Cuuuuuute! I love the piggies!

[Gorgeous!]

Gorgeous!

I cannot say that I would have had enough patience! Good job!

Now this is cool! It's so perfectly laid out! Very cute and clever!

If you haven't already, you should make a mold from that stamp too to use for making dimensional onlays rather than impressions.

What a cool idea! And I could do the Sutton Slice that way! I have always wanted to try that! I should try that with a less-detailed one first, though (I have one that is a pear that I think I will try)

You could even use your fleur de lis stamp for making a mokume gane stack, then shave bits off to reveal the fleur de lis and frame pattern in the stack, which would be yet another way to use that favorite stamp.

Definitely! Oh, that would turn out awesome!

For the hope lettering, you could also make your stack then lay a piece of smooth cording on top to spell out hope in cursive, then press down on the cord-letters and remove to have created your own hope stamp.
Or you could make a word stamp from that cording (perhaps cutting at joins so no overlaps) glued to a small bit of flat wood/etc, then use that as your stamp.
Or you could use one of those two "stamps" on a sheet of clay and bake, then create a mold from that so you could have the word hope to use as a bas relief too. Grin

What lovely ideas! I will have to try some of these. The third one sounds most interesting to me.


As always, thanks for all your fantastic ideas! I have to redo the picture frame that I previously mentioned. It's wooden, and I tried to use Sculpey Bake n Bond as a base. I think I'm going to use wood glue (a tip from your site), so I have to run out and get some of that. On the first attempt, it all just cracked horribly. Try, try again!

If you like that kind of effect though, try some of the other materials often used for highlighting on polymer clay like mica powders (Pearl Ex, etc) or even real-metal powders (Mona Lisa, etc)...or even paints, inks, metallic leaf, etc!  Lots of different looks and fun stuff to play with.

I actually do have some silver mica in a little jar that I have yet to do much with. I have only used it twice so far, which was to give a metallic look to: 1) a pie tin for a tiny mulberry pie and 2) the lid of a tiny cookie jar. Today, I'm making a picture frame, and for that I think I might experiment with the mica again.

Btw, do you know yet that you can make your own stamps (and molds) with polymer clay (and other materials) to use with polymer clay, as well as finding stamps to use?  If not, you're in for a treat!

I did, actually; I have yet to do a lot of experimenting with it, though. The wine glasses on the green bottle were actually done with a pc mold I made myself. I made many attempts to carve tiny wine glasses, and finally I just got frustrated and made the mold. The fleur-de-lis stamp was one in a package of 6, so I will probably use those soon, as well. I really like them!

There are so many ways to do the general technique of mokume gane too...

I am quickly finding out that that is true! The bottle that just says "hope" can be considered a form of mokume gane as well (I think). I randomly layered torn sheets of different colors, covered it in white, and carved away the lines and letters with a Dremel. Probably the most creative thing I've come up with when it comes to clay!

Wow, you really DO have everything on that site! I am amazed! I decided, after quite a bit of reading, that I'm going to try the aquarium sealant still and use glycerin, alcohol, and distilled water for the fluid. I will absolutely post pictures when I get one made! It may be some time though...I have a lot of supplies to collect!

Yummy! I just had sushi last night and I'm already hungry for more! And you made my favorite kind...Ikura! mmmmm

These are awesome. They remind me of pocket watches...but when you want to look at the time, there's something looking at you! The eyeball itself looks like foil under resin. What did you use?

i just love the colours of the 'rising sun' bottle!

Why thank you! I actually think the color is a bit misrepresented. It's a very deep cranberry to a bright yellow. I actually didn't realize the blend would turn out that way, but I loved how it came out! It made me think of a sunrise, which is why that quote specifically is on there.

Very nice! You have captured the essence and character of an octopus!