I love this cartoon :3 The Skymaid is one of my favorite characters so I had to make some fan art in the form of a pin.
2.5in tall, polymer
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is © Thurop van Orman
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I’ve been getting a lot of use out of these surprisingly realistic leaves, so I thought I’d share my process.
I’m glad to see some interest in Lumina Polymer Clay! I’d like to share my thoughts and hopefully answer some questions about this remarkable clay.
I’ve discovered an interesting way to create barbed wire without the tetanus!
You’ll need 3 lengths of wire of roughly the same length to coat with clay: one somewhat stiff craft wire (stiff enough to hold its shape), and two nylon-coated stainless steel beading wires. You’ll want to use longer pieces than you think you’ll need because they end up twisted together. Mix some acrylic paint into a ball of lumina polymer clay to create a lovely shade of muddy dark brown.
I have some new lariat style necklaces for sale on etsy. They’re made of Lumina polymer clay, nylon-coated stainless steel beading wire, and various glass beads and pearls.
This a new technique I came up with. As far as I know no one else has tried it before, so I’m excited about it. I’m very happy with the durability of the clay and wire combination. Continue reading ‘new necklaces for sale!’
Since I was somewhat recently introduced to Lumina Clay, I’ve been experimenting with flowers, but I hope to start working with other subjects as I become more familiar with the clay. Looking through my older work at camillecampos.com has inspired me to vary my work more.
I’ve started combining the strengths of different materials to better translate my ideas into my art. For example, Lumina is durable and flexible when thin, but Sculpy can create such interesting effects and lends itself better to sculpture. Resin is my third material of choice and as it is very strong, may be painted, sanded, and used along with a mold.
Here is a necklace I’ve just finished. I’m not sure if I’m entirely happy with how it came out, but it was a valuable experiment.
Here are the original paper clay pieces. It was a little tricky setting these up to be made into a necklace, because I couldn’t test it out as a whole until I cast it in resin as the original pieces were too delicate.
Here’s a video demonstrating the flexibility of one of my necklaces:
Here are some tiny clay flowers ready to be made into a necklace. I usually make all the pieces before assembling them. Lumina Clay works best for my jewelry because it’s flexible, waterproof, and becomes like plastic when dry. The clay only comes in transparent white, which is great because I like to have complete control over the color scheme. Acrylic paint mixes in nicely and creates vibrant colors. Here’s a closeup of the finished product:
The leaves are imprints of actual leaves, in this case, from a climbing fig. The fig leaves work well because they have very defined veins.
This necklace was great fun to make. The color palate includes some of my favorite colors.
