Eggs

This week, the challenge over at IamtheDiva is to Zentangle an egg shape – or maybe even Zentangle an egg!  Well, I wanted to put in my two cents about eggs, actually more like five cents.

Many thousands of years ago, when I was middle-aged, I discovered polymer clay (long story in and of itself, but not relevant here).  At the time I was doing art in many different media: Acrylic paints, Oils, original needleworks, strange concoctions with tissue paper, the list goes on -- endlessly.  But when I discovered polymer clay, everything else fell away.  I loved it!  I could do so much with it: decorate anything you could heat up in an oven, sculpture of all kinds, pet portraits you could wear as broaches, even painting pictures with clay!  For over ten solid years I did nothing but polymer clay.  It was wonderful.

Anyway, one of the things I used to love most was covering egg (real eggs) with clay.  I was pretty good at it (she said modestly) and did a lot of them.  Here is one that uses mokume gane.

In many cultures, eggs have a spiritual meaning.  They represent the obvious: beginning, innocence, hope, redemption.  And eggs, especially polymer clay eggs, are sensual to hold.  So I made lots and lots of them. 

One form of decoration fascinated me the most.  It’s called the medallion design.  In many ways it is similar to a Mandala.  Here is an example of a Medallion egg:

Both of these pictures were taken against a mirror, so you can see just a bit of the other side of them.

Back to the Challenge.  The Diva has called for a Zentangle Egg.  I comply.  Here is my effort to add to the collection.