Merry Christmas

Hi All,

This is an ornament I made for my sister. I haven't figured out how to hang him yet so for now he simply will stand on the mantle. I'll make more of him. He stands about 2.5 inches tall. The legs and neck are toothpicks coated with mica powder and Future. The body and head is scrap clay of three different colours that's been rolled up so that when I did the cutting of the face it looked like tree rings.

He's cute and seemed appropriate to post for today.

Season's greetings to all!

Sandy

My Clayamies ornaments...

Hi All,

Every year I participate in the Clayamies Christmas ornament exchange. You can see other ornaments here (do check it out, they're beautiful!). This year's ornament was inspired by some work that Vio was doing with cutout circles.

For the textures I used, of course, my favourites, Bev's Impress It sheets which you can buy at Shades of Clay. I've had the fans texture sheet for a while but haven't used it too much. Turns out it's perfect for Christmas trees. The fans texture sheet was a doodle done by one of our guild member's friends. She brought in the doodle to guild and a texture was born.

I started with the green layer first, it's scrap clay with lots of mica powder on it. I baked that. Then I poured some green alcohol ink into some Future and painted the tree and let dry.

Used the same cutter and cut out the second layer. Placed it behind the first layer and used the first layer as a guide for the next smaller circles. Third layer was done the same way as well as the fourth, which I textured on the other side with my Christmas stamp. Textured the sides to make all the layers blend together with liberal dollops of mica powder. Then baked and added small rhinestones in the centres of the holes.

I was happy with them.



Season's Greetings to all.

Sandy

More snowmen

Hi All,

Here are a couple more snowmen. These are for my sister and my nephew. My sister thought it might be fun to see one with two different size eyes, so that's for her.

My nephew is only four months old so I doubt that he'll appreciate it this year and even next year. I debated on whether I was going to make him ornaments since he's a boy and I can't see a teenager or young male adult appreciating the ornaments. But then I realized that he'll be a boy for the next ten years or so and Christmas will be exciting to him and maybe he'll enjoy hanging his very own ornaments on the tree. So I'll make him ornaments until he's no longer interested.

Cheers,

Sandy

Sometimes I Impress myself...

Hi Everyone,

I'm in ornament making mode these days - I have a number of them to make for family members. This one is for my youngest niece. She's just over two years old and has a thing for the Cookie Monster.

Here's the result of my trying to incorporate the Cookie Monster.

I think it's cute. I'm happy with it.

Cheers,

Sandy

Warning, not for sensitive eyes...or why an oven thermometer is critical

Hi Everyone,

Last year Mom bought a new oven for claying. She had also been buying oven thermometers but kept misplacing them. She decided to trust the oven setting since it was a good and expensive oven. That turned out to be a bit of a mistake.

I call him Gangrene Santa, which is a bit gruesome, but so is he.

Interestingly enough the white didn't burn hardly at all. The translucent did, of course, but so did a fair bit of the red. I love the detail of the toe sticking out of the sock and of him smoking a pipe.

She gave me this one as a joke and made a Mrs. and Mr. Claus as a replacement once she bought a new thermometer and now no longer burns things. I will post pictures of those later.

Oven thermometers are critical. I've found the dollar store ones to be just as good as the more expensive ones.

Cheers,

Sandy

Snowmen for my nieces...

Hi All,

Here are a couple of snowmen that I made this year for my nieces. The blue one is for my oldest niece - it has an iridescent tattoo on its belly if you look closely. My niece has a bit of a penchant for tattoos and piercings.

The poinsettia one is for her sister. It's a bit more sedate, but still fun.

Cheers,

Sandy