My Year of Chasing Color
The color stories in my head aren’t making the leap into my finished sculptures. Not yet, anyway. That is why I decided 2025 would be my year of diving deeper into color.
Behind the Scenes
In the sculptor’s lair with Marie Young: polymer clay sculptures and mixed media projects. Sculpting tutorials, tips and tricks for your own projects. See original work created. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted in the MarieYoung Creative studio and sold online and in select galleries. No mass produced work here!
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Knit Happens
The story behind the creation of “Knit Happens” featuring Lucille the not-so-great knitting sheep.
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Making Enchanted Deer Ornaments
Every Christmas season, I handcraft about 20 ornaments to give to my family and friends as gifts. They are a labor of love for sure! This year I choose an “enchanted deer” theme.
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Drunken Chicken: an Origin Story
Drunken Chicken Drunken Chicken is appearing in the Artists in our Midst group show at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Altoona, Pa through December 30, 2022. He was honored with a fourth-place award. I hope you can see this show in person, but in the meantime, I thought you would enjoy reading the…
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A Polymer Clay Purrmaid Figurine
The Purrmaid Project polymer clay figurine modeled after my cat Lucy 3 x 4.5 x 1.5 in Shop This little purrmaid figurine started with a basic form that I sculpted from Super Sculpey. I cured the base in the oven before adding the colored clay so I could work without smooshing the details.
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Destroy to Create
If you are still in shock that I chose to gouge the face off my cat sculpture rather than live with the original “meh” work, I thought you’d like to see the results. The new “Lucy” evokes emotions in a way that the original never could. The result: SOLD! Read the gouging post here: Those Stupid, Bulging…
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Those Stupid, Bulging Eyes
For two years she stared at me with those stupid, bulging eyes. At first, I found her endearing. After all, she was mine. At the time of her creation, she reflected the best of my abilities. Yet now, she no longer felt “good enough.” Her mere existence fed my insecurity, whispering, “Neither of us is…
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Sculpting the Fox: Behind the Scenes Video
About this project: Le Corbeau et le Renard (The Fox and the Crow), started with an idea to pair a cool wine cork from a bottle of “The Naked Grape” with a Bacchus fox. The finished piece is in the private collection of a friend, but I thought you might like to see behind the…
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spring brings newborn dragons
Tis the Season for Babies Long winters with Mommy and Daddy dragons curled up in the lair tend to be followed by springtime brimming with fresh hatchlings. This little guy takes a quick nap while Mom finds a bite for him to eat.
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why natural wine corks are better than synthetic corks
Natural wine corks are superior to synthetic ones, and are most certainly preferred to screw caps. No, I’m not a Connoisseur. This isn’t the a judgement on the flavor retaining properties of cork versus cap. It is simply my opinion as a polymer clay enthusiast. Traditional cork can be cured as part of a “wine…
