Friday, November 25, 2011

Fun with Faux Jasper

Jasper isn't an expensive stone, but many inexpensive natural stones don't come in the shapes or SIZE that I want. Good thing that Tory Hughes showed me how to mimic lapis lazuli (which isn't inexpensive) and turquoise in her book Polymer: The Chameleon Clay.

I've used combinations of those techniques again and again as a springboard for faking real and fantasy materials. Witness my latest adventure with "red jasper":

Can you believe that this mess











got molded into this











and ended up looking like this?









Then it was transformed into this?

















BELIEVE. With polymer, almost anything is possible....

8 comments:

  2. Thanks, Cara! It's really a lot of fun :)

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  4. In the process of trying Google Reader (I don't like it much) I stumbled upon your blog post. This is GREAT! Wow, what a fantastic example of what our medium can do. I really love your post here and will share it with others. And the pendant is beautiful. :)

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  5. Those are really nice looking stones! Great pendant design too.

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  6. I love making faux anything with polymer clay. I love your jasper. Is that paint covering that clay in the first pic? Now how to I join?

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  7. Thanks, Ladies!

    Line, yes, black and brown acrylics.

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