Polymer Clay Mermaids

Mermaids are so fascinating. They have always

been pictured as beautiful creatures ~ with their slender

bodies, long flowing hair and extraordinary fish tails.

~ Today I am featuring three awesome Artists ~

Krishna ~ Created by Sharron Alexander

Krishna is a Stone fish inspired mermaid sculpted in a striking pose. She has stunning blue eyes. Detailed shading on her body. Water Lily body art was hand painted on her back. Her crusted tail and fins feature sparkling black, silver and purple colors. Accented with tiny beads and glitter to achieve a "stone" look. Base is multi colored rose coral-like. Hair is long wavy black mohair. Hair is accented with a crystal adorned crown. She is about 17 inches long from head to the end of her curvy tail. Entire piece is about 13 inches tall.



You can see more of Sharron's beautiful creations at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/scarletlilies09?ref=af_you_favitem

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Baby Mermaid Chelsea ~ Created by J.M.Leotti

Baby Mermaid "Chelsea" is a one of a kind (OOAK) mermaid sculpture. She is sculpted out of hand-mixed polymer Baby Mermaid "Chelsea" is a one of a kind (OOAK) mermaid sculpture. She is sculpted out of hand-mixed polymer clay, I never use any molds, and there is no other one exactly like her in the world! She has brunette Tibetan lamb's hair, which is soft and silky. She wears a crown of seaweed, shells and bubbles. Her eyes were hand-crafted and are painted a clear sea green to symbolize the power of the great ocean, and they are lined with real lashes. She has a scaly pink tail which shimmers in the sunlight. Baby Mermaid has found a treasure: a necklace, which she likes to play with in her shell. She comes with a natural oyster shell, which has been filled with soft seaweed and other little shells. She is removable from her shell. Baby Mermaid Chelsea comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

You can see more of J.M. Leotti's creations at:

http://jmleotti.com/works/136016/baby-mermaid-chelsea

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Golden Seashell Mermaid ~ Created by Elena Loukianova

This beautiful Mermaid is 6 inches tall. She comes with a display frame, which can be hung on a wall 2 small hooks are supplied on the back of the frame. Frame measurements are 8.5 in x 7 in. The figure is a One of a Kind sculpture, made entirely by hand, no molds used. The frame is also hand painted and decorated by the artist, accented with champagne gold and silver colors.

You can see more of Elena's beautiful creations at:

http://www.elenacreative.com/

International Polymer Clay Creations

Our Polymer Clay Enthusiasts Team (PCETeam) on Etsy is a very active team. Every month we create treasuries featuring our team members. I am proud to present to you a treasury showcasing some of our talented International Artists.

Just click on the pictures and visit their shops to see all
the wonderful creations these talented artists have to offer.

Etsy Shop ~ Mandarin Duck
Aniko Kolesnikova ~ London England

Business Card Holder created with this beautiful scene of a Kakadu Parrot sitting on a Sakura branch.

Etsy Shop ~ Naamaza
Naama Zamir ~ Haifa Israel

Her pendant is composed of micro flakes that makes an eye catching composition.
The back of the pendent has "shma Israel" prayer.

Lovely Little Things ~ Ayarina
Ayarina ~ Bucharest Romania

This is just a sampling of the unique buttons that Ayarina has in her Etsy shop.

Etsy Shop ~ Made With Clay And Love
Melissa ~ Newfoundland Canada

This little sewing machine has been hand sculpted with durable clay. It has been given several coats of a glossy sealer. It measures approximately 1.25 inches (3 cm) long, not including the attached key ring

Etsy Shop ~ beadsCraftz
Madeline ~ Malaysia

Orange Oriental Cherry Blossom Bag Charm. Be sure to check out her wonderful jewelry.

Etsy Shop ~ Clay Creations by ArzuMusa
Arzu Musa ~ Istanbul Turkey

Exquisite handmade sculpture in the technique of polymer clay. She has so many different styles in her wonderful shop.

Etsy Shop ~ Debbie Crothers
Debbie Crothers ~ Geraldton Australia

This bangle sure is a wonderful conversation piece. You'll find an assortment of things scattered around the outside from faces to hands to owls and more. The trick is to find them all.

Etsy Shop ~ Sandra Arteaga
Sandra Arteaga ~ Barcelona Spain

The heads of Ilse and Hahn are sculpted with clay and painted with acrylic paintings. Their bodies are original Hujoo Ball Jointed Dolls..

Etsy Shop ~ Hana Garden
Stacy ~ Sasebo Japan

A glass jar covered in hammered iridescent purple clay, and a lucky charm of stars and swarovski crystals dangling from the screw-top lid.

