Hello Darklings! :)
So anyone who knows me knows I love dragons, their beauty and their mythology have always fascinated me. So I decided to do a dragon style pendant for the first time.
While the design I chose for my first one is a very simple dragon design, I do plan on using more complex designs in the future, once I have the suitable tools to do so. In the meantime here are the pendants I have made so far: the first one wasn't too great but I am pleased with the other two I made. These will be available to purchase on my Etsy store, to which I will leave a link below so you can browse.
As you may know from reading my other blogs, I love to work with polymer clay; I'm a polymer clay fiend! And this is what my dragon pendants are made from.
The great thing about polymer clay it's so versatile it can be painted, sculpted, glazed, pigment powders can be used with it... Seriously you can do anything with it that's why I love working with it so much.
Ironically I hated the clay when I first worked with it just because I wasn't using it properly, but after reading 'Polymer Clay Beaded Jewellery' by Isabelle Cheramy-Debray, I began to use the clay correctly. If you are a beginner I suggest you read it as well, as I found it very helpful. The designs are great if your new to polymer clay and easy to follow.
Dragon Pendant First Try
As you can see this was my first attempt at the dragon pendant it's not as good as the other two I made, at least I don't think so. I still like it though :)
To make this pendant I rolled out some black polymer clay so that it was about a quarter of an inch thick, then I cut out a square out of the polymer clay. I then rolled out a strip of polymer clay for the basic serpent shape of the dragons body.
When sculpting the head of the dragon I studied a dragon model I have at my work space, I didn't get it right first time and there is no shame in getting it wrong... that's how you learn. I sculpted the head using a fine pointed stylus ball tool.
Not to bad for a first attempt!
The wings were the easiest part to make. I just cut out some bat wing shapes from the polymer clay I had rolled out, the wings are obviously thinner than the square I cut out for the dragon to be placed on. I did layer these wings on top of each other.
Once the dragon began to take shape I then added some texturing to represent the scales and for the wings I used a sharp sculpting tool and just drew some lines onto the wings to make them look a bit more detailed. With the same sculpting tool I also added this scratchy detail to the background of the dragon pendant.
Before putting the clay in the oven I added some pigment powder just to add to the whole fantasy feeling of the pendant :)
Second Dragon Pendant
How did I make this one well just look above! The only difference with this dragon is the background pattern. There is one thing I did right on this dragon that I didn't do on the first pendant... This dragons ears are in the correct place but in all my wisdom and divine thinking I gave the dragon in my first pendant a Mohawk aren't I clever!
Third Dragon Pendant.
Practise makes perfect as they say :)
This dragon certainly looks much better and it's more detailed and refined.
Again I made this the same way as I did the first pendant. Its just more refined :)
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