craftgrrl | Hello again!

Yesterday I showed off the morbid side of my recent polymer clay bonanza; today I’ve finished up the photographing and editing and what-have-you of the rest of them, and I’m excited to share. Shall we?

Roses

I made this necklace rather randomly, but I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Making roses from clay is a really basic technique (instructions here; maybe I'll put my own tutorial together some day) but I think the pendant is effective regardless, particularly when paired with beads and silver.

Clasp Detail

I wired it into silver findings with glass accent beads and an asymmetrical toggle clasp (I've got quite the thing for asymmetrical, decorated toggle clasps right now).

These next two are experiments in multiple ways. The first, I wanted to play with textures as provided by rubber stamps (and how to highlight those textures). Thus, a heart that evokes thoughts of old lace:

Two Experiments

So what of the second experiment?

Building on that whole texture thing, I wanted to try and make a piece more interactive. This little booklet was the result, and worked well enough that I think I’ll be trying more complicated interactive pendants soon.

Little Booklet

Reminders

I rolled all the flat bits out with a dry erase marker. I am continuing proof that craft does not REQUIRE all sorts of fancy equipment... fancy equipment just makes it a lot easier. Ah, for a pasta machine. Anyone have an old pasta machine they'd like to trade something for?

I've saved the best for last. Continuing with my love for cephalopods, I bring you: Otto.

Otto

This thing near drove me mad.

Tentacle Detail

In further support of my "I don't NEED fancy tools, I just WANT fancy tools" claim, all my sculpture has been done with my fingers and some well-used toothpicks. Toothpicks are quite good for detail and tight spots.