Halloween

[pepsi]

Just a show and tell what I have been working on this week,
It needs a few more tweaks, but SPOOKY or what?
This was so much fun to sculpt. No need to try for a pretty face on a fairy.
Anyone got a clue how I can make a cauldron for it?
Oh and I need to make a broom too. What fun LOL!

[Critchley]

Love it all. You are prepared early arn't you.

[prettypale]

hiya im new here but... WOW amazing!! for a couldron you could buy a second hand (from charity shop) glass vase or bowl of the size you need & cover the outside with polymer clay a thin sheet of it (saw someone use thin flower cane strips doing this on you tube) bake it & you have a couldron, you could make a wire handle and glue it on too hope this makes sense.
for a broom, collect a few thin twigs of chop some long bristles off of an old brush/broom, make a clay stick & glue them on when its baked.

Emma x

[pepsi]

Good thinking Emma, I was looking at a Yoghurt pot I kept a while ago. Right size and shape, wrong material grrrrr! I am wondering what paint would stay on plastic now, May just find something else, but that pot looks so cauldrony haha! Will be going down to allotment later today. Bound to find some twigs etc,
Thanks for the good ideas Emma. xxx

[prettypale]

no probs glad i could help, makes me sound like i know what im talking about !! havent even got my fimo order delivered yet lol cant wait to see what else you come up with :~D
x

[picto]

The scene looks great, I love halloweeny things, for the cauldron how about paper mache.... or just cover the yoghurt pot you have with a couple of layers of paper and paint it, that way it will keep the strength of the pot.

Jan x

[MornieG Jewellery]

Wonderful Rita. Was going to suggest the papier mache route too. Otherwise there will be loads of little cauldrons about in the shops, you may have to have a tiny packet of dollymixtures or some other bag of E numbers in it unless of course you want to make every part of the scene rather than buy an accessory. If you didn't want the plastic yogurt pot inside it, you cut it in half first then taped it down the middle on the inside to hold it together while you papier mache the front in several layers when you remove the tape you should be able to get the two halves of the pot out individually without damaging the 'cauldron'.

Mo.XX

[bubbleicious]

OMG! that is so fantastic, love your work Rita so much detail and tons of fun, always puts a smile on my face x

[pepsi]

some great IDEAS! here, But this afternoon I bulked out a piece of card tube with kitchen foil, to make it pot bellied ,wrapped it in masking tape, and put clay all round, Added some little bun feet and a wire handle and hey presto!
I ended up doing what I do with the dolls in the end haha!
Best stick to what I know me thinks,
Now for the broom.......AHHHH!!! The little extras are doing my head in now.
I am keen to start another Idea. I am thinking of doing characters from "A Christmas Carol" I can see my Scrooge in my minds eye, WHOOOO! then there's the GHOSTS!

[MornieG Jewellery]

A christmas carol would be fantastic Rita. How about the Nutcracker ballet too http://www****tcrackerballet.net/htm...ker_story.html you could have so much fun with the mice, nutcracker, sugarplum fairy, toy soldiers etc.

Mo.XX

[just sally]

What a great Halloween scene, beautiful work as usual Rita

sally

[pepsi]

Oh yes! that sounds great. If only I could spend all day every day with my clay sigh.
That link didn't work but I am off to Google it now.
( Rubbing hands together in anticipation) hehe!

[ejralph]

Wow Rita - that is amazing! Looking forward to seeing the finished cauldron too!

[Zfarley1]

it look amazing!!!! you could try making a couldren out of fibreglass! would last a long time! i love it a lot! x

Zoe

[artemisdesigns]

They are amazing!!
I love Hallowe'en - it is my Wedding Anniversary too.
I have been making jewellery & gifts myself - but I make scary things all year :0)

Wish I was as talented!!