Technique: Gold Lace Earrings
Win: Yes
Challenge:
- To create a lace pattern on a dangle earring
- To use the last little bit of my soft lavender clay
Confidence Level: 9/10
Lessons Learned:
- Reaching Day 100 feels like the perfect moment to reflect on a journey filled with experimentation, learning, and countless small creative discoveries.
- I loved challenging myself with techniques that initially felt difficult and then revisiting them later to see how much my skills had developed.
- Some of my favourite projects came from making the most of tiny scraps and leftover clay, proving that creativity often thrives within limitations.
- Exploring colour blends, textures, and unexpected outcomes became one of the most enjoyable parts of the challenge. Many “happy accidents” turned into design features I would never have planned.
- Looking back, I can see that my confidence grew gradually and quietly. Creative growth rarely arrives with a grand announcement. Instead, it builds day by day until one day you compare your first attempts with your latest work and realise just how far you have come.
- These gold lace earrings, made with the final piece of soft lavender clay, feel like a fitting way to finish the challenge: combining techniques I have practised throughout the journey with a confidence and attention to detail that I didn’t have on Day 1.
Final Reflection:
One hundred days ago, I set out simply to create. Along the way I learned new techniques, solved problems, embraced imperfections, and discovered that progress is often happening even when we don’t notice it. Completing this challenge isn’t an ending so much as a milestone, and I’m excited to see where the next stage of my polymer clay journey leads.
