Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Clay Art Tissue Box

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Some months ago,  was a period when I decided to stop working and to take up a clay modeling course. It's not pottery type of clay but more fun like figurine making like dolls, flowers, tissue box, clocks, music boxes and etc. The centre I went to actually do have a professional artist that specializes in clay design. His art acquires techniques and his precision skill in detail is amazing.

My 1st clay project was to make a tissue box. the box was a ready made box but painted with oil paint for the start. Then I adorned the box with all clay art - pumpkins and leaves, timber fencing and a grey rabbit on top, munching away