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.
A while back I shared some hollow egg shell birds in progress (below). Above is what they look like finished.
This dragon sculpture is my husband’s favorite piece of mine; even in its “before” state. I created the top portion (the dragon in the egg) in 2014 and with some revisions in 2017, I am loving it too. About “Freedom” Dragon Sculpture Mixed Media Sculpture: polymer clay, hollow chicken egg, inks (MarieYoungCreative.com) Here are a few…
“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/
Many artists pick out a focal word to begin a new year. Last year my art resolution word was “create.” That meant giving myself permission to experiment without always worrying about the sales side. This year, the word I am infusing into my creative process is “story.” I will continue to explore the freedom of…
I knew that I had been exploring polymer covered egg shells for a while, but I hadn’t realized that they are starting to become “my thing.” This photo shows a portion of them. It seems that I can celebrate just about any occasion with an egg 🙂 If you’d like to read about some of…
The Quest for “Opulent Whimsy” My Halloween Owl Shadow Box project began as a part of Christine DuMont’s course “Ways to Wow” on Voila. The course was a 6-month exploration of emotion in art that has really helped my think about technique, flow, color, and proportion in my work. I chose to work toward something…
