Meet Ferdinand, dragon #2 in my 2015 challenge to make a polymer clay dragon every week.
Why am I making a dragon every week? Well, this post on Errol, dragon #1, ‘splains it a bit.
Why is this guy call Ferdinand the Bulls-Eye? Well, if you’ve played in polymer clay, you probably recognize the pattern on his body as “bulls-eye cane.”And then I got a little silly with the name, remembering the children’s book, “Ferdinand the Bull.” 🙂
I did extruded bulls-eye cane in a hexagon shape. It basically means you stack circles of different colors into an extruder. When you cut cross-section slices of the extruded piece, all the colors are in rings. So cool.
If you’d like to see the process, Bettina Welker has a great photo tutorial.
Besides, “Ferdinand” means “daring, adventurous” and doesn’t he have that sort of gleam in his eye? And just where is this mysterious black sand island? Hmmm….
Happy creating, all!
Wow! These guys are getting elaborate! Soon you’ll have a pay-per-view zoo. 😀
Bwahahaha. And thanks!
I hope you still have this little guy! So amazing, the skin wasn’t warped, kepted it’s circles. All seems so flawless 🙂
I wonder why no tutorial’s on youtube for polymer clay… 😀