Showing posts with label paper clay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper clay. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

May PFATT Marketplace offering

It's that time again. There's a bunch of really great artists offering some really awesome art collectibles for May. Here's the link so go take in all that wonderful eye candy and if you see something that is calling your name buy it! The artists really do appreciate your support, I know I do!
PFATT Marketplace



 

Friday, February 26, 2016

Bunny Easter Eggs

Busy, busy busy ..... but fun ..... and satisfying. I've been sculpting my little fingers off over the last few weeks. I've created these cute Bunny Easter eggs just in time to become a part of your holiday decorations. (shameless plug, but hey, I am my own marketing team!)

I've sculpted 10 of them and some are available in my Etsy shop right now! A few are going to another market, can't tell you where yet, it's a big surprise!




You can purchase my art at my Etsy Shop

Friday, January 29, 2016

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Light bulb Christmas ornament tutorial

Happy light bulb Christmas ornament by Tamara Dozier


I got dozens of these mache eggs on sale and have been trying to figure out what to do with them. I came up with the idea of sculpting them to look like a Christmas lightbulb and of course, I had to add a happy little face to them.

Here is the video I did of how I make these ornaments using Creative Paperclay.


Thursday, October 9, 2014

Reaper takes a holiday art doll

Finally finished this fellow. He was a stubborn one, gave me plenty of headaches ... lol

"Reaper takes a holiday" is a paperclay sculpt and he stands 14" to the top of his ghost balloon.


You can see more pictures of him in my Etsy shop. Go ahead and look .... you know you want to. :)

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Kitty, kitty and another kitty

I've been working on ornaments again, this time Christmas kitties. Here are my 3 newest ones:



You can them them in my Etsy shop If you have a kitty you love and would like an ornament painted to look like your pet please let me know as I am taking orders for them. Price for a custom painted ornament is the same as the ones in my shop.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Better watch out when you stick your hand in the treat bowl to grab some Halloween sweets because you never know what may be lurking at the bottom of that bowl ....... bwahahaha!

You can find this creepy sweet in my Etsy shop.


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Snowmen Christmas ornaments

I've been playing with clay and glitter and here are a few of the end results. All done in paperclay and ready to come decorate your home for the holidays!




You can find them in my Etsy shop.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Getting ready for Halloween with new ornaments

I've just posted lots of new Halloween ornaments to my Etsy shop. Here are a few of them. Hope you'll pop in and look around, you might find something you just can't live without.  :)




Sunday, January 15, 2012

Creative Paperclay® Heart pendant

My newest tutorial using Creative Paperclay®


Thanks for stopping in and I hope you enjoy the tutorial.


Material list:
Creative Paperclay®
wire - for the bail
tool to stamp in your texture
acrylic paints

1. Make a paperclay ball, about the size of a walnut. Actually, the amount of clay you use really depends on the size you want your finished piece so play around. If you use too much simply make the ball smaller and reshate again.

2. Start shaping the clay into a heart. I first roll the ball in my hands to form a cone shape and then squish and moosh the clay into a heart shape. This is play time so have fun and don't worry if your heart isn't a perfectly shaped heart. I kinda like the wonky look, I think it gives the pendant more character.


3. Insert your wire bail into the top of your pendant. Since mine is a wonky heart I inserted the bail so the heart will hang at an angle


4. Next we stamp in our texture. I used a leather stamping tool for my texture but you can use whatever you have handy. Stamp the texture deep enough to make it look like it's inside the heart, not on the surface of the heart.



5. Once you get the look you like let the pendant completely dry. What? We're done? Yep, how easy is this! :)

6. After it dries completely you can paint it . I started by painting the entire pendant black. I then dry-brushed metalic gold and red. That gives the pendant an aged look that I love. After the paint dried I sprayed a couple of layers of polyurathane on it to protect the paint. All that's left to do is sting it on a cord or ribbon and you have a beautiful heart to wear.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Thanksgiving Turkey Pin Tutorial

Good Morning everyone! Today my first "official" tutorial as a member of the Creative Paperclay® Design Team posted.
 Hope you have fun trying my tutorial.

