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Carol Duvall

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Figure B

It was an interesting-sounding Shoebox today that held the musical egg (Figure A) from Cecelia Lehman of Seattle, Wash.—given to me some time ago. Cecelia purchased some of those metal "harmony" eggs (Figure B) that contain gentle sounding chimes then covered them with slices from a polymer clay cane that she had made. To me it seemed all the more mysterious to have this polymer clay egg chime than just the metal egg. Cecelia said that all she did was to wash the egg in hot water to not only clean the outer surface but to warm it and the clay stuck to it without a problem. By pushing and smoothing the clay, the basic design changed shape but that apparently is the effect that Cecelia wanted. Frequent show guest Donna Kato explains that if a person wanted the cane slices to maintain their integrity, it would be better to first apply a layer of clay to the entire egg and then add very thin slices. Either way it would be quite charming...pretty to look at and lovely to listen to.

Figure C

And then there were more Sock Monkey contributions in the Shoebox starting off with a very cute photograph sent in by Babs Bachman of Scotland, Pa., of her 15-month-old granddaughter. It was a picture of her granddaughter seated on the floor looking up at something with a seated sock monkey on each side of her (Figure C). They looked like three good friends taking a TV break.

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Joyladene Walsh of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., sent in a sock monkey clock that she had made from a CD with small stamped images of the monkey at 3, 6, 9 and 12 standing out in relief (Figure D). Very clever.

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From Lezlie Belanger of New Hampshire came the most unusual and, I believe, the smallest sock monkey I have ever received. It was made of lampwork glass (Figure E)! The detail on it was amazing right down to the red heel on the back side (Figure F). It was made to be worn as a pendant. Amazing!

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From very tiny to very large. Many of you are perhaps familiar with Texas pompoms...the REALLY large pompoms that are made to be worn to football games and other celebratory events. This particular pompom was made and given to me by Elaine Naples of Irvine, Texas and it featured a large and friendly sock monkey in the center (Figure G). These pompoms usually feature ribbon streamers that are almost floor length however Elaine did show some restraint here...the streamers were only a foot or two long! And yes, there was a pin on the back so I could pin it to my lapel!

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Sharon Wade of Branson, Mo., sent in the very first Red Hat Sock Monkey we’ve received (Figure H). I’m guessing that this was perhaps a female relative of our sock monkey. She was wearing the traditional purple dress and looked much younger than 50!

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But there was more. Kit Turnquist of San Francisco, Calif., sent in a very impressive sock monkey wall plaque that was actually a glass mosaic (Figure I)! Kit said he had not worked with glass before but he certainly did a fine job. I believe it was a cutting board that Kit used as a backing.

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Figure K

And the exhibit ended with the wonderful sock monkey centerpiece that our frequent guest Ana Araujo made for our wrap party (Figure J). She had also made name badges and key ring fobs for everybody all featuring photographs of the monkey (Figure K)!

Also in this Episode

Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-1910
•	Colorful Polymer Cane Bracelet
•	Shoebox: Musical Egg, Sock Monkey
•	Artist Linda Ames

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