Skulls skulls and more skulls!!!!

Skulls some people love them, some people hate them. Love them or hate them you have one. They conjure up so many images of death, Halloween, fantasy warriors (like in Jason and the Argonauts) and much more. You can put skulls in to any kind of art form and they just look fantastic.

I'm going to show some of the skulls I've been making from the first skull I ever made to the most recent which was made today. The skull pendant I made today is more realistic than my other polymer clay skull pendants. Which tended be rather cute and playful without any real detail except maybe a flower on the skull or a few swirls around the jaw and eye sockets, So I always wondered how do I add shading to the polymer clay to add that extra bit of depth . Then I learned a fantastic shading technique today. Which is just using charcoal to shade the eye sockets, nasal area and jaw line. Something so simple yet very effective. So I'll be using this technique more often when making skull jewellery. This technique is much easier than mixing two colours of polymer clay as it can be unpredictable when colours get mixed. Once colours once mixed in to each other you can't salvage it, because if I could I would. So its easier to use charcoal and paints to add to any effect I want to create.

  

The pictures I've put where not made one after the other in a short period of time but over two years. I've numbered them so you know which order I made them, Thank you for taking the time to reading my blog. It's rather short but I hope you liked it all the same.

 

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Made yesterday, this is the most recent

Fun with polymer clay!!!

Tentacle pendant made yesterday 

Polymer clay some people ask me what is it? Well its plastic clay and you bake it in the oven to set the plastic into its cured form. Sounds strange doesn't it?, but to a jewellery artist it's the norm.

Unlike metal clay, polymer clay can take much more wear and tear when your working with it, it doesn't dry out, saying that It's not so pliable when a room or the weather is rather cold, it's best to work with it in a warm room so the clay is more pliable.

  

Its fantastic to work with especially for fun and colourful jewellery. When I first worked with it I was stumped, I didn't have any idea's just come to me, what would people like?, So as time went on I decided not to design what other people wanted, but what I would like wear and I'm sure there are others out there who like what I like, well I'd like to think so anyway!    

One of my favourites I made this yesterday

I tend to make quite spooky and strange jewellery, I suppose it's an extension of my personality, much like any other artist there's a little bit of us in our work, which makes an artists work just that little bit extra special, because it's unique. I would encourage people to buy handmade things, because your buying something that's unique and well made, I personally buy handmade things myself and the items are just fantastic

On another little point people ask me do I teach classes in jewellery, I don't teach classes yet but I might just cave in if people keep asking (laughs)

 

I hope you enjoyed reading this, leave a comment if you wish :)