Sculptures

Baby Autumn and Mr.Toad
With base: 18" tall, 18" long, and 14" deep.

Baby:  9" tall, 12" long, and 11" deep

Mr. Toad: 3" tall, 4" wide, and 4" deep

Base is styrofoam covered in Celluclay (a type of paper mache) Silk-like leaves,
natural mosses, and natural tumbled stone.  The rocks, are sculpted out of
aluminum foil covered in more Celluclay.  The Mushrooms are made out of white
Sculpey Original polymer clay, painted with Acrylic paint, and then glazed with
Sculpey Gloss.  The jems are acrylic.
The figures are all on soldered wire, and then bulked out with aluminum
foil.

Baby is then covered with a thin layer of black Sculpey Premo polymer
clay, to cover the armature, then it is baked at the manufacturers specs.  
Once that is cooled, I then start to fill out the figure applying the clay like
musculature. (knowledge of anatomy is always helpful)  Once I have
completed that stage, it gets baked again.  The wings are made using
Fantasy Film (a type of heat fusible foil) I used a little Tacky Glue to secure
the film to the wings temporarily while I work on the figure before baking
again.  I then paint on a thin coating of Fimo Gel to strengthen the wing
membrane (fantasy film). Before I bake, I add pigment powder to the black
polymer clay, for coloring, and add other details such as texture, set
crystals, eyes,etc. It then gets baked again.  Once this is done, all that is
left to do is add any other type of details Like painting with acrylic, or
scratching out more textures.  Lastly I seal the figure with Sculpey Satin
finish.

Mr. Toad is done pretty much the same way, except he was sculpted out
of white Sculpey Original, and painted with metallic, and pearl Acrylic paint.
This is Autumns
Heart-Stone.  I gifted it to
her when She was
created.  It is Swarovski
Volcano. It is what
inspired her coloring.
She is a little crazy like
her momma. Just look at
all her baubles she has
collected in her nest!  Mr.
Toad doesn't seem to
mind.
This is her "Nite-Lite"
(battery operated
LED Tea-light)...Just
like all little ones, she
is afraid of the dark.
The base before painting.  I
placed everything where it
should be before the
Celluclay sets up (makes it
easier to find where to glue
later on)
Eyes are made by
me!...From scratch!
The crystals are all
Swarovski: Fire Opal,
Volcano, and Green
Tourmaline.
I used masking tape
to help secure the
aluminum foil around
the soldered wires.
Yep! This piece is for sale, If
you can afford it!  I banked at
least 100 hours under the
Dreaming Tree breathing life
into this baby and her best
buddy...$600.00 + shipping. I
am currently searching for a
nice enough base to
foundation this sculpture.
I am a member of the
O.O.A.K. Guild.