Polymer Clay Color Recipe: Deep Red
Looking for a nice deep red polymer clay recipe? Here you go.
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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Amelia the Princess Rabbit
“Amelia, the Princess Rabbit” is part of my 10,000 hour journey. That’s the number that Malcolm Gladwell shared in Outliers: The Story of Success as the time that is takes to master a skill. For every hour that I spend with my sculptures, I gain new abilities to bring the vision that rests in my head to my hands. Read more: https://marieyoungcreative.com/2013/08/31/amelia-the-princess-rabbit/
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Halloween coundown has begun
The Halloween countdown has begun! today’s project witch fingers: add antiquing to fingers – check! add earring and necklace findings to small ones – in progress
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Women and well-conditioned polymer converge on Williamsport
When you are a kid, learning is kind of a one-way street. Someone teaches you something you don’t know and you learn it. A cool shift happens when you grow up; the street becomes a two-lane freeway where sometimes you share your gifts and sometimes you sit back and absorb the gifts of others. This…
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Birds, birds, birds
A while back I shared some hollow egg shell birds in progress (below). Above is what they look like finished.
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Polymer Clay Inclusions
Paprika, cinnamon, pepper, parsley: if it is in my spice rack, I’ve probably added it to some translucent clay. Adding inclusions (bits of dried organic or non-organic items to clay) has been one of my favorite techniques for years. You can imagine my delight when Sage Bray contacted me in April and asked me if…
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Searching for emotion in art
This is a “Gothic Rabbit” sculpture that I created last year is one of my first 3-d sculpts. Yet from the moment of her “birth,” I felt she was unfinished. She lacked that spark of life. I couldn’t really put my finger on the problem. Of course, there is the obvious limitations in my sculpting ability, but I think that the key to “life” in art lies in something deeper than technical proficiency. Read more about searching for emotion in art
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Peacock “Crazy Quilt” Mosaic Switchplate
In a period of procrastination, I stumbled upon a Pinterest board of vintage quilt samples. I haven’t quilted in years, yet I couldn’t help but be drawn to the possibilities in these incredible samples. To be fair I didn’t see quilt possibilities—I saw possibilities in polymer. Read more.
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More birdies on the way
I’m about half way through a few more hollow egg shell birdie ornaments. I can see an elaborate pattern in my head that I want to try for the wings, but unfortunately my body is fighting me. I’ve had an upper respiratory bug for about a week. I felt good enough on Sunday to create…
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Mokume Gane Scrap Clay Tutorial
Do you have old pieces of mokume gane scrap hanging around? Then this mokume gane scrap tutorial is for you. Read more: https://marieyoungcreative.com/?p=303
