Имитация дерева - "Лес"

А вот что получилось из остатков глины от предыдущей работы :). Собралось неожиданно и очень быстро.

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Имитация дерева - "Hei matau"

Очередной маорийский талисман - Hei matau.

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Крючок объемный, изнаночная сторона отделана натуральной кожей. Наполнитель - тот самый легкий Sculpey, что оправдывает размеры крючка (6,5 см высоты на 1,5 толщины). Кроме глины и вощеного шнура использован гель Фимо и обычное бутылочное стекло (найденное на пляже и обработанное океаном) и ма-а-а-а-аленький кусочек новозеландской paua :).

Полимерная глина - "Флора"

Полимерная глина, вощеный шнур и бусы-галстук:

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Полимерная глина и хлопковая нить

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Просто бусы. Забавные, на мой взгляд :). Один из шнуров связан из "Ириса", кольца обмотаны им же. Диаметр большой бусины - 3 см. Наполнитель у всех бусин - Sculpey Ultralight, поэтому бусы не тяжелые.

Polymer clay and leather

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It's all about experimenting... After everything about clay and felt made clear, I turned to clay and leather. So far they prove to be a good match, at least I like the result. Apart from leather, of course, for the first time here I used microbeads.
Hemispheres are 38 mm in diametre. Bracelet size and pendant length are adjustable here as well as in all other products.

Polymer clay and felt

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Been though this before, but this theme just didn't let me go. There had to be something else to complement the bracelet. This 'something' turned out to be a pendant and a ring. The felt is stiched to create a rough-surface effect.As a matter of fact I tried to make it look like a piece of lava

Polymer clay - Hei Matau

Faux jade, silver plated wire, carving

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Maori talisman Hei Matau. Traditionally carved in the shape of a stylized fish hook. It is believed to bring good luck, peace, good health, prosperity and safe passage across water, especially important for Maori people.

To my mind the imitation came out quite well. The photo may not allow to feel the beads' 'naturalness', but that's how they look like in reality. The 'caps' on the top center bead - my first experience with wire, which I kind of liked. Wire is very much like clay - it's very pliable and allows much manipulation.
It's a pity this can't be worn as it is since I made two gross mistakes when putting it together, but I'm in no way discouraged by that since it's a good chance to give it another try :)

UPD:  after makeover:

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Polymer clay - Manuka flower

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This is a manuka flower - a tribute to our beloved manuka honey. The pendant is not exactly in my style, the idea was to try certain techniques. Mastered the techniques OK, and got some 'by-products' left as well. This thing came out like this, I am not to blame here :). All things that I make seem to have minds of their own, and this was no exception. My only input was the white flower which the thing was trying to get rid of. The flower broke several times for various minor silly reasons, but in the end I had my way!

Polymer clay - Maori pattern

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This Maori pattern I borrowed from a Maori ritual. Tried to make an imitation of carved beads as instructed on Donna Kato's website with one small difference - mixed ordinary eye shadows into semi-transarent clay. Made the first two beads - and the rest followed naturally.

The story of how I put it together may be also worth telling (imho). I sat for more than 4 hours but didn't get halfway through. Took it all apart next morning an put it all back together in less than half an hour. That's what I call to sleep on it! And the thing came out quite nice.

Polymer clay - Rangitoto Rain and Associations

Some respected fellows :) believe this is something edible. The more I look at this pendant, the more eager I get to agree with it. Originally, however, this was called Rangitoto Rain.

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Polymer clay - Hei Tiki and crazy felt

Hei Tiki - the first man in Maori legend. It was made when I was practising felting that's why it includes felt!

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Different authors keep saying that polymer clay and felt go together quite well. I fully agree! Besides, the felting process itself is very pleasant. Of course, I woudln't even think of felting something as big as plaid - not for the world! - but when it comes to small things it makes a huge difference and the pleasure is all yours.

Polymer clay - Manaia

For Maori the Manaia is the carrier of supernatural powers- it is the spititual guardian which protects the wearer from evil.
I have a Manaia pendant which was bought in Auckland and I wear it quite often. There is something special about the form... They say Manaia provides protection everywhere - land, sea, and air, which makes it a handy thing for a traveller :)

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Polymer caly - My very first work )

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Polymer clay - My first mokume gane )

And some more works (first try in mokume gane)

Polymer clay - line NZ

I will be posting here my first works inspired by a short but very memorable stay in New Zealand.

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