Materials
and Supplies:
- Premo - 2
oz block, White 5001
- Sculpey III
- 2 oz block, Hot Pink 503, Turquoise 505, Black 042, Sweet Potato
033, Atomic Orange 533
- ½ oz
bullet weight, (fishing tackle)
- 14” brown-
coated 24 gauge wire, cut in two
- Iridescent
glitter
- Sharp craft
knife
- Sculpey Super
Slicer
- Typing paper
or index card
- Glass cutting
board with rubber feet removed or ceramic tile
- Rosary pliers,
or wire cutters and jewelry pliers
- Toothpick
- Pasta Machine
- Sculpey Clay
Roller or Acrylic Brayer
Directions:
The Carrot:
Roll a pearl-sized
pinch of sweet potato into a ball. With fingertips, roll one end
into a taper. Using the back of the
craft knife blade, gently roll lines into taper, creating your
carrot.
Bake on typing
paper according to package instructions. Let cool. This is so small
you may want to bake it with other
things to conserve heating.
Sofie’s
Figure:
Using 2 1/2 sections
of the white Premo block, roll into three graduated balls. Shake
some glitter onto palms and
coat each section.
Press the bullet
weight into the largest ball.
Place second
ball on top of that
and stick a toothpick into it.
Add the last
ball, leaving a little bit of the toothpick extended from top
of the head.
Stick the carrot into the clay for the nose.
Take a length of wire, bend into a branch shape.
Holding a branch
tip with pliers, twist wire with other hand. Repeat
for all branches, then stem.
Snip end wires
even and fold over at the end.
Push
branches into
middle body section, smooth over
with back of fingernail to secure.
Take a pea sized pinch of turquoise Sculpey and
pinch off a tiny bead size ball.
Divide remainder into
two pieces.
Shape
into tear
shape and flatten.
Flatten and smooth
with fingers. Pinch a pearl sized piece
of black Sculpey
and shape
into tear
shape. Lie on top of turquoise
tears. Lay tiny ball on top of carrot, sunglass
lenses on either side. Press
into face, smooth with fingertip.
Bake on
tile or glass
and cool.
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