Saturday, 31 May 2014

Polymer Clay Goat

Hi everyone,
    This is going to be a tutorial on how to make a polymer clay goat. This is a cute goat that isn't very hard to make.

Materials:

  • Black polymer clay
  • A colour of polymer clay for the body (I used white)
  • A colour of polymer clay for the hooves and horns (I used brown)
  • Tools (Optional)
  • A blade
  • An eye-pin (Optional)
  • Glaze (Optional
Steps:
  1. Start by conditioning your white clay
  2. Roll out a ball and form it into a cylinder for the body
  3. Make a larger ball of white clay and slightly shape it like a triangle for the head
  4. Attach the two pieces together
  5. Make 2 ovals out of white clay and flatten them to make the ears
  6. Attach the ears to the head
  7. Make 4 small circles of white clay 
  8. Make 4 small circles of white clay
  9. Attach the white and brown clay together by gently rolling them (these are the legs)
  10. Attach the legs to the bottom of the body (Cylinder)
  11. Make another 2 small circles of brown clay and white clay
  12. Attach these in the same way as before but make them into a tiny snake (this is the tail)
  13. Attach the tail to the back of the goat
  14. Make two triangles of brown clay and add them to the head for horns
  15. Add two black circles on the goat's face for the eyes
  16. Insert an eye-pin (Optional)
  17. BAKE
  18. Glaze if you want it to be shiny

   


~Thank You for reading~

Friday, 30 May 2014

Polymer Clay Dog

Hi everyone,
 This is a tutorial on how to make a polymer clay dog. Its really quick to make and super cute.

Materials:

  • Black clay
  • Pink clay
  • Silver or gold clay
  • A colour of clay for the body (I used brown)
  • A colour for the collar (I used green)
  • Tools (optional)
  • A blade to cut the clay
  • Glaze (Optional)
  • Eye-pin (Optional)
Steps:
  1. Start off by conditioning your brown clay
  2. Make a ball from part of the clay then form it into a cylinder (this will be the body)
  3. Make a slightly larger ball for the head
  4. Attach this to the body
  5. Roll out two small balls then make them into small cylinders (these will be the front legs)
  6. Then roll out two fatter cylinders (these will be the back legs)
  7. Attach them to the body
  8. Make a tail shape and attach it to the dogs back
  9. Make ears however you want and attach them to the dogs head
  10. Make a snake of clay, slightly flatten it then wrap it around the dogs neck for a collar and to cover up the seam lines of the front legs
  11. Make a small ball of gold or silver clay and flatten it on for the dog tag
  12. Make a small triangle of pink clay for the nose and attach it
  13. Insert an eye-pin if you want a charm
  14. BAKE
  15. Glaze if you want it to be shiny




                                                         ~Thanks and have fun~