Rambles have been updated and edited. They are also the ones I tend to reach for when responding to posts on CITY-0-Clay, so I'm putting them on top here for all of our convenience. | |||
 08-03-2012
Becoming vegan is a political
protest and boycottThis note is in response to a friend on FaceBook, stating that humans are omnivorous and I should strike a balance in my diet. |
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 07-05-12: Beginner's Project: A new CITY-o-Clay member asked "What would be a good beginner's project" and this was my reply. No it's not a covered egg. This covered egg was one of my earlier efforts. Thought it would be appropriate for a ramble about beginner's projects. |
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05-15-2012 Ramble: What's going on with the photos that are too light on this website? |
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 12-18-11:
The odd things I find when doing spring
cleaning on my website. An optical illusion with Angelina Jolie.
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 Memorial
2011 - We need to express our loss and grief through our art.
Sometimes when there is a death in the family of a ClayMate I've
needed to express myself in a ramble. This web section will be set
aside for the links and photos for this sad topic.
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the 10th Anniversary of my father’s death: “You
know you’re a red neck if”Daddy was born on 9/11 and died April 2001. We were relieved he passed before his birthday. |
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 Mixing
Colors, 08-30-2010 - A more lengthy ramble.
This is a post sent to CITY-o-Clay because we had an influx of new members coming from a metalclay group. Polymer clay has color, or more color than metalclay, so we need to address the color topic at length. |
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10-21-2009 BettyP asked: My question to you is where do I start? |
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08-10-09: Advice for a new clayer How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. |
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 05-31-09:
Tenth Anniversary hosting the clay art Yahoo Group. |
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Why CITY-o-Clay will reduce your stress and help you live a more healthy and longer life. |
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02-01-06: Highlights vs The Tute List for an explanation of how the Monthly Highlights are organized differently than the Tutorial List. |
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April 2006 Rambles March 2006 Rambles Art is personal self expression no matter what your skill set happens to be. Three Part Process of being creative. Part of it is to chill out. |
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 1999 - What you can get from a "sink hole" at the end of a large cane. This is one of my first large canes and I made all together too much. I made flowers with a bunch of petals, with branches and leaves and when it was reduced it pleased me a great deal. What I found was the end-o-cane made huge "dog bone" and a massive sink hole in the center. I went YIKES. |
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| Who is the Official Vendor for CITY-o-Clay and Why | |||
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Sense of Self: What is it? Why is
it important to the Artist? How to Repair it?
Sense of Self Part Two: Dr. Ginger
Blume Expression gives the face Life
GOLDEN RATIO of 1.618, is
the rule for beauty and Dr. Stephen Marquardt's site on Beauty Analysis
BBB Beats Being Bitchy |
Three Day Open House Marathon In
Chat: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the First Day of Kwanzaa on the
26th Nightmare Before Christmas Fans: Coming out of the Cartoon Closet What to do with "Primitive" Canes? Polymer Clay a Blip on the Miniature Horizon Art is God Given | ||
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Polymer Clay Related Rambles Make up and other powders used on raw clay What colors do you need to start? For all those who are new to polymer clay Beginners start at the beginning The beginning is a delicate time Backing Into The Mini Scene and Gold MerMaid |
Developing the Attitude Reviews, Themes, 900 lb Gorillas 05-24-04 How Proud I Am of YOU 04-24-04 Be Kind To Each Other and To Yourself: You are the most important person at your worktable. Part of the Art of Being Joyful: Developing a Give a Shit Attitude The Importance of Loving Yourself First Sharing a gift from my Step Father: The right to enjoy yourself. Do Not Compare Your Work With Anyone Elses Claying for Dollars or Claying for Healing Ramble: Chilling: Its value in the art process Patty Roused A Ramble: The Good Steward or I believe you got the RIGHT to Clay. | ||
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Rantings Cropping pictures for CITY-o-ClayPictures The Story of 57 Cents, send to me by my sister Sherry Brummett The Matrix Books and What's the Big Deal? Saying Good Bye to Mister Rogers Boomers Don't Lie About Your Age: perpetuating the stigma of growing old An update on thoughts of death and grief and lack of closure | |||
| 06-18-06: Father's Day Book Shuffle | |||
has been kind enough to
reprint one of my rambles in their November 2002
issue: So What's the Point After All. There's pictures that are from
the newest and the oldest of my mini works. So new claymates take heart,
everyone was a beginner at some time or another. | |||
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NoraJean Featured Artist for LadyBead September Newsletter. | |||
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Ramble Index: Reopened 6-11-02 Over the three
years that the list has been in existence there's been | |||
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This is the first open letter to Group-Abuse@yahoo.inc.com | |||
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Since PhotoPoint Died I'm rebuilding older tutorials. The tutorials and experiments from the first three years of teaching online can be found on Biz-Archive/Tute-List. |
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