Charla the coffee addict

My latest snail has tiny pink polymer clay hair rollers. I was nervous about making them but it was easy. Rolling the Tibetan lamb's wool hair onto them was the headache. I like how she turned out. Sleepy, not quite awake.



She is listed in my etsy shop.

Paisley in polymer

I showed step by step photos of this on plurk as I was making it. Here I will show you the beginning and the end result. This is for the lid of a large keepsake box. My friend Diane of Cymberrain asked me to create one for her in blues, greens and purples. She left the design of it up to me. I have always loved paisley and Diane has made some absolutely beautiful ones! So I know that is what I wanted to make for her.

I started with a very rough sketch of an idea that was in my head.



This is the end result. Originally I was going to do a Sutton slice piece and chopped that up for the Stroppel cane that is part of the design.



You can click the images to see larger photos on flickr.

Favorite Tool Super Sculpey

Yes Super Sculpey is a clay but in this case it is a favorite tool. It all started a few months ago when I saw this pinned on Pinterest...

Source: cynthiablantonstudio.blogspot.com via A. Star on Pinterest

I read Cynthia Blanton's blog post linked in the pin and decided to give it a shot. It works! I have not cleaned my pasta machine nor taken it apart once since using the super sculpey in this way. When I made the Snail Mailman I was able to go from black clay to white clay with no streaking at all.



That gray piece is what I have been using the past couple of months. What it is sitting on is the original color. You can see how much it has picked up. So I do believe that in this instance Super Sculpey qualifies as one of my favorite tools.

Snail Mail

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