adulting with whimsy
These ornaments are “one-of-a-kind” collectible egg art. Yes, I sculpted this White Rabbit and Cheshire Cat from polymer clay over a hollow chicken eggshell. The image below lets you see how the Cheshire Cat emerged from his egg. These pieces are both available in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative
Creating with texture plates is one of those “go-to” things for many of us who work with polymer, yet I’ve never tried to design one of my own. Since “Texture Plates” was the theme for this month’s Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy challenge I figured I would give it a whirl. I used the tops […]
Eyes are the windows to the soul, yet how to create lifelike eyes is a struggle for artists, myself included. Deep soulful eyes, piercing demonic eyes, playful critter eyes…each creation calls for a different eye treatment. To improve my eye-painting skills, I started to collect my favorite examples and tutorials on a Pinterest Board called “The Eyes Have It.” Here […]
Fun stuff to put in polymer I put together this free polymer clay tutorial using eye-pencil shavings as inclusions. Consider this a thank you to everyone who voted in the December Polymer Clay Artist’s Guild of Etsy monthly challenge focusing on recycled projects. Free Tutorial: Eye Pencil Shavings Inclusions Step 1: Grab some sharpener shavings […]
Looking for a nice deep red polymer clay recipe? Here you go.
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
