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?

Clay-time Playtime 2021 Part 5

 Clay-time Playtime 2021 Part 5

Now I have the Base and Outside Edge done I can move on to the Inside.

Adding Blue

 

As you probably realise by now I am trying to emulate an Ocean theme. Therefore I selected a Deep Blue to begin filling in between the Starfish Arms.

Blue Bottom

 

Once more into the deep dear friends once more. I finished the Bottom of the Dish and now had to decide what to do next.

Two Blue

 

I had to consider the amount of Deep Blue Varnish that I had left. I hit upon the idea of using a lighter Blue to give the effect of the Water being of different Depths.

It work great I was really pleased how it turned out although it was touch and go whether I had enough Varnish to finish it.

Splash of Orange

 

I did a spot of research on the Internet and never realised how many different types of Starfish there were. I had a whole variety of colours to choose from but in the end after sorting through the Varnish I decided to stick with the traditional Orange.

Star Base

 

As you can see in the above photograph the Starfish really stands out against the Two Blues. To enhance the illusion of Depth I added a little extra Yellow to the Rim.

With this added it almost gives it a Rock Pool look. The next step is to go over the whole Dish and give touch ups and where necessary scrape a little Varnish off where it had Splashed on the Shells.

Bathroom Tidy

The moment of truth. Here are my lotions nestled neatly inside my Dish. I did have to move them around several times to get the right order but it was well worth it.

N.B.

Since making the Tidy I have been given a whole load of new Face and Bath products which I cannot fit in. However it was nice while it lasted and I am sure I will soon be able to whittle the products down so they will fit once more.

Clay-time Playtime 2021 Part 3

 Clay-time Playtime 2021 Part 3

I am continuing working with my Clay.

Rough Star

 

I have finally managed to get the Star Shape that I wanted. All I have to do now is Elongate it.

Too Long

 

Well that didn’t work out too well. Not only is it too Long but I am not happy with the Shape either.

Fold and Thicken

 

I Fold over the Ends and Roll them back into the main Body of the Star.

Star Inside

 

As you can see in the above photograph the Shape is very different. I accomplished this by placing the Star into the Dish then slowly began to Pinch the Clay from the sides making it both Longer, Thinner and Higher.

As I Pinched the Clay I also Curved the Arms into position and Pressed down the Clay as hard as I could into the Base. I was really beginning to struggle to get the Clay to stick because it was drying out quickly.

Forked Star

 

To Embellish the Starfish which is what of course it is supposed to be I again used the Fork.

Hole Star

After doing one Arm I continued on to the others. I then used a Knife to draw a line from the Tip of the Arms to the Centre. There we have it a Hole Starfish.