Todays work!

These ones are made out of a fake pauashell-cane. Yet to be sanded and polished.

These were a try to make something usefull out of an old fake-agate-cane. Well, nice. But not more.
And these that look like bright sunflowers are original dragon-eye-cane. But I like the idea of them being sunflowers too!

Pens, pens, pens...

Every one of them unique.
Mind you, if they don't seem to be straight then it's just an optical illusion!

More pens!

It is a lot of fun if you can just be busy for yourself and the product is something nice to look at. As here as I was working away the polymer clay canes I had been storing for some better days. All in all came out 13 pens and a lot of beads.

As I worked a lot with translucent clay there is a big difference between before and after the baking.

And here are the beads. Those kiwi beads are the rest of my kiwi cane. Maybe one day I'll make a new one. I really like it.

Back to the Pearl!

After some time of storing my Fimo-canes in the fridge I finally found it the time to take them out again and make something nice.

Here are the results: Kiwi-cane in pearls and cubes.

And mixing my Monarch-, Blue rose- and Red rose-cane I got some interesting results. I made a pen, 4 double-sided rectangles and some one-sided pendants. The rest was made into some pearls.

Hope you like them!

Centaur Boy

Once again I started a little modelling with Fimo. This little guy is made out of Puppenfimo(c). He is made out of one piece before baking.

After baking I coloured him with pastel chalk and fixing it.

The hair was added last, I'm still working on doing this better. Me not so satisfied yet. ;-)

Lady Amalthea

Finally finished is Lady Amalthea from the same novel as The Last Unicorn. In facts she is the unicorn. So looking on the logic side those two can never meet.
The book itself from Peter S. Beagle is a world to dream in. I think I already said so before.
Here is a quote from the mouth of the unicorn (sorry, can't say if from the movie or the book):

I am a little afraid to go home. I have been mortal, and some part of me is mortal yet. I'm no longer like the others, for no unicorn was ever born who could regret, and now, I do. I...regret.

The old man

This old man was for a colleage at work who turned 60 and left our company. It is one of my famous "I need to have it in 3 days, so I better get started!"...

As it was an old guy I didn't need to smooth his face and yeah, I could say he looks like this on purpose!

Some more details:

The Last Unicorn

The last unicorn... It's a masterpiece of Peter S. Beagle, first published in 1968!
The first time I heard of it was when watching it to the end of the 1980s as the animation movie became famous. I loved it from the start!
Although I didn't think the unicorn was one of the most beautiful I ever saw. It was the magic of the story that got me.
Making my own magical interpretion of the unicorn was one of my oldest dreams. This year I finally made it true.

The figurine is made out of Fimo, the German polymer clay, enstabled within with wire and aluminium foil. The horn finally is made out of MoldiMix, a special plastic that doesn't need to be burnt.

If you don't know the last unicorn you might want to look here: LastUnicorn.

It's worth knowing this great novel!

New possibilities with polymer clay!

This pic looks really strange, eh? It is a way to work with polymer clay that is quite popular. You call it a cane. If you have a lot of canes waiting to be worked with you can work quite smoothly without having to care about new supplies.

After making a huge amount of Monarch-cane, I began making beads and other nice things out of it.

My first necklace.

A fake pauashell-bead. (Actually I made a lot more, but they still have to be worked with sandpaper...)

And an assortment of different pendants.

There is still heaps of the cane in my fridge, so there will be a lot more to come.

Fledermaus-Maus

I made this little fellow under the motto: gothic!
As bats are sometimes mistaken for mice with wings, this one is truly a vampire-mouse with batwings.

In the flashlight visible: the use of fur, still the same method as with the fur-mice before.

The base is simply a painted piece of wood covered with stones and pebbles.

Blacky und Flöckchen

Two adorable little mice! They live together in a nice home with a lot of other mice - real ones and fake ones!

Simeon

This little boy has its origin in one of my fantasy stories. His mother is Dorn, a chaotic warrior lady and his father is Sgurr, a dragon. I like testing out my skills and thought about modelling a little baby that would hopefully match my imagining Simeon.

I used Puppenfimo(c) in the colour porcelain. My surprise about how he looked like after baking was big. But from the beginning.

The body shown above looked a bit like a young boy not like a baby. I had to change that.


The operation could beginn. Slicing up the body was able because this time I didn't use a core as I knew that he would only be lying down.

Mending the belly again and changing the proportions of the head. He really looked younger now. Not as young as I wanted him to be but it was the best I could do after this start.

Now I only had to reform his feet and fix his position. This was done after a good warm bake in my oven.

Tadaa! Out came a crispy little thing with a gorgeous colour. He was supposed to turn out white but this was ok as well. Not much paint work to do...

The wings are still loosily attached and I think I will make some better ones one day. But for now they do perfectly well.

Mushroom mouse

Starting a new project. I have seen so many beautiful mushrooms in the internet which were made out of polymer clay or something similar. I was curious if I, too, am able to make one. But only a mushroom is a bit boring. It should be decoration as well as needfull surrounding.


My heart and soul in polymer clay were my mice. So my mushroom had to be strong enough to hold one.



I cut some wire fence and formed it the way I wanted it to be. I covered the ground with all sorts of clay that was lying around and I couldn't use in another way. It was getting really colourful. But I intended to paint it with acrylic paint so that was no problem. My mushroom is made out of Puppenfimo (c) and the capillary out of normal Fimo (c).



The mouse was the easier part. This little chap was in an adventerous mood and climbed onto the mushroom but then he got scared of his own courage and wanted to climb down again. Still looking a bit naked though.



I coloured the mushroom with pastel chalk. Putting chalk on it with a brush and then fixing it. And then chalk again... until it had about the right colour. Adding a bit more decoration... violá: finished mushroom!

My little chap got some black fur. I used some powder that was thought for window colour and clued it simply onto his body. His eyes have some gloss finish and he is ready to see the world!

[sales promotion] This chap is for sale!
You can visit him here: Dawanda
He is ready for the German market, but I will ship him anywhere, so please contact me if interested! [/sales promotion]

Thank you for reading!