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The Erev Purim is tomorrow night and we all know what *that* means. It means the Megillah reading at Temple, fun times and groggers!! I was given a bare grogger by a friend. It is only a measley 18 inches long In other words, it is HUGE and LOUD!!! Woooo hoooo! Here it is in it’s naked glory.

After a few long days in the clayroom, I finally ahve this puppy covered in clay and paint. It is wild and crazy (rather like Purim) and I think will be a hit at Temple….as long as I don’t make noise with it.

Yeppers, fun fun fun. I don’t think I will show it before the Megillah reading. For a bit more information on Purim….check out Judaica Journal and for some neat Judaica Art about it.

Happy Claying!

Each year during Channukah at Temple, we celebrate as a Temple family with everyone bringing a Channukiah and candles for that night. Each year I make a special Channukiah for the night. I thought I would share the one I made today (yep…nothing like leaving it til the last minute) to use tonight. This one was inspired by the art of Susan Hyde. I find her clay fabric to be fun and colorful!

I am very happy with how this one turned out. I am thinking of covering a small matchbox in matching clay to keep matches to light the candles. Hmmm, that almost sounds organized.

To all my friends, I wish you a very bright and happy Channukah

And you ask yourself what does this have to do with polymer clay? Well, after a year of construction our new Torah Learning Center at Temple Beth El if finally being dedicated today at 2:00pm PT. A week before my wrist surgery Rabbi asked me to create the door numbers and letters, and to make base mezuzot for the kids to decorate. These mezuzot will be placed on the frames of each classroom door. I only have pictures of 9 of them, which have non-kosher scrolls. We also have 5 that have kosher scrolls inside them. I think the kids did an amazing job decorating them!

Rabbi didn’t want anything fancy for the door letters and numbers, just simple with a few decorations. So the classroom numbers are faux wood with a few Magan David and Hebrew letters on them.

And finally, the new office needed something besides a piece of paper taped to the door, so I created faux green/gold wood letters with a simple outline. The final letter has a Magan David on it and plant.

Now that this project is done, and the wrist is almost all healed, I can get to some other projects that have been percolating in the back of my mind. Along with making more eyepod pen holders, I am hoping to try out some new ideas that include the use of the softglass cording in a “not normal” way. Yep…thats all the hint you are going to get. I am so mean that way aren’t I? BTW…the eyepod pen holders should be up in the Dragonsglass store by Monday afternoon. Just a heads up…there will be a limited stock so if you want one for a holiday present…..run fast to the store when it is announced. If you are thinking of buying one and want a specific color scheme, post here and it might appear in the store

thank you for reading, looking, and possibly shopping!

yep…we are getting closer each day so the last couple of days I focused on making a friend her annual “polymer clay” Hannukah present. My friend is a yellow rubber duckie fanatic. Her bathroom has yellow rubber duckie decor. Heck, last year I gave her a yellow duckie toilet seat for hannukah. It didn’t fit the toilet so I turned it into a clock and it is hung above the sink in there. This year I seem to be making Hannukiots so…..yep, you guessed it. She is getting a yellow ducky Hannukiah.

It took me a couple days to make the ducks. I think the hardest thing was coming up with what “profession” to give each duck. Once I had them all finished I made a base for them out of wood and painted it to make it look “watery” since we all know ducks like water. This picture is a composite one. The base is a curve and I missed with getting the angle right on one section. The penny is for size reference

And the ducks are from left to right (as you are looking at it)Nun duck, Artist Duck, Doctor Duck, Hippy Duck, Shamus Shalom Duck, Rabbi Duck, Construction Duck, Diver Duck, and finally….Professor Duck.

thanks for looking and I wish a Shabbot Shalom to you and yours

Hey…I figured that was a catchy title. It made you look didn’t it? Well, after playing with pods at Sandy Camp (thank you Donna Kato for sharing this technique with us!) I thought they would make some great hannukiots so I made a couple. One serious and one….well hilarious. I am going to bet you will be able to figure out which one is which

Once I had those finished I went back to making my *eye*pods. Here are a couple for you to look at

And they will look at you. They make great computer sitters. Chances are the *eye*pods will be showing up in the Dragonsglass store soon.

Have a great evening.