Etsy Shop ~ Anna Crafts
Won Joo Cho ~ South Korea

This cute creation is a custom cake topper and just a sampling of the many toppers shown in her Etsy Shop.

Etsy Shop ~ Polyclarific

Amanda ~ Perth Australia

This unique pendant is an original design made by Amanda. She has a wonderful shop full of unique items.

Etsy Shop ~ Fliepsiebieps
Esther ~ The Hague Netherlands

These cute little hedgehog bride & groom are made to order. Pick out your wedding colors for these darling hedgehogs.

Etsy Shop ~ Vanias Art Shop
Valentina ~ Melbourne Australia

This pendant was made out of clay, using a variety of colours and methods to come up with this lovely cracked/stained glass look cream background with pretty lilac and white flower decorations. Valentina used a thin silver plated wire to wire wrap a fancy bail onto the pendant.

Etsy Shop ~ Art by Susmitha
Susmitha ~ Bangalore India

Susmitha hand sculpted this fabulously artistic Frog on a Lily Pad pendant out of polymer clay and highlighted it with metallic mica powders. The bail is made of twisted fine silver wire.

Etsy Shop ~ Natbears
Nathlie ~ Oostende Belgium

This is just one of her cute little critters. Don't you feel like hugging this little puppy.

Etsy Shop ~ Clay Cuties by Sabrina
Sabrina Cantafio ~ Saint Lazare Canada

This darling little frog is just a sampling of the wonderful creations that Sabrina has in her shop.

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Last of all is my newest Ring Bearers Pillow

Silver Satin cover with hand sewn pearl drop beads
adorned with white flowers and a polymer clay rose.

You can see more of my creations at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/mstp

Ring Bearers Pillows - My newest endeavor

I would like to present you with my newest endeavor

Ring Bearers Pillows

Ages ago, when I was a mere teen, my husband bought me a sewing machine. I dabbled about, making little outfits for my children, Halloween costumes, kitchen curtains etc, but never really took that much interest in it. It was probably because his mom was such a fantastic seamstress and she was sewing up a storm for the family anyway. That talented woman even made a wedding dress for her niece which was as beautiful as any wedding gown you'd see in a Bridal Magazine.



The other day, I was sitting in my sunroom, thinking that I needed some pillows for the settee in there, but when I went to the store and saw the price of them I was stunned. When did pillows become so expensive??? Then I thought of Etsy ~ how much were pillows there? That's when I saw some gorgeous ring bearer pillows. OKAY ~ now I'm on a completely different path.

Then I thought of my sewing and wondered if I would even remember how to sew. Well, let me tell you, it's like falling off a bike and getting back on again. Amazingly, I remembered.

Let me regress a bit. In order to do this, I would need a sewing machine. But, I remember that sewing machines cost an arm and a leg and I needed to keep my arms and legs. (LOL)

I rode over to Hancock Fabrics and was I ever pleasantly surprised. I walked out with a beautiful machine for less than a hundred dollars. Armed with the machine and the goodies to make the pillows, I gleefully went home and started work on the project. I wanted to add my polymer clay creations to make them a little different and I do believe I succeeded in doing so.

Scrimshaw and Polymer Clay

By Sandy Prenzi

I find the art of Scrimshaw amazing!

Scrimshaw is the name given to handiwork created by whalers made from the byproducts of harvesting marine mammals. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. It takes the form of elaborate engravings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with the engraving highlighted using a pigment, or, less often, small sculptures made from the same material. However the latter really fall into the categories of ivory carving, for all carved teeth and tusks, or bone carving. The making of scrimshaw began on whaling ships between 1745 to 1759 on the Pacific Ocean, and survived until the ban on commercial whaling. The practice survives as a hobby and as a trade for commercial artisans

Jacinta A. Meyers

has learned the art of scrimshaw and applied it to polymer clay. She is a

Nature and hobby enthusiast and multi-media artist.

Here is one of her finished medallions that is absolutely fabulous.

Please visit her at Jacinta A. Meyers

and see the wonderful tutorials she has created.





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I really like this tusk, because you could definitely
scrimshaw the piece and it would look very authentic

How to create an Ivory tusk
By: Desiree McCrorey

She was introduced to a faux ivory technique in a Tory Hughes workshop a long time ago. She modified the technique somewhat. This technique takes advantage of the properties of translucent polymer clay, mimicking the striations seen in bone or ivory. If you do this right, people will have an extremely hard time telling this from the real thing. You can read the tutorial for this creation at:: http://www.desiredcreations.com/howTo_CAivoryHorn.htm

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This was a fantastic buy I made at Michaels

Sandy's Creations in Clay: A Wonderful Addition: "While shopping at Michaels this past week, I came across a wonderful addition to my clay room and the fantastic part is, it was 50%..."!

