Foxes are somewhat cat-like and flexible, and they like to strike cute, sculptable poses, such as curled up in a furry ball, or sitting daintily with their tails wrapped around their legs. This is in strong contrast to wolves, who in most of the pictures I've seen, stand stiffly on their long, difficult-to-sculpt legs, glaring balefully at the photographers. Continue reading

...the koi became suncatchers to hang individually in the window, or wherever else needs a dash of piscine color. Christmas tree ornaments, perhaps? Continue reading

My latest focus was on a water theme. I finished three swans, each different from the other, all brooches. Continue reading

The fox seemed to demand a more naturalistic approach, so I worked with that idea in mind, and persisted until I was pleased with the result. Continue reading

I am very pleased with these dramatic raven brooches, which complement each other, while each retaining a unique and individual look. They have something of a steampunk look to them, I think, especially the second brooch. Continue reading

These bears were a bit of a challenge for me, as I wanted them to have a more realistic look to them than my stone-look bear has... The sculpting took a while. I wanted three different positions for my black bears. Continue reading

These pendants are stylized rather than realistic. I wanted to try some more in a different color scheme, and immediately visualized the red color of carved cinnabar -- perfect for a dragon! Continue reading

I love turquoise. It's my favorite stone, and my birthstone as well. So today I decided to create some pieces that would have the look and feel of turquoise, without worrying too much about getting it exactly right. Continue reading

For the last couple of weeks, I've been trying variations of a new technique. Inspired by Inuit stone carvings, which are fairly simple, often beautiful renditions of animals, birds, and people, I decided to sculpt some polymer clay figures that have a similar look. Continue reading

Hummingbirds come in a variety of jewel-tone colors, so I knew I could use similar iridescent blues and greens, even purples, and they would make wonderful earrings. Continue reading

Who knew, when I listed the various cardinals, that they would be the only items that would sell? So far, anyway. Continue reading

I made another red fox this weekend. This one is a tiny napping fox all curled up. Continue reading

I don't know what it is about Sea Serpents. I just love them lately. They are so sinuous and serpentine. And their heads are fascinating to me, too. Continue reading

I had some cheerful, bright orange polymer clay that called out to be shaped into Baltimore oriole birds a week or so ago. Continue reading

After I made a few little green sea serpent or water horse figurines, I liked them so much that I made two pairs of tiny sea monster earrings. Loch Ness Monster earrings, how unusual! Continue reading

I wanted to make something for Valentine's Day that wasn't too cutesy, so I came up with the idea of a pair of white doves, preening each other as bird pairs do. Continue reading

I've learned something about myself lately. I don't enjoy detail work. I love sculpting birds in polymer clay, but if it is a species of bird that has certain kinds of colors, I have to paint in the details to make it look right. Turns out that part isn't very... Continue reading

I love to make fantasy creatures, and I worked on dragons last weekend. One larger dragon, and a little green sea serpent. Continue reading

I have been thinking of some ideas for Valentine's Day figurines. I don't do cutesy, so it was kind of hard to figure out what to do. Birds seem to be my favorite subjects, so I decided to do some bird pairs and offer them for sale for Valentine's Day... Continue reading

Some more crows put up on Etsy today, in three different styles and sizes. Well, three styles and two sizes, I guess. Two charms, one in my usual style: shaped and rubbed with Pearlex powders, charm wire inserted, then baked. The other was handled exactly the same way, and after... Continue reading

Cardinals are in this month, I guess. My very first sales ever, one from Etsy and one to my cousin via facebook, were both cardinals. My cousin bought the pair of tiny cardinal earrings for a Valentine's Day present for his wife. Very sweet. The Etsy purchase was a fat... Continue reading