★~`play with clay

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 ★ 2:04 AM;

And who said clay is dull and boring? NOT ANYMORE!

I stumbled upon some sites that featured clay artists from multiply and it blew me away. =) I have been a fan of those tiny trinkets for a while now and the curious artsy-fartsy in me wants to make her own collection. *yay!* Of course, the impulsive mimai has to do something to feed her high spirits (or else it would be disaster), after bringing my films to Wells for developing, I decided to get some clay. touché! *totally irrelevant, i just like the way it rhymed.* xP~ Much to my dismay, National Bookstore could only give me the cheap kind-kid stuff modelling clay *just great* and so with that, I have to suffice myself. My hands were itching to do something with it despite my lack of what to do's, what's not and whatevers. Yet I decided to wait a little longer and researched on how to bake those babies and found out that you really need an oven to make it work out well, BUT! a very big BUT! we don't have an oven. *phail!* but we have a toaster, a fckng toaster indeed! So after reading on how clays tend to melt when submitted to toasters and how they emit toxic gases when they reach a certain temperature, I decided to give it a go with the help of aluminum foil. Thank God for instant remedies! xD~ We don't want some toxic fumes inhaled ayt? ^o^

I took a shot on making Popsicles, since they look pretty easy to make. But NO! It was quite hard to shape the modelling clay *grumbles*, it cracks and gets dirty so fast. Ugh. But then again, PATIENCE. My first attempt turned out quite alright (I used the Brand X clay) and the second one (using Brand Y clay) melted over the foil. I thought the second one would turn out good because the clay was easier to mold and it has a much vivid color than Brand X. (Yes. I fancy bright colors~kthnx.) I wasn't really sure if they are hard enough, I just dabbed on some colorless nail-polish and that's it! (I even almost burned one popsicle. T__T)

So here's my finished babies...


Well, don't they look YUM?! ^^ They actually look semi-bread to me. o__O
The Red and Purple one I made as gifts for Ericka and Jessika. Hope they'll like it. ♥


And this one for LEA! PUMPKIN!! Haha. labsyhu leyz. ♥~
Im'ma give this to you on your birthday as a reminder of yer pamkin curse. =))

I really like to make more of these but I guess I have to wait to get myself the real polymer clay and some crafting knick-knacks. =D I have a lot of things in mind that I wanna do! ~xD Too many projects in mind! If only I had many peys!! Haha. *artsy-farsty mode*
Wish me luck dears!! Gambatte! Who knows? I could earn some money from this hobby. KACHING!! MOOLAHS BB's!! alol.*

END OF TRANSMISSION.
It's late and i'm becoming a zombie again. =P
Signing off. xoxo~

P.S.: alol. means actually laughing out loud.
P.P.S.: and peys is my own term for money. =)
P.P.P.S.: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ECA! ♥

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~ Saving the World before doing homework.
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