Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 10

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 10

Oops I realise that I have taken the pictures wrong but you will get the idea. Also though the Blogs may have been spread out over a few weeks I made the Creatures in one Afternoon.

Starfish

I turn the Starfish over on to its Front (making sure the Eyes were to the Top). On the Back I add some Long Yarn. This is some Chunky that I have left over. I place it over the Starfish.

Crab

I turn the Crab over. This time I wanted the Eyes looking downwards. I place this above the Starfish and press Yarn into the Back. I then fold the Clay over.

Cover Yarn

I place the Snail below the Starfish. Again I add the Yarn. I make sure that the Yarn is properly Secured on all three creatures. I am able to do this because the Clay was not entirely dry. It it had been I would have had to add more Clay.

Seaside Creature Hanger

Here we have one Seaside Creature Hanger for my Bathroom.  The Snail could have perhaps have been a little straighter but maybe that is what the Crab is looking at?

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 8

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 8

Even with both the Crab and Starfish finished I still have quite a bit of Clay left. Hm playtime I think.

Large Black Ball

I have lots of Black and White Clay left. Therefore I started with a Large Black Ball

Flattened Black

I Flattened the Ball with my Palm to make a Base.

Pull Tail

I tease some of the Black Clay out at the Bottom to make a Tail.

Knife Spiral

Taking a Knife I make a Rough Spiral in the Clay.

White Strip

Next I take some White Clay and make a Thin Strip.

Fill Spiral

I slowly begin to Fill the Spiral. It takes a couple of Strips to do this.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 9

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 9

I am continuing on with making my Snail

Add Neck

I had called the lip on the Shell a Tail. That’s not entirely accurate. The Tail is actually a Base for adding a Neck.

Orange Segments

I take some more Orange Segments and then Roll them. There is another piece that is not show in the above photograph.

Add Antennas

I add a Pair of Antennas to the Top of the Neck.

Eyes

With some White Clay I add a couple of Eyes.

Snail Pupils

Next I add some Pupils.

Smiling Snail

Finally I add the third Orange Segment to make a Smile. There you have it one Smiling Snail.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 7

Continuing with my Star Project

Fill White

Taking some White Clay I fill in the Depression.

Black Balls

I Roll some Black Balls

Eye Eye

I pop the Balls on to make the Eyes for the Starfish.

Add Smile

I have Rolled a little piece of Orange to make a Smile as I want a happy Starfish

Dash of White

Again I am adding White Highlights to the Eyes.

Sort Red

Now I am going to Sort that pesky Red Mark. This was a bit tricky to remove without making a Mess. So I hit upon the idea of accentuating the Arms by Scouring them with a Knife.