Twit Twoo!

I asked my Facebook friends to pick either owl, squirrel or bird but didn't tell them why. The overwhelming pick was OWL. One person did helpfully point out that owls are birds and I might be in trouble if I don't do something for Team Squirrel soon!

The plan was to make some Fimo charms with my owl stamp and incorporate them into a bracelet.
This did not work. I ended up cross, sweary, with Fimo all over my fingers, producing a wonky lump that looked like something my fourteen year old self would have made in her bedroom -  rubbish!

The Fimo was just too squishy for what I wanted to do and I found myself thinking that I wished it was more like the PMC3 I had used to make my flower pendant.

I had some Art Clay silver left over from the hedgehog postcard so I decided to have a little go with that. I added some fire proof stones to make sparkly eyes for my little night friend.

I have decided after making this one that you get definitely get less cracking and a better finish with PMC3 but despite some flaws I am pretty happy with it. But I think it is worth paying the extra for PMC3.

It needs more polishing and tidying up and then I will take more photos of it in natural light. Photographing shiny stuff is hard!

Twit Twoo!

wet clay stones added to eyes

ready for firing

post firing

with some rough polishing, more finishing to be done! 

**Update- now finished! 

I sanded and burnished some areas to create more contrast (that doesn't show as well as I would like on my crappy iPhone photos), I polished with a silver impregnated polishing cloth.  I added a jump ring and chain, and we are good to go!

This shows the contrast best but not as much as I would like. It also shows I need to hoover. 

The finished article