So I started a blog...

Let's start at the beginning. The wizard at the top is the first guy I ever made out of clay.  OK that was a lie, he was the first guy I ever made out of polymer clay (or bakeable, which ever you prefer).  He's made out of sculpey clay with a wire and bead for his staff and this cool lumpy yarn for his beard.  His head broke off a little bit later.  : . ( Instead of just gluing the head back on I made the guy in black.  The Executioner.

I first started making clay things after I saw these little clay figures at my friends house.  These cute little figures of a the statue of liberty and a mummy.  He told me that he had made them.  ???? I was confused. How could he have made them?  They were all hard and storeboughtlookingish.  He told me that this guy had helped him make them.  You can imagine what happened next. 

So the guy helped me make a wizard.  Then I bought some clay and made my executioner.

I figured out that you could do a whole lot more than just make figures with the clay.

For instance...

This is a little owl that I made.  It sits on top of an artificial candle.

Now here it is in the dark with the candle on.

What am I working on now you may ask?  My brother's in France on an mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka the Mormon church) so I'm making a little Paris scene.  It's a bridge in a park and will have the Eiffel tower in the background.  The bridge is made out of the bridge of a cello.  In case you're wondering I play the cello.  The pieces I make will sit in a wooden box (a small wooden box)  and the back round will be painted black and I will add in the Eiffel tower.

Here's what I have so far.  The little black things are people.

 

I keep them in that Altoids case. Anyway, the scene includes a hot dog vendor, a cellist (hence the cello  bridge), an artist (me again (: ), and a couple sitting on one of the benches.  On the bridge there is a guy reading a newspaper and there will be a couple.  I'm also going to make a lady walking her dog through the park.  I used a sharpie to stain the bridge.

Found this on my camera while I was getting the other pictures.  I used toothpicks for the vertical supports and wrapped the clay around them to make the basket.  I made this when I was craving a peach smoothie. Mmmm... peaches are good.