Wired
March 11th, 2007
Sometimes you can feel the wires inside and outside.
Material: polymer clay
Scrap Clay Project
February 18th, 2007
You can keep your polymer clays in good shape for a long time by storing them in plastic airtight boxes. You have probably discovered this by far since the scrap pieces of clay tend to build up really fast. It was about time for me to make use of some of them. In this project, I covered a paper maché box.
First mix all the little pieces of different colors by stretching and twisting them together.
After dividing the mix to equal pieces, apply the same procedure until you are happy with the color distribution.
Just a warning; too much mixing generally results in dull colors.
Slice the cane and roll the slices. To achieve a mosaic look, cut irregular sized triangles out of the rolled clay sheets and cover the sides of the box with those, applying slight pressure with a hand roller. I used a single color clay sheet for the top of the lid. After baking for about 10 minutes, wait for the box to cool down and paint the sides with white acrylic. Try to fill in the gaps between the triangles with the paint and clean the rest immediately. After this step, bake the box for another 10 minutes.
Polymer Experiences
January 4th, 2007
While covering this switch plate with the gradient flower cane, I have discovered that the two weeks of resting conditioned the cane just perfect for covering. It was just hard enough to keep its shape during slicing and covering but still soft enough to work with.
Here is a few tips for cane work:
Use hard clays. You will have less distortion of the pattern and color mixing will be less.
If you have soft clays, try to keep them in freezer for a few minutes before slicing.
Use a sharp razor for slicing. If you observe distortion during slicing, put the clay back in the freezer a little more.
Due to lack of time, instead of wrapping the cane in foil and storing, I had left it on my desk for about two weeks. In long term, this will cause the clay to dry. But in these two weeks, it just got hardened and made my job easier. If you have time, you may want to try leaving your cane out for a while before working with it.
Illustration Friday - Farm
September 11th, 2006
Polymer clay on 8.5"x7.5" glass surface.
An experiment on illustrating with polymer clay. It took quite a bit of time to cover the initial sketch with polymer clay so as to give a kind of 3-D feeling with vivid colors but I am happy with the result.
Crebro’s House
August 28th, 2006
To create a 3-D challenge for myself, I set out to make a polymer clay house for crebro. It is not complete though. The plan is to add a ceiling with a small light. It will make a cute child’s room night lamp.
Sweet Mina
April 24th, 2006
Mina is a sweet baby girl three months old. She couldn’t move to her own room yet but her room is being prepared now by her mother and father. The room will even have a cloudy sky ceiling. I am, on the other hand, helping with some details.
I made the first designs for the switchplates (covered with polymer clay). Next I will design the door and drawer handles.
Special Design Jewellery
March 16th, 2006
The jewellery I wear is attracting a lot of attention nowadays. I started to meet with new people thanks to the jewellery. First they
compliment, then when they learn that I am the designer, long chats
begin.
compliment, then when they learn that I am the designer, long chats
begin.
The jewellery I present here is specially designed for a person who
liked my work and wanted to buy. I am only publishing some components
here to keep them personal to the owner.
liked my work and wanted to buy. I am only publishing some components
here to keep them personal to the owner.
Crebro’s Spring Shoes
March 14th, 2006
I really want to freshen up. I mean it wasn’t enough for me to greet
spring with making polymer clay butterflies. For one, I got tired of
wearing layers and layers of clothes like a cabbage the whole winter. I
want to start wearing nice thin dresses, skirts… Everyday I receive a
mail from the skin care products brand that I use. I used to delete
these without having a glance before. But now I decided to get an
appointment for 19th of this month. I will change my make-up this
spring.
spring with making polymer clay butterflies. For one, I got tired of
wearing layers and layers of clothes like a cabbage the whole winter. I
want to start wearing nice thin dresses, skirts… Everyday I receive a
mail from the skin care products brand that I use. I used to delete
these without having a glance before. But now I decided to get an
appointment for 19th of this month. I will change my make-up this
spring.
I frist sketched the shoe above and added the polymer
clay later. I cannot describe how happy it made me feel. I had so much
fun preparing crebro’s first shoe.
I was sketching randomly the other day when I realized I had drawn a lot of shoes. Why? because I am crazy about shoes.
Anyway, crebro eventually had its first shoe. I hope I am next.
New Excitements
March 6th, 2006
My weekend accompanied by my polymer clay candleholder photos.
What
a weekend. I could not spare a minute this weekend. Mom used to say:
"Even if somebody tries to clean up after you constantly, he couldn’t
catch up with your mess." Now we are two. My love and I constantly
clean up after each other but we can’t keep the house clean for an hour.
a weekend. I could not spare a minute this weekend. Mom used to say:
"Even if somebody tries to clean up after you constantly, he couldn’t
catch up with your mess." Now we are two. My love and I constantly
clean up after each other but we can’t keep the house clean for an hour.
Our
taste has evolved to a strange mix since we can’t find Turkish goods
here. We now have weird menus like General Tso’s and a salad with
pasta.
taste has evolved to a strange mix since we can’t find Turkish goods
here. We now have weird menus like General Tso’s and a salad with
pasta.
I have seen a freezing rain for the first time in my life here. Everywhere got covered with a thick layer of ice.
This week, I will make the room upstairs my study. I have started
making some ceramic masks for the walls. I will also try to make a
torchiere lamp if I can. I’m so excited about the new room.
The Girl in Kaftan
January 14th, 2006
I was sick yesterday, sleepy. We were at a chinese restaurant with my
love the last and best day of the week. Food was excellent as always
and we ordered more than we can eat as always. We watched the movie "The Island" in the night and the results is that the post I wanted to write yesterday is being published today.
The original work shown above is named kaftanlı kız
or "the girl in kaftan" in english. My later posts about polymer clays
will mostly be in the form of tutorials. For now, I am trying to design
basic applicatins to get started.
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