Decided I needed a new bracelet and more zombiesque jewelry so here they are Everything on the bracelet are made from polymer clay, the rose, all the beads and the skulls at the ends.  Also the brain glows in  the dark

Rose Bracelet










Brain Cameo

My first attempt at sculpting hands. Clearly the best thing to start with was a bloated, amputated, zombified hand. You can’t see it too well in these pictures but I’ve carved away some of the “flesh” to expose muscle and bone. My camera is being evil so the side detail isn't so clear

Didn’t come out too badly Just needs glazing now.

Also my first attempt at sculpting skulls, I seem to like making things in miniature as these are 1cm wide, again not to bad.

Note: I apologise for the pictures coming out so yellow, my lightbox has died and my house seems very yellow.

Zombie Hand Brooch


Underside


Side


Details



Skull beads

My home made Christmas present for my fella

A crocheted TARDIS topped with snow for a Christmasy feel.
And my attempt at the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) who is the fella's favourite Doctor.

The TARDIS is a Christmas ornament and can be hung from the tree while the mini Doctor can be hung from his keys.

Didn't come out as badly as I expected. I hope he likes them!

My home made Christmas present for my fella

A amigurumi TARDIS topped with snow for a Christmasy feel.
And my attempt at the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) who is the fella's favourite Doctor.

The TARDIS is a Christmas ornament and can be hung from the tree while the mini Doctor can be hung from his keys.

Didn't come out as badly as I expected. I hope he likes them! These are the best shots I got of the TARDIS before my camera died.

A part of the swap parcel I sent. I'm quite happy with how he has come out. The satin stitch was used alot in this one. Rivets were done with an evil metallic thread which I now hate. In place of his ever present patch is a real watch cog

I recently did a personal swap and here is part of it Didn’t come out exactly as I wanted, I was originally recreating the scene where Alice met the caterpillar and he evolves into the butterfly, but Alice got damaged and I don’t have any blue polymer clay left so I’ve had to substitute her. I knew my partner loves mushrooms so I knew I had to involve it somewhere, hence this scene.

You can’t see it well in this picture but I aged the look of the pieces with acrylic paints and high pigmented eye shadows (I have no mica powders). Oh and for the caterpillar's hookah I used a bulb.

Full Shot


Butterfly


Caterpillar

I recently did a personal swap (yey!) and for it we had three themes; Lenore, Alice In Wonderland and My Neighbour Totoro. Another part of the swap was that everything had to be steampunked in some way. So here is one of them


The soot sprite from My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away. Since my partner wanted a steampunk theme, I decided to give him a pair of flying goggles. Now he is ready for his time hiding away on dirigibles.

The soot sprite himself is crocheted while the goggles are made from tops and an old leather belt I cut up, the head band is a brass chain. Acrylic paints aged the lenses.

Soot Sprite


Rocking his goggles.


Close up of the goggles

More practise Some have come out better than others really. Still happy with the results so far Wonky picture fail =/

Logic dictates that trying to draw eyes onto clay should be done when 1 yr old nephews are asleep and not running around, oops =/

I'm really sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm not on my laptop and have to be quick.

I've recently started using polymer clay but where I buy my clay from doesn't seem to sell any form of gloss (or glaze, whichever). I then went into my local art shop and was advised to buy this clear glaze they have, and sadly it doesn't work. The pieces I've used it on are still sticky three days later and even a second coat (I read somewhere about it sticking to the first layer instead of the clay, so it doesn't react and won't be sticky anymore) this didn't work either.
I've read that people use Rustoleum, but when I've found it, it doesn't say whether it is water based or not.

I live in the UK and never seem to be able to find the products I've seen others use so I was wondering. To any UK clayers, what do you use to gloss your pieces?

Thanks in advance

Still trying my hand with clay. Don't think these have come out too bad. The first is proof of my love to tentacles The second is my attempt at something steampunky. Plus hats. I like hats.

Bursting with Tentacles:






Steampunky Hat: