I am still playing around with the polymer clay for an inlay material. This round box has a butterfly pattern that I inlayed with the clay. You can just leave the fretwork open if you don't care for the inlay. I did learn one thing in this test. Don't make a mistake and use transparent yellow. Make sure you use plain yellow. The transparent does not look very good once it's baked.
On this piece the top is 1/4" thick. I did not use a backing board for the clay to sit on. I was testing to see if the clay would stay in the cut outs after is was baked. It seems pretty solidly attached to the cutouts. I would say it passed this test fine.
We are getting close to 3000 entries for the giveaway. I think I'll do the drawing for this months first giveaway Saturday night. 5/15/2010 at 9pm Eastern Time US. I will do a live stream of the giveaway. You do not have to be there to win. Here is a deal for you guys. If we can get over 100 people attend the live stream I'll do a second giveaway just for the people who are logged into the chat. Hope to see you there.