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.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 6

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 6

I have so much Clay left that I have decided to continue with more Creatures.

Orange Ball

I have lots of Orange left so I first make a large Orange Ball

Mould Upwards

I now Squeeze the Ball at the Top to Mould it Upwards. It reminds me of a big nose minus the nostrils.

Red Dot

I next part the Bottom into two so it has little legs. Where the hell did that Red Dot appear from?

Star Shape

Okay this looks like a very fat Star at the upwards point. I think the Red is putting me off.

Depression

I have tweaked it so it is more even and added a Depression. That is also a good word for how I feel about the Red. Why did it have to be on the Front and not the Back? I will have to sort it.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 5

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 5

I had made a mistake last time so I thought it better to have a break. Now I am ready to go again.

Redone

In order to cover up the mistake I have made the base of the Eyes slightly bigger.

Tiny Black

It is hard to tell from the above photograph but this is roughly the same size as the base. I will halve it and Roll it to make two Tiny Black Balls.

Add Pupils

I have placed the Black Balls on top of the White to make the Pupils. Now they really do look like Eyes

Super Tiny

The Crabs Eyes have Flecks of light in them. Therefore I need to make some Super Tiny sections.

Flawed

The Eyes look great. Unfortunately it is being Flawed by that bit of White on the Claw. I will need to fix that.

Smiles Ahoy

All sorted. I have turned it around and added a Smile.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 4

 Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 4

Need to continue with next part. Legs go. Get it?

Lift Legs

I have noticed that the Crab seems to be starting to Stick to the pan. I decided to Lift it to a new place before continuing.

Mould Legs

The Legs got a little damaged whilst Lifting so I have had to Mould them again.

White Ball

Change of Colour. I need to make a White Ball. Like before I will divide it in half.

Roll Eyes

Now I have two parts I have Rolled them into Small Balls. These will become the base for the Eyes.

Grr Wrong Place

Grr I dropped it on the Wrong Spot. I have taken it off but of course some residue has stuck fast.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 3

 Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 3

Now I am moving on to the Orange parts.

Selection of Orange

I have broken up a Selection of Orange pieces as I am going to need quite a few of different sizes.

Small Joining Orange

The first bit that I am going to work on need to be small. This is for Joining the Claws to the Body. I will break this ball into two smaller Halves.

Adding Claws

I have attached one piece to the Main Body then Added the Claw to it. I then repeated with the other side.

Large Rolled Orange

Next I take two Large (in comparison) pieces of Orange Clay. I have rolled them into Sausage Shapes.

Attach Front Legs

I have Attached the Orange Clay to just underneath the Claws. These will be the Front Legs.

Second Legs

I have repeated the process to make the Second Pair of legs.

Third Legs

The final pair of Orange pieces make the Third Pair of Legs. These look slightly further back because of the angle.

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 2

Crawling Creatures 2025 Part 2

I am slightly altering the photographs from what I actually did to make it simpler to follow.

Small Red

I took a Smaller piece of Red clay.

Knifed

I chopped it in Two with a Knife. I managed to break this one cutting a swede and decided to keep it for Craft.

Mini Red Balls

I rolled these into two Mini Red Balls

Mini Red Flattened

This time I used the Knife to Flatten the.

Cut Out

I Elongated the Balls so they were like a Cartouche. Then using the Knife I Cut Out a section like a Cheese Triangle to both of them.

Claws

Finally I moulded them into a Pair of Claws