Update on Cat-astrophe

I finally got all of the polymer clay parts finished. I'll be spending most of today working on his jammies which I'm sculpting in paperclay. LOL, right now he looks like he's in a body cast!

Sorry about the somewhat out of focus shot, It was around 6am when I took this and then my camera died on me. Must of been that ghost in the window that sucked all the power out of it! YIKES!!! As soon I get it recharged and I chase that ghost away I'll try and take more pics.

Banner for Anaboo

I was asked to create a banner for my fellow artist Sylvia Smiser of Anaboo Creations. She was very happy with the work I did and put it on her blog as soon as she got it. Here's a link to her blog so you can see it in full size and while you're there take a look around at her creations. Really cute creatures living there! Anaboo Creations

If any of you out there in blog land are needing custom banners for your site please contact me. I'd be glad to create one for you.

Knocking off the dust

Sometimes, no matter how hard I try, a piece just does not want to be finished when I want it finished. This fellow is a good example of that. He's been sitting on the sidelines because he simply would not let me finish him. I think he wanted to just hang out and watch me work on other projects. Try as I may, I could not coax him back into the lime light.

First it was his arms, he didn't want them to do what I wanted them to do .... fine! Then it was his head, wonky, wiggly mess. Then it was the cat. Oh that evil little fur ball, how many times did I attempt to bring you to life?

Then, out of the blue, when I have other things going on, other pieces trying to be born, he sneaks back into my thoughts, he invades my dreams, he whispers to me when I'm at my desk working. "Now, finish me now!"

I'm a slave to their whims I tell ya!

His head hands, cat, light bulb and shoes are all polymer. I still need to finish the cat and his shoes will be bunny slippers. He'll be wearing pajamas and I'll sculpt those in paperclay. I've written a poem that tells his story and will print it on parchment I think. Hopefully I'll have him finished this week.



Pirates Treasure

Second half of a commission was creating card holders in a pirates theme. After chatting with my client on what they wanted they liked the idea of a beach with a pirates treasure and something extra for their boss.

I sculpted 9 of them using my own paper clay for the sand and Creative paperclay for the chest. The "pearls" are actually glass beads. Everything is painted and antiqued with acrylic paints and then the bottoms have a rubber gasket-like material that has one side coated with a super sticky glue that never, ever lets go! Great stuff for protecting the bottoms of my sculpted art. I like it so much I bought a whole bolt of it several years ago.

First pic is closer to the actual colors of the card holder. The skull was painted to look old and the hat is purple with gold trim. Can't seem to find pics of the finished pieces, silly computer seems to have eaten them.

 Second pic is a bit dark but it does show the details better. My client was thrilled when they got them and I'm hoping those receiving them are equally thrilled.