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snoday In reply to COVipeanut [2011-08-07 16:48:58 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... I should re-do this (after I finish my drawing and the baby's scrapbook). x_x

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COVipeanut In reply to snoday [2011-08-15 22:23:19 +0000 UTC]

^^

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snoday In reply to Chibi-Pineapple [2010-07-23 18:21:49 +0000 UTC]

The water is made from TLS (Translucent Liquid Sculpey)...or maybe Liquid Fimo, not sure... tinted w/ watercolor paints and topped w/ clear nail polish.

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Chibi-Pineapple In reply to snoday [2010-07-24 06:35:36 +0000 UTC]

I love that little bottle it is gorgeous!

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snoday In reply to x-Cocao [2009-04-24 01:42:49 +0000 UTC]

I used paper clay for the sand, which is air dry, so I sculpted that while it was inside the bottle. The boat and light house were baked and then put in before the paper clay dried. The water was added after all that, using liquid Sculpey/Fimo and clear nail polish.

In the past I have found the bottle charms at our local Hobby Lobby and JoAnn Fabrics. (Our Hobby Lobby stopped carrying them though, and JoAnn just got 'em.) I would say just try different craft stores in the jewelry/charm area. The makers of the bottles won't sell to consumers, even in bulk, so if you still can't find them, you can buy a "lot" of bottle charms on ebay.

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snoday In reply to tishdafish [2009-01-07 05:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Well, to make things more complex for you.... I thought I was going to scrap this one and start over so I was experimenting.

For the water I used super glue, but the problem with that is if you use too much at once the fumes leave white deposits on the inside of the bottle. So after it dried I had to scrape them off with a toothpick and use a wet paintbrush & Q-tip to get them out. (In the process I damaged the lighthouse and had to re-do parts of it.) After I fixed that, I put a thin layer of tinted liquid sculpey on top of the super glue and baked it. It gave it a nice transparent-but-with-color feel like water has, so I kept it like that.

I was thinking of doing more clay tutorials this summer. Interested?

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tishdafish In reply to snoday [2009-01-07 09:04:20 +0000 UTC]

Very! I would love some more tutorials. I am still in the process of figuring out how to do things with the clay, but I'm getting into the swing of it. Already spent around $200 on clays and accessories.

Ah so you used superglue. I made a pond-in-a-bottle and used superglue as my water, but I used too much glue at once and after a while the glue started to pull the clay apart, now it is just a semi-translucent goldfish-coloured bottle with outside decorations xP

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snoday In reply to tishdafish [2009-01-07 22:52:00 +0000 UTC]

It really depends on the type of super glue. Get the watery kind and make sure it dries clear and glossy. Those work the best and aren't as noxious as the other glues (but you still don't want to stick your face right up in the fumes). After my miss-hap with the pond, I bought like 5 different brands just to experiment with. It's usually the really cheap stuff that works well.

I don't usually use clay-specific accessories, so I can't imagine what you bought. If you go to the jewelry-making section of your craft store and look for the tiniest things you can find, I usually find a use for those things eventually. (You'd be surprised at some of the things they end up being used for.) I bought some basic clay colors and just mix them for additional colors. Acrylic paint is always good too.

I have a clay tutorial somewhere in my gallery, and I link to a couple really good basic tuts.

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tishdafish In reply to snoday [2009-01-10 01:55:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh I have a large supply of clay, but here it is $4-$5 per block. Also I simply have my stylus/ball point tools, containers, alot of jewelry-making items like hooks, earings, etc, bottles (Which I get free from my work), leather cord and connectors, and then things like clay softener and TLS.

Thanks for the tips with the glues, I'll have to try my hand at it some time soon.

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snoday In reply to tishdafish [2009-01-11 02:40:15 +0000 UTC]

Please tell me that's $4-$5 for a large block. We have 4 hobby stores (though one's going out of business - it seems most everything in town is), and they all sell it $1-$1.25 per small block.

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tishdafish In reply to snoday [2009-01-11 07:03:50 +0000 UTC]

Nope, per 56g Fimo, or 57g Sculpey.

Sometimes I can get it for $3 per Fimo blocks, but thats only when they just got a new order, and are getting rid of the last lot. We don't really have any clay-hobby stores. I have managed to find four places that sell them, which two are 'Special Art' stores, you know, the expensive art stores, that onyl sell fimo, $4.80 and $4.85 per block. Then Spotlight, that sells only Sculpey, $4 per block. And then one of the Universities have a store for their art students, which is $4.10 per block of either, and they also sell other brands that I haven't tried yet like Kato.

Spotlight and the Uni Stores, I can't get to, unless I wanna have a 1-hour-either-way trip to them.

I am very jealous of you o___x

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snoday In reply to Lady-Ra [2009-01-07 05:20:00 +0000 UTC]

I have limited time during & between quarters, but I'll be open for commissions most of the summer.

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Lady-Ra In reply to snoday [2009-01-07 19:39:27 +0000 UTC]

thats cool, well keep up the good work still.

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snoday In reply to pcmommy2b [2009-01-07 05:20:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I could say the same of you.

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