{"id":8429,"date":"2015-07-23T08:47:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=8429"},"modified":"2015-07-23T08:47:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:47:30","slug":"thursdays-dragon-29-solana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/23\/thursdays-dragon-29-solana\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s Dragon #29-Solana"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meet Solana, #29 in my year-long series of polymer clay dragon sculptures. This week’s dragon was really fun to do, I used several different techniques I’ve been playing with lately: wire wrapping for the wings, shaping wire coils for the spines and metal forming.<\/p>\n

A couple weekends ago I was playing with soldering and forming sheets of copper, and I found a little leftover bit that got\u00a0trimmed and textured into a\u00a0shape to be the tip of his tail. Rather\u00a0different and cool, I thought. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

Click on any of the photos for a closer look.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to keep up with my dragon creations this year, I\u2019ve made a Thursday\u2019s Dragon Pinterest board<\/a> just for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

There were two photos on the internet that inspired this dragon. The first inspiration was this pair of earrings by Rebekah Payne at Tree Wings Studio. I love the the spiral stamped texture and the dots.<\/p>\n

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

The second inspiration was these wire wings by Natural Jewels. (Click on either of the photos to go to the creators’ sites.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

It’s never my plan to exactly copy an idea, instead I always want to take it and make it my own.<\/p>\n

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

For the wings I sketched out my own design, then added in the beads and crystals. I love the interest those details bring.<\/p>\n

Solana even has wire talons!<\/p>\n

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

The box is just a simple little cardboard box covered with clay and textured with leather-working stamps. The addition of the Swarovski crystals\u00a0ties it all together.<\/p>\n

To learn why\u00a0I\u2019m making a dragon every week\u00a0check out\u00a0this post on Errol, dragon #1<\/a>, for the details.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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