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Sugar-Bolt In reply to agirlandherclay [2014-01-20 22:16:56 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it's one of my first sculptures, and very experimental. I think I've gotten better, but I am still trying to cut down on the time spent on each sculpture. I feel like it just takes me foooorreeeeevr to finish one

This one, I painted the blue eyes, but outlined it in ink, then layered varnish over it to stop it from smudging. It's pretty clean, doesn't rub off or anything. I just wonder how people make eyes and eyelashes out of clay itself! And it looks amaaaaaaaaaazing. I don't have the dexterity for such fine detail work, LOL

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agirlandherclay In reply to Sugar-Bolt [2014-01-20 22:54:25 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is one of the first?!? Excellent job my friend I would have never guessed that you were an newbie at making sculptures. Thanks for the input on the eyes. I might try it....once I get my confidence built up. Lol!

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Sugar-Bolt In reply to agirlandherclay [2014-01-21 00:04:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah just wait like 5 minutes before putting on the varnish, or else it'll smear. Let it dry, then when it's safe, brush a light layer on it, let the layer dry, then do it again.

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Sugar-Bolt In reply to Debra-Marie [2012-10-15 23:03:16 +0000 UTC]

^________^

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Sugar-Bolt In reply to sugarnhoney [2012-10-11 01:30:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah he's not my first, but he was still hard to do since I am just figuring out the best way for me to assemble my figures. I went through some trial and errors, and I don't just sculpt my figures in one shot--I make up a skeleton, bake it together, paste on come clothes, bake it all together, add details and accessories, bake it...its a multi bake process, but I have to do it that way otherwise I will pinch all the clay while working with it and distort the origional shape

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sugarnhoney In reply to Sugar-Bolt [2012-10-11 12:37:18 +0000 UTC]

great ! I think that's a very good idea to avoid damage ^ ^

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Sugar-Bolt In reply to D-AMJ-C [2012-09-24 23:08:25 +0000 UTC]

I am a little new to pricing too, but I think this figure falls into a good price range. I have seen similar figures go for double my price even when I didnt think it was worth that much. Thank you for your comment and reassurance that my price is ok. Loki has alot of little belts and folds, so it was a little time consuming to put him together teehee. (But I wouldnt have my cute, little primadonna any other way)

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D-AMJ-C In reply to Sugar-Bolt [2012-09-27 02:20:25 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that is what I thought. Okay, story time...

When I was younger I used to go with my mom to craft shows. Originally in a crib then I started selling origami birds on a stick & then face painting. We used to travel around the state as a fun mother/daughter thing to do -- we had our booth setting-up time down to 10 minutes! We were awesome! Some of these shows were parts of festivals with parades and all sorts of things. I'm just saying that some were really big, with every crafty thing imaginable. There were, of course, those who created such things as ceramic animals and people; stone work, wood work, shells, even soap! but not so much clay as it wasn't really a big medium back then. Anyhow, if your little Loki was available to purchase in any of those long-ago shows, I'd say he'd probably be priced very adequately around $50 or higher. But, a big however... this was a time WAY before the internet. This was when if you wanted something incredibly unique then you HAD to go to a craft store or fair.

So. There you go.

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Sugar-Bolt In reply to LeraDraco69 [2012-09-22 20:21:19 +0000 UTC]

Teehee you can visit my Etsy page to purchase one. It would be 15 dollars

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LeraDraco69 In reply to Sugar-Bolt [2012-09-22 21:49:06 +0000 UTC]

too much. I'll make my own.

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