
Valentines Day is just around the corner so I’ve been busy creating this Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection for my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative
Even the backs are design 🙂


Valentines Day is just around the corner so I’ve been busy creating this Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection for my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative
Even the backs are design 🙂

I wanted to create a mixed media work for my polymer guild’s challenge this month. I was going through my studio for inspiration when two things caught my eye: the start of a cat head sculpt and some leftover flag napkins from a past 4th of July celebration. The image of a WWII pin up girl started to form in my head.
Woodland Cuties: Christmas Egg Ornaments Below is a behind the scenes look at my Christmas egg ornaments during the early stages of creation. I like to use both white and brown eggs. I build up the polymer clay layers in multiple baking steps and eventually they look like these finished ones. The polymer adds durability…
In my last post, I shared how interesting wine corks became the inspiration for a series of whimsical “wine cork hugger” sculptures. I thought you might also enjoy seeing a video of how I created the polymer clay fox from wire armature through curing. All four sculptures have been adopted!
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…
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…
Inner Struggles Cats are great subject matter for me, especially my baby tuxedo Lucy (A.K.A. Lucifer). Baby Lu, as my husband affectionately refers to her, struggles with whether to listen to her inner angel or her inner devil. She’s earned the nickname “Lucifer” from me because too often, her inner devil wins. About “Decisions in…