{"id":9180,"date":"2015-12-31T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2015-12-31T10:04:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:04:44","slug":"thursdays-dragon-52-opal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/12\/31\/thursdays-dragon-52-opal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s Dragon #52-Opal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I did it!<\/p>\n

I proudly present to you the 52nd and FINAL\u00a0polymer clay dragon in my personal challenge to make a dragon sculpture\u00a0for every week in 2015.\u00a0Check out\u00a0this post on Errol, dragon #1<\/a>, for the details on\u00a0why\u00a0I started.<\/p>\n

I’ve made huge dragons on towers<\/a>, teeny tiny dragon on cabochons<\/a>, 2-dimensional dragons<\/a> (so NOT my thing), necklaces<\/a>, bracelets<\/a>, treasure dragons<\/a>, ocean dragons<\/a>, forest dragons<\/a>, steampunk dragons<\/a> and even a cell phone holder dragon<\/a>!<\/p>\n

It’s been fun and I learned a lot, but phew! It’ll be nice to not have to pump one out every week. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

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

Opal was inspired by Donna Greenberg’s Rhythm Ruffle technique<\/a>\u00a0which was published in The Polymer Arts magazine in Fall of 2012. As soon as I saw it I thought, “Dragon spines!” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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

For the base color I used Premo’s new Opal<\/a>\u00a0clay. The accent colors are Sculpey Souffle Lagoon<\/a>\"\", Peacock Pearl<\/a>\"\" and Pearl Purple<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

Opal’s body is Premo Opal mixed with just a tiny pinch of Peacock Pearl.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve made a Thursday\u2019s Dragon Pinterest board<\/a>\u00a0so you can see them all in one place. Some time soon I’ll put together a collage of the favorites.<\/p>\n

As for New Year’s resolutions? I don’t make ’em. I make goals and plans to reach those goals, and those can start any time of the year. After all what are resolutions for without a plan?<\/p>\n

\"cats<\/p>\n

So what’s up for 2016? Oh I have plans, lots of plans, but I won’t hold myself to quite the same strict scheduling as last year. It’s my hope to spend some time working on figure sculpting and especially developing expression, personality and story telling in my work.<\/p>\n

I also hope to get into metal clay sculpting. It’s similar work\u00a0as polymer, but you end up with fine silver pieces in the end!<\/p>\n

It’s also in the plans to start a weekly polymer clay tutorial on my YouTube channel<\/a>. So be watching for announcements on that.<\/p>\n

Many thanks\u00a0to you, my readers and viewers for all your support and kind comments. It truly is what keeps me inspired to keeping working, creating and teaching.<\/p>\n

May you all have a blessed New Year and happy creating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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