Pavelka Design as a business began with handmade jewelry made of pieces of press-molded polyform clay, gilded, with drop beads.

The qualities of polyform clay make them lightweight and practically unbreakable, a far cry from porcelain.

These make it a nice medium for large handmade buttons, too, seen below.

These pieces had an antique look rather like ancient seals. People had a hard time deciding on the finishing point of a project first so I started designing the beginning point of a project instead and Pavelka Design sewing patterns were born in 1994.

Of course now I wish I had not veered from my painting but we can't go back and take a different path along our own journey.