This little guy has been done for some time now I finally got around to taking pics of him. He is sculpted from polymer clay and the fins are made from liquid polymer clay.

It's been a while since I have posted any of my sculptures here, so I thought that I would share some pics of my latest unicorn. I just put some of the finishing touches on the base yesterday. The unicorn has been finished since August last year.

He is completely hand sculpted from polymer clay and epoxy over a wire and foil armature, and hand painted with acrylic paint. No molds were made or used in the making of this sculpture. All of the plants except the flowers were hand made from polymer clay. The hair is Tibetan lamb's wool.

The unicorn is 12 in long and around 6 1/2 in tall without the base. The base is 9x7 in wooden oval.
 
There is a brass peg in his base, which fits into a hollow brass tube in his leg, that allows him to stand on one leg.











Close up of the snail, if you didn't see him. He is about 1 cm long. I sculpted him too (but not the shell, it is real), he even has eye stalks and feelers or what ever they are called.

This was supposed to be a "quick", "fun" project I had so many problems with it, that it has taken me years to finish.

 




It is sculpted out of Super Sculpey, Kato, and epoxy. It is painted with acrylic paint, colored chalk, mica powder, and glitter. The eyes are Austrian crystal, the mane is dyed Tibetan lamb's wool, the fins are made of cellophane and wire. It has been coated in clear resin for a durable glossy finish. It is 6 in long and 3 1/2 in tall.

The eyes are very reflective and seem to glow in the right light

Xmas present I made for my cousin.  I bought the wrong length zipper by mistake, it was a little short, but I made the zipper tabs a bit longer, it turned out ok. I was rushing to get this finished on Christmas eve, so it isn’t perfect, but I am happy with how it came out. Out of the 3 clutches I made this one came out the best.




Here's the pattern http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html

I found the pattern through Craftster, I loved the ones that others posted here, and had to try making one. I am new to sewing, and this pattern was easy to follow, but I did have one problem with it, the lining fabric should be cut a little smaller than the pattern recommends. My first 2 clutches turned out really wrinkled on the inside, when I followed the pattern, so with this one I made the lining smaller, and it looked so much better. I also added an extra card holder to my clutches.

Nougatgee asked to see the unicorn in my avatar, so here he is









He is sculpted from Super Sculpey, Super Sculpey Firm, and epoxy, over foil and wire. Painted with acrylic paint. His mane and beard are made from fox fur, and the hair on his hooves and tail, is Tibetan lamb wool. He’s about 8 in tall from hoof to the tip of  the horn. Modeled after an Arabian horse, his coat is fleabitten gray.

I don’t keep track of how long it takes to finish a sculpture, but it takes weeks and many hours of work. Basically I just keep working on them, until I am somewhat satisfied with how they look.

My 2nd one. Its 2 3/4 in long. The fins aren't quite as yellow in person. I had planned on making it solid orange, but it had a few small dark specks imbedded in the clay, so I covered them with black paint  .

I keep it next to the fish tank, my goldfish seems to like it. I left it on my dresser after taking pictures of it and when I brought it back to put next to the tank my goldfish was really excited.






This is my fist one. Its 2 in long.  It kind of just happened, I didn't really know what to do with a piece of scrap wire and epoxy, but I covered it with some pearl clay and started sculpting. I was happily surprised when it turned out to be a portrait of my goldfish  , though I am still a bit disappointed that the fins curled . Its still not finished, I haven’t sculpted the eyes or the mouth yet.

I started him last year, he has been sitting on a shelf mostly untouched since then. I am so glad that I finally got him finished, so that I can concentrate on getting my other sculptures done.

He is made out of a mix of super sculpey and super sculpey firm, his horn, tail, and ears are made out of a flexible polymer clay to help resist breakage. He is painted in acrylic paint, colored chalks, and sealed with a satin finish. His mane and tail are made from mohair. He is about 4 1/2 in tall, and 7 in long from horn tip to hoof. He is modeled after an Iberian horse. His coat is dapple gray with fleabites.

anyway I hope you like him. He is my favorite so far 






WIP pics





LOL looks like he is asking himself "what the heck did I just stept in" 

lol as soon as I uploaded pictures of my unicorn onto the computer my mom was emailing them to just about everyone she knew.  My cousin's wife got the ones of it outside in the snow and showed them to one of her co-workers, and her co-worker asked "is it real?" my mom and I have been giggling about that ever since. I am going to have to pack her up pretty soon and send her off to her new home. I am sure going to miss her watching over me, from the shelf above my desk.

again I didn't enjoy throwing much so when we were assigned to make closed slab pots in ceramics class I had to make something fun.

my goldfish absolutely loved it. As soon as I put it in the tank she bombarded it with kisses



the glaze on the left eye totally ran and ruined the left side, and of corse that was the better looking side , oh well at least the right side still looked ok


it bubbles so my golfish loves it even more for that.

I made this a while ago, because I was curious how my bird, a female zebra finch would react if one of her eggs hatched (she dose not have a mate so her eggs are sterile), so I sculpted a life-sized hatchling and stuck it in her nest. It absolutely freaked her out , she nearly fell off of her perch when she first looked in her nest and saw it lol. Then she stood on her perch looking in for the longest time refusing to go in until I took it out.




as soon as she looked down and saw what she was standing over she flew off