Penguins

27/12-2011

Sabrina likes penguins so I needed to do penguin earrings for her. Unfortunately, the one penguin fell on its nose so the beak became flat at the top and when trying to adjust it, it fell off. But glue is no bad tool, really. But the nose is still flat.

27/12-2011

This will make a relatively good Christmas present. Maybe not sooo well done, but nobody can complain, I did not made an effort.

Used white, black and orange modeling clay.
Basically made a little cone in white, covered half of it with black clay. Took two very small black sausages and two very small white sausages and combined them to create wings.
One little cone for the beak and two small triangles for the feet.
At the end of the story, I realized I should have made a tail but the tail on penguins is built in. Not very easy to add it after. Actually, next time, I think I will do a kind of cone with a triangle formed base and then make the top very thin to cover the body. Not sure. Got to test it somewhat!
These guys are rather small... around 1 cm tall... so those big eyes are really much smaller than they look here... :O) It might be a good excuse for them looking far from perfect with this very high zoom factor...? :O)

27/12-2011

To remember for future usage: when warm, pieces seem to easily fall apart. The nose fell off and glue is now needed. Next time I will wait until dry before poking around with the thing. Not sure that is enough yet, but well... :O)
 
Baking 30 minutes at 130 degrees in oven for hardening is necessary.

Tip: The earring piece you can buy in silver has got a "feature" for allowing to actually fix it onto a ring. So nex ttime, I will keep the round part of the silver pin that goes through the body out of the body. Much smarter and cuter!