I was reading over some posts from one of the Polymer Clay Yahoo Groups tonight and there was some talk about “Perfect Pearls” being better than the Pearlex Powders most of us use on the clay prior to baking. Evidently, unlike the Pearlex, these powders don’t need any after-coat to keep them from washing off after baking. It is a Ranger craft product.
I just had to put this on my blog. I made this about 2 years ago, and gave it to my brothers family. I kept saying…I’ll make more…..yeah, right….well, I am glad I took pictures. They are fairly easy to do. I actually ‘borrowed’ the idea from ?? somebody who posted a picture on the web, and just had to try it. It turned out a bit different than the original I saw, which always happens when people work with polymer clay. Your own personality comes out in the piece. Let’s see….my own personality…..If I go by this piece, I am non expressive, stone face and have a shiny nose. Oh well. If you make one, make sure you put clay at the back….as part of the hat, around the top of the shell…..(see this picture.)……
I painted the shell, since it wasn’t white enough for a beard, for my taste. At this time I think I covered the whole piece with some super acrylic floor wax …thats why it is so ‘durned’ shiney! Let me know if you have trouble seeing these pictures that I post. I will soon be using a different method of showing the pictures.
Well, this is a real IPOD Case. I don’t even OWN a real IPOD. I do, however, own an MP3 player that I enjoy greatly and except for NOT having an AM receiver, it is perfect. It took a while to make this. It was my third attempt at an IPOD Case, but it is by far my favorite. I made one for my MP3 player too…..here it is.
I made this one with a combination of the regular clay and the ?bendy? clay (whatever it’s called…can’t think) Anyway, it gives it a more plyable functionality and it’s easy to put the case into and take it out of. On my MP3 player, the earphones come out the top, unlike an IPOD which come out the bottom, so I didn’t make this with a hole in the bottom. Actually, I think this wearable ‘vessel’ is more suited as a holder for a few bucks and one key, on a short trip to the store. When I have tried to wear it as an MP3 holder, there seems to be too much ‘chording’ going on….with the necklace and then the earphones. Well, discovery is a process, after all….right?? Thanks for agreeing with me.
I didn’t say IPOD, did I…..so don’t blame me if your google search brought you here for this, but maybe it was meant to be. LOL
This is my “Red Eye” POD. IT is a mystic pod, with a red eye of protection at the bottom. OK, I made it, or rather – it made me make it, – and this is what I call it. —-get over it —- it isn’t an evil thing! Nor am I.
The idea came from a project I did with my “CLAY BUDDIES” a few months ago at a clay day. We made these great vessels that we found directions for in a recent Polymer Cafe magazine (see an earlier post). I used the basic idea for the vessels and shrunk down to make a necklace. It started with a five pointed star and I brought up the points and pinched them each together. Adding a flat marble (with silver paint, dried, on the bottom first) with clay around to hold it. Note: This step was done after baking the pod once, at least. I think the whole thing took about 4-5 bakings, because I kept adding, the spines, the round loop at the top, and the gem.
I have made others with small metal ‘clangers’ in them to make a rattle. I’ll post them at another time. This one is made with black clay - after it was baked it was given a coat of gold “Rub n Buff”, to highlight the details. Looking at it again I think I will go back and give it a better coat of gold, to show off the details better.
Well, for the last couple of weeks I haven’t really been very crafty, but I will share an autumn necklace I made last year. It was made with Polymer Clay and I used a cookie cutter of a leaf and also, I think, a template that I cut out of paper, using, simply enough, a .gif from somewhere online. In addition to the necklace, I also made some thicker leafs and made them into pins.