Supplies you'll need:
Creative Paperclay®
Craft Glue
Black bead for eye. (I used a black onyx round bead)
Pin Back
Your sculpting tools
Something to roll the clay out with
Paint brushes
Acrylic paints (I used French Vanilla, Dark Brown, Black and Metallic Copper but feel free to choose the colors you like!)
Water
Strong Glue for pin back (I use E-6000)
Protective Urethane spray

Okay, let's play!
Step 1. Grab about a golf ball size of clay and role it out to about 1/8 inch thick. I use bamboo skewers to rest my roller on while rolling out the clay. Next, cut out 11 circles to make the tail feathers with. If you look at the picture you can see I used what looks like some really nice cutters. What they are are those brass candle stick inserts you use to help keep wax off the lip of your candle sticks. You can find them in several sizes and they come in a pack of 5 or six. They work great are are inexpensive clay cutters! Or you can eye ball it and make 5, 1/2 inch balls and 6, 1/3 inch or so.

Step 2. Now take all those nice clay balls and roll them into cone shapes about 1 1/2 inches long.
Step 3. Lay all your clay cones out into the shape of the tail feathers and gently flatten a bit. Don't worry if the bottoms don't match, you're going to trim them next.
Step 4. Now trim the bottoms of your feathers to make a nice curved arch.
Step 5. Time for a bit a detail. You can use a toothpick or a tool with a straight edge to add details to the tail feathers. Don't push all the way through the clay, you just want the lines deep enough to hold onto the dark brown paint later. Now let the tail feather dry a bit, you don't want to squish out all your lovely work.
Step 6. After the tail feathers have dried a bit it's time to add the rest of the turkey. Make a ball of clay a little bit smaller than the size you want the body.  Before pressing it in place, brush a little bit of craft glue along the bottom edge of the feathers to help the body stick. Now press the ball in place and shape it till you like the way it looks.

Step 7. I added feather details to the body with a silicone tipped sculpting tool but you can use a piece of wire bent into a U shape to stamp feather impressions into the body.
Step 8. Next we'll make the turkey's neck, head and  the wattle. The WHAT?  LOL. The wattle is that hangy down thingy on the turkey's beak and neck. (I didn't know either so I looked it up!) Just make a snake shape, give it a little curve, paint a little glue on the back and press in place. The head is a flattened ball of clay with one edge pinched out a little for his beak. The wattle (teehee) is a tear shape press in place. Don't forget to paint a little glue on the back of each piece before pressing into place.

Step 9. Here's lookin at ya! Add a little glue to your bead and press it into the head.Now let this all dry. If you're like me and you can't stand to wait a few hours do what I do. Warm your oven to 200 degrees. Turn oven off, place your turkey pin in oven on something flat, like a cake pan and leave in oven till dry. Keep an eye on it though, in case it starts to crack or bend.
Step 10. Now that your pin is dry you can add the nice smooth bottom. Roll out a chunk of clay to about 1/8 inch. Paint glue all over the back of your pin and then gently press the turkey onto the rolled out clay. Trim all the extra clay away from the pin and smooth the edges. Let dry again.




Step 11. Once your pin is completely dry you can paint it in the colors of your choice. Once your paint is dry, thin your dark brown paint just a little with water and then paint over small sections at a time, making sure you get it into all those wonderful details. Gently wipe off with a damp cloth or sponge before it dries. I use a makeup sponge for this. They work great and are soft enough that they don't pull of any of the other dried paint. This helps pop out your details.

You can spray a protective coating on your pin after it is completely dry. I used a matte finish by Krylon.

I hope you enjoyed my Thanksgiving Turkey Pin tutorial. I had fun creating it for you!

Friday, October 21, 2011

New Snowman and Bunny ornament

Just listed this one in my Etsy shop. Silly bunny, poor Snowman.

$35.00 + shipping
You can see more pictures of this ornament at my Etsy shop

Smoochy Smoochy

Sometimes I crack myself up. While sculpting this ornament I just kept getting the giggles. If my family had any doubts about my sanity before I'm sure their peeking into my studio while I worked on this ornament clarified it for them!



My Etsy shop ... $28.50 + shipping

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