Masked Faces by Sandy Prenzi

For those of you that are not familiar with my blog, my name is Sandy Prenzi. I am a proud mom of three and a fun-loving Grandmom of three. I grew up in the once small town of Danbury Connecticut and moved several times around the country finally settling in Plano Texas in 1995.

I began creating with polymer clay in May of 2010 and made my first masked face shortly thereafter. My inspiration for them was my trip to Italy. It seemed like every other shop in Venice held these wonderful masks. But, mine are a bit different as they mostly feature the face and headdress rather than the mask itself.



The figure on the left is one of my favorites. I love the mystery that is held behind the mask.

I used Sculpey terra cotta for the face and black glass beads for her eyes. I also used Sculpey for her shroud. I named this one 'Mystery in Purple' which seemed very appropriate for this particular creation.

I use this creation not only for my Avatar but also on my business card.

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Meet King Montu, he was the Solar God of Ancient Egypt. His mask was created with Sculpey polymer clay. I added black glass beads for eyes and embellished his with a circular design representing the solar system. headdress


He is approximately 7" tall by 6" wide and comes mounted on a 13" by
7.75" black frame.

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This Indian was one of my first creations. I love how his mask and feathers came out I used a blend of purples to make the feathers and mica powder on the stamped designed mask to give it the effect that I wanted. Copper mica powder was the key embellishment for the face and I found I had these fabulous colored glass beads to use for the eyes.

As it turned out, I was very pleased with his appearance. He measures approximately 5" in length and 4" wide.

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Here is my 'Biker Babe' I loved creating this one. I wanted her headdress and mask to look like leather and I think I succeeded.

Can't you just picture this?

She rode her Harley to the Masquerade Ball. Everyone watched as she sauntered into the ballroom sparkling with bronze highlights from the cascading light of the chandelier.

She was created with polymer clay and is approximately 6" wide
by 7" tall and is mounted on a 7" by 13" black frame.

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This fella can't wait to be the life of the party. His marbled face hardly cracks a smile, but he makes everyone else laugh. He was created with Sculpey polymer clay, glass beads and a dab of humor. He is approximately 6" tall by 4" wide and comes in a black shadow box.

This piece was such a happenstance. I had some clay that was left over from several projects and they were all fairly light colors so I began melding them together and found that it looked a lot like Marble. UMMM, I thought, wouldn't this make an interesting face. I decided to use red for the hair and mask so the marble look would pop out even more. The glass beads that I use on most of my faces come from Michaels. They are flat in shape and measure 1/2 inch round. Perfect for the look I want.

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Here is another one of my favorites. My thought for her headdress was to use the orange and rust colors to make it appear very silky. As I created her I thought about her riding through the white desert sands on her black steed. Her silk robe flowing behind her as she gallops toward her destination.

Isn't it funny the things you think about as you create. I just can't picture her anywhere else.

She is approximately 5" wide by 8" tall and has been mounted on a 8.75" by 10.75" black frame.

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I think I was watching a marathon of Harry Potter movies when I came up with this one.

The name of this creations is 'Lizard Wizard'. Notice the Lizard emblem on this Wizard's headdress. In Roman mythology the lizard was thought to sleep throughout the winter and thus came to symbolize death and resurrection.

This creation is approximately 9" tall by 4.5" wide and comes mounted on a 13" by 7.75" black frame.

She was also created out of Sculpey and embellished with a stamped design. I was extremely happy with how it turned out. I added the little crystal star on her check because I thought she should have a beauty mark.

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This was another of my first sculptures. I named her Robyn Hood. She lives in the enchanted forest and has a little raven haired fairy named Trink that is her best friend.

She was created out of Sculpey polymer clay and embellished with a rubber stamped design. Trink plucked the feathers for Robyn's cap from a hawk that was sleeping high in a treetop at the edge of the forest and boy, was that hawk ever mad. It chased poor little Trink for miles before he gave up and let her go on her merry way.

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I decided to travel to the Far East in my thoughts and create this piece. I remember in 'The King and I', that the maidens wore headdresses similar to this one.

She was created with Sculpey polymer clay and embellished with rubber stamps and mica powders.

This creation is approximately 5" tall by 5.5" wide and comes mounted on a 8" tall by 7.5" wide black

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The Ocean was on my mind the day I created this one. I think if I had made the body to go with her, she would have been a mermaid.

She was created with Sculpey polymer clay. I love how the headdress glistens, just like the waves do when the sun is hitting them. I spread white glitter glue on the headdress to make this effect.

She is approximately 5" wide by 7" in length and has been mounted on a 9" wide by 11" black on black frame.

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These are just a few of my masked faces. You can see more at: Sandy's Creations by mstp on Etsy