Fimo fish

I've been playing around with fimo and decided that as we had a couple of hooks in the bathroom currently empty that I would make a fish to hang on one of them. Here's the finished product:

And here's what I started with:

After conditioning some dark blue and putting through my pasta machine on setting 1 (thickest) I cut out a fish shape. I then used a cocktail stick to add detail to the fins and tail and a Christmas tree stamp make up of dots to add the dotty texture. I then added gold mica powder to the body and green mica to the fins and tail.

Once I had the body, I took three pieces of clay (about half a block of both the cream and light blue and just a small about of dark blue. I stuck them together and made a skinner blend by repeatedly folding and running through the pasta machine until I was happy with it. I then used a teardrop cutter to cut out lots of scales and, starting at the tail with the darkest colour, layered them up on top of the base. Finally, I covered the scales in mica powder, starting with a white on the lightest scales, blue on the middle scales and purple on the darkest scales. I added a gem for the eye surrounded by fimo (although this seems to have melted slightly so might glue on afterwards if I was going to do it again). Once cooked, I attached the ribbon and this little guy is now hanging proudly in my bathroom.

I have one other hook with nothing on it and I'm debating what else to make - possibly a seahorse although this seems a bit more complicated!!

Thanks for looking!

Fimo bunny

I went to another fimo workshop last weekend led by a lady called Bonnie McGough and we made cartoon bunnies in the morning and beads from flower canes in the afternoon.

Here is my rather cute (even if I do say so myself) bunny:

He has a cone of tinfoil with a cocktail stick in the middle as a body and a ball of tinfoil as a head which means we used a lot less clay than if they were solid. He was made with half a block of brown and a quarter of blue so not much clay at all which is good.

We were shown how to make pretty flower canes with two colours and how to add a stamen - I think I need to practise this a few times to remember which way to turn the blocks when you cut and layer them as it takes a bit of thinking!

Unfortunately, my beads decided to go a bit burnt in the oven - the problem with light clay (they were white and pink but now look grey) and still experimenting with timing in a new oven since moving house. I still have lots of the cane left though so can make plenty more and when I do I will post pictures.