The Canvas Salvage Project - Stage 4 (Phase 1)

Canvas Salvage Project

Australian Art Creativity Studio ADHD Experiment

© Jody Arnold, August 2026

Stage 4 (Phase 1) - 24th August, 2026

Unicorn strikes again! Polymer Clay Mermaid Scene Jar Label Design

Facebook Entry:

So my painting - you know that spontaneous ADHD one from a resurrected canvas I found in the studio back room - is still sitting there untouched from the last post made about it.

Today I am preparing for polymer clay glass designs that are going to go to market.

If this is not adhd procrastination and distraction, I don't know what is. I console myself with the whole 'creative intuitive flow' rationality thing to help me sleep at night (which I really don't know how to feel about lol), so who am I kidding right?

I have iridescence highlight to add but cant decide whether to use a soft sponge or a blusher brush. But I will give it a try in the morning.

The next layer is coming to me but as its a literal fly by the seat of the pants project, one false move could ruin a good thing and that’s where that spatial consciousness consumes where the linear awareness would've already made a logical progressive decision with the project done already.... and at an appropriate hour when my brain has decided its ok to quieten enough for a sleep.

Feeling so blessed to be able to have such creative dilemmas.

Website Blog:

The Facebook entry summed it all at this point I think.

Personal Reflection:

Sometimes things get a little spicy. Sometimes the unicorn comes out and likes to throw some bling in our faces to test our willpower and dedication. If you are familiar in the creative community, we all term our spontaneous sudden creative ideas, unicorn projects.

Which is quite funny, because I am too old to have a visit from Father Christmas, but never too old for a visit from a unicorn.

Thing is, I really can see these foreground elements making a great surround for a jar of bath salts, and with the background removed to instead become translucent with the glass, it is so blingy and shiny, that it is difficult to not become hyper-focussed on this awesome scene which came from my dabblings of digital art.

I had originally created a black and white template and then went to the filter section of a digital image program and picked 'clay animation' (because I wanted to see what polymer would look like before I heavily invested in the design) ...and well, the unicorn strikes again!