Variations include tiny fairies whose wings are made from translucent clay canes and whose hair is fiber applied after baking. Bouquets of mini-roses are shown along with flower pins and earrings featuring perfectly crafted flowers. The final segment on the video features Sue's unique adaptation of Pietre Dure, the elaborate stone inlays made in sixteenth century Florence. In this art form, pieces of a solid background are removed and replaced with various shapes and colors to create miniature landscapes and still life scenes. Sue artfully simulates the use of marble and semiprecious stones with polymer clay.
All work is done using a pasta machine to ensure a consistent thickness of all the clay sections.
The marbled sky simulates agate. Using a drawing done on tracing paper, she carefully transfers design elements one by one to the clay background. A tall cliff shape is cut out, removed, and replaced with a brown marbled clay slice. Sue now covers the final burnishing and baking of the pietre dure as well as sanding and buffing. Completed pieces are made into pins or used as lids for small boxes.