{"id":9130,"date":"2015-12-17T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=9130"},"modified":"2015-12-17T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T15:55:31","slug":"thursdays-dragon-51-joy-christmas-ornament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/12\/17\/thursdays-dragon-51-joy-christmas-ornament\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s Dragon #51-Joy the Christmas Ornament"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I have for you the penultimate sculpture\u00a0in my year-long weekly polymer clay dragon\u00a0challenge. Since Joy\u00a0was made in the midst of Christmas preparations, I decided it would be appropriate to put her\u00a0on top of a\u00a0Christmas ornament, \u00a0from whence she can watch all of the festivities. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

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Joy’s\u00a0body is made from two different brands of translucent clay mixed with gold leaf.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to see my other dragon creations so far, I\u2019ve made a Thursday\u2019s Dragon Pinterest board<\/a>\u00a0just for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I really love the beaded accents for her\u00a0spines, as well as the webbing bits in between which is more like what you often see on many dragon representations.<\/p>\n

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The bauble is a ceramic Christmas ornament that I found at the craft store. They only had them in white, so I colored mine with a variety of alcohol inks. I really think the mottled\u00a0look of\u00a0the ball very much accents the dragon.<\/p>\n

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Only one more to go, and I have lots of plans for projects to work on in the new year. But I’ll tell you more about that once Christmas\u00a0is\u00a0past.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget that next Thursday is Christmas eve and I won’t be putting up a dragon. Instead #52, the final one in this year-long challenge, will go up on New Year’s eve. Be watching for that in two weeks!<\/p>\n

Check out\u00a0this post on Errol, dragon #1<\/a>, for the details on\u00a0why\u00a0I am\u00a0making a dragon for every week in 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week I have for you the penultimate sculpture\u00a0in my year-long weekly polymer clay dragon\u00a0challenge. 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