{"id":11197,"date":"2017-03-16T10:44:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=11197"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:06:40","slug":"isabella-flower-fairy-2017-polymer-clay-figure-challenge-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/16\/isabella-flower-fairy-2017-polymer-clay-figure-challenge-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Isabella the Flower Fairy-2017 Polymer Clay Figure Challenge #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Today you get the pleasure of meeting Isabella. Isn’t she a cutie? She is a flower fairy and the fifth of the polymer clay sculptures I’ve challenged myself to make this year.<\/p>\n

This was my first time sculpting bare toes, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. While digging around in my molds I discovered a hand mold<\/a> and decided to use that to do the hands since I was already nervous about sculpting the feet. Using a mold definitely simplifies things, but it doesn’t do all the work for you. There’s still a lot of cleaning up around the edges and shaping to do, but it sure gives you a good head start!<\/p>\n

\"2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Isabella’s wings are made out of Pebeo Fantasy and Moon paints<\/a> that were drizzled inside a wire frame stuck to a piece of packing tape. When the paint was dry the tape was peeled away, revealing her lovely fluttering wings.<\/p>\n

\"2017<\/a><\/p>\n

I just adore her cheeky little smirk! Over the course of these five figures the sculpting is definitely getting easier. I didn’t have to fuss with this one nearly as much as with any of the others. The trickiest part was probably getting her legs shaped nicely, and that’s because I haven’t done those before.<\/p>\n

I’m also learning to have a light and gentle touch with the clay, to be patient and make it move with little gentle pushes rather than trying to shape it all with one big shove.<\/p>\n