Steampunk Owl Ornament
Behind the scenes look at how a floral-patterned polymer clay covered chicken egg is magically transformed into an owl ornament with steampunk flair.
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Art Deco Bud Vase Egg Shell Art
This Art Deco bud vase started with a hollow egg shell that I covered almost entirely with luscious eggplant purple polymer clay topped off with a swag of gilded gold. The influence for the gold faux fabric swag around the top is from Helen Breil’s Shapes e-book. I left a portion of the egg exposed…
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Free Polymer Clay Tutorial Inclusions Using Eye Pencils
Fun stuff to put in polymer I put together this free polymer clay tutorial using eye-pencil shavings as inclusions. Free Tutorial: Eye Pencil Shavings Inclusions Step 1: Grab some sharpener shavings from your coolest colored eye pencils (the key is to have a pencil with a really soft lead to get the color to blend…
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Wise Old Owl
This wise old owl is another experiment in sculpting over a hollowed out chicken egg shell. It is my entry in the Polymer Clay Artist Guild of Etsy October Challenge: Forest/Woodsy. Head over to vote by midnight on Oct. 7 and you could win a prize: http://polymerclayartists.blogspot.com/2013/09/forest-woodsy-october-pcagoe-challenge.html Stop back here later in the week and…
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Polymer Clay Color Recipe: Deep Red
Looking for a nice deep red polymer clay recipe? Here you go.
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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
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Creative way to add an artist signature
With a little creativity, an artist signature mark can become a clever part of the overall design, instead of an afterthought–something stuck on at the end. For me this process also takes some of the stress out of “signing” my work. When I was a pre-teen, my sister and I took ceramic lessons. It is…
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Decorating with eggs
Everyone is busy creating Easter-themed eggs right now, but while you have the blown-out egg shells handy, why not create a few that you can enjoy all year? I covered these ones with polymer clay in colors that matched my living room. The bowl is one of my only experiments with a pottery wheel–25 years…
