FIMO pets and buttons

Last weekend I made these cute little animals from Fimo.  They started as basic Fimo shapes which I painted with acrylics after baking then varnished.

I’ve had my Fimo for a very long time (I think there's still a tiny bit left from some I had when I was 8!) – some is Fimo Classic and some is Fimo Soft.  I much prefer using the soft as you can use it almost immediately but the Classic always takes me ages to soften and I end up making a mess with crumbs of Fimo falling everywhere.

The little animals I made are really small – this rabbit is just over an inch long…

I painted the rabbit with dutch markings – I used to have a white and grey dutch rabbit when I was small :)  Rabbits are one of my favourite animals.  I’ve been watching the BBC series The Burrowers – where they’re following the lives of rabbits, badgers and water voles in burrows specially made for the series.  Of course the rabbits are my favourite – especially the babies which are soo cute!!

This budgie (only about 1.75 inches long) was partly inspired by my green and yellow budgie, Bobby.  Although she was a girl and this is a boy budgie, as above his beak is blue.

While the Fimo was out I thought I may as well make a few more buttons to top up my jar…

I love the colour of the rose – it’s more minty coloured in real life than this photo shows.  If you want to see some of the other polymer clay buttons I made and find out a bit about how I made them, take a look at this post which I wrote a couple of years ago: http://hazelfishercreations.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/polymer-clay-buttons.html

Pick of the Week

I really like the detail in this beautiful sculpture...

Sakura Caribou by *creaturesfromel on deviantART

Clockwork Bird Sculpture

I made this clockwork bird sculpture a while ago but have only just photographed it. Based on my clockwork blackbird (Model No.57) illustration this little bird is made from Fimo, wire, a cog and bead eye. After baking I then varnished it and painted some parts with gold paint. Finally I mounted the bird in a 4.5 inch square frame with a wallpaper background.

He was fun to make and satisfied my craving to 'make something' with Fimo anyway! :)

Pick of the week...

This week's feature is on the beautiful animal wood sculptures by Sandra Healy. The animals are hand carved and coloured with inks. I love the smooth curves and just want to be able to pick them up! - I think they would look great all lined up on a shelf.

With over 250 different species to choose from it was difficult to pick a few favourites - I like them all!

You can see more of Sandra's animals in her Etsy shop or on Art Fire. She also has a really interesting set of photos on flickr showing the process of making her sculptures.