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A good day for sculpting!

Have a creative day! ~P.

** ETSY **

Hello again!

Just a little note to let you all know that as of RIGHT NOW, I'll be re-stocking my Etsy shop!
www.polymerpaws.etsy.com

I'm changing things up though... I'll be listing some framed original illustrations & framed prints, too.
I'll keep you posted!

Wedding Cake Toppers!

Congrats Heather & Bill in Denver :~)

Here's a recent custom request from Etsy....
I was asked to sculpt wedding cake toppers based off of these US Postal Service 'Love' stamps:


Fun! Here's the king & queen I came up with:




.......details, details.



.....and a photo from the wedding! ©ericbakken.com

the Evolution of an Etsy Sculpture!

It's not very often that I'm asked to sculpt a dog as unusual as this Chinese Crested, so I thought I might make a little documentary of my process! This little guy's name is Fang, and he was rescued from a bad situation...but lives happily now with his owners in Sydney, Australia.

Step 1: I print out all of the dogs I need to work on, so I can refer to their photos.


I roll out the body. I added all those darker spots individually, then rolled them down so they were nice & flat. A little bit of wire adds strength to the sculpt.


...making some feet.


...attach those feet to the body.


Sculpting the head.


Here I'm adding some eyes. I use Hematite beads for eyes, I like the shine. That's a little polymer clay bowl I've made to keep my beads in.


Adding a mouth.


There! I've got all of his parts put together now. I think he kind of looks like a piglet at this stage.


I'm starting to add that white fur here.


...some shoulder fur.


Ta-da! All finished. Now all I have to do is bake him in the oven.


Onto the next dog on the list!