Back to the oven.
No, I'm not cooking my winter animal, I'm back to Polymer clay! Our prompt from Shelley Graham Turner this week was to be inspired by a winter animal.
Now I know I have taken a lot of pictures of birds in winter, but I wanted to try something a bit different.
I chose one of the smallest of mammals that don't hibernate in winter, the White-Footed Mouse.
Not sure if I am going to make these into pendants as originally planned, but here they are, from sketch, to raw clay and then baked. Not sure if I am going to glaze them yet...
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| Sketch made with ball point pen at work |
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| Raw clay with details on the first one. I used grated chalk for the color |
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| Baked clay |
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| In my hand to show scale. |
I had fun with these. They really do crouch in little balls, so it was easy to make a simplified image, yet have them be a bit realistic.
Go see Shelley and the others link up here.
That is so cool!! I love this weekly challenge. This mouse looks perfect and I love the texture. It's a little bit cute, but also realistic looking enough to make me hope he's not scurrying about my kitchen! :)
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