Collection of "Warm and Bubbly" Pendants

Collection of "Warm and Bubbly" Pendants, originally uploaded by Jill Palumbo.

As I woke up this morning the outside temperature reading on our alarm clock was flashing negative six degrees fahrenheit, brrrrrr....
I'd just been dreaming of sea turtles and floating in a nice warm current in some sunny corner of the world before being jolted back to the reality of cold floors and frost on the windows.

My dreams must be a result of watching too much Nemo or because I've been working on a cane of a sea turtle for a custom order. In any case, my extruded bubble cane (translucent clay and disks of blues/silvers/aquas/pearls) is the result of my wishes for a nice warm sunny day instead of this cold, cold start to the year.

I've had a couple requests for a tutorial on this extruded bubbles idea that I dreamed up in an effort to make some "oceany" backgrounds for the sea turtles for my new client. As soon as I can get that tutorial accomplished, I'll post something here and on Flickr.

Hope you are all staying warm and safe and are looking forward to a happy and heathy new year.
お正月を！