This week’s dragon is based on yet another class over at Polymer Clay Adventure. This time it’s Barbara McGuire’s Ancient Awakenings class where she teaches us how to make something that looks like it could have been an ancient artifact with the bone piece in the center and stone surrounding it. You can see examples of what was taught at BarbaraMcGuire.com.
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Her pieces have faces in the center but, of course, I had to make a dragon. I made a stripey cane of translucent, white and ecru to give it the look of ivory or bone. The stone looking background is mostly translucent clay with just a little strip of a Skinner blend mixed in: a great trick Barbara showed us.
The antiquing really brings out all the detail. I’m not totally thrilled with this piece, but I can think of lots of variations that would make it better.
If you’d like to see my other dragon creations so far, I’ve made a Thursday’s Dragon Pinterest board just for them.
I did make some swirly lentil beads with leftover clay bits, and am quite happy with those! Suddenly I’m in love with the combo of purple and copper. 🙂
Check out this post on Errol, dragon #1, for the details on why I am making a dragon every week in 2015.
Don’t forget that there won’t be a Thursday’s Dragon next week, as it’s Thanksgiving here in the United States and I’ll be taking the day off.
Okay, that’s a clever variation on the dragon theme. Oooh, I love the copper and purple beads, too. Can’t wait to see what you make with those.
Only four more dragons to go, but I see LOTS more swirly lentil beads in my future. They are so much fun to make! I’m looking forward to designing something wonderful with the purple & copper ones. 🙂