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TAD Day 4 ~ Cairns

2/4/2013

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"Cairn is a term used for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn. Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas." ~  Courtesy of Wikipedia
One of my more favorite things to make with polymer clay is stones, fossils and artifact type objects. Most likely it is because I don't have to be perfect and I can use a good bit of scrap up that way also. Mother Nature is not perfect so I don't feel a great pressure to have each line meet or each shade match. Okay, I can hear you yelling at me out there....Nature is beautiful, glorious, inspiring...yes, yes it is. BUT it is not perfect. Interestingly natures anomalies are what make it so wonderful. But I digress..Cairns have always fascinated me; combining nature and the human touch they are often guides in the wilderness. So I made some of my own as my TAD for today. 
Although it looks like I just stacked them they are too lightweight to stay the way I want; I drilled a hole down the center of each, purposely off-center on some. Then I inserted a piece of copper wire and super glued it. So the wire wouldn't show I glued one final small stone to the top. 
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Lyn
2/4/2013 04:25:45 am

Hello. I am in the TAD as well and I just wanted to say that your blog is another gold mine of polymer clay info and I am so happy to be here to get some inspiration! WoW! Thanks. ~~Lyn

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Kathy
2/4/2013 08:34:30 am

Lyn, thank you for the kind compliment. I am glad that you are finding something useful here. Thanks for stopping by!

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Kari
2/4/2013 05:56:07 am

I too love Carins - they are very special and fasinating.

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Kathy
2/4/2013 08:37:01 am

Did you know they are found all over the world and in many different cultures? I find it interesting they span so many people and places.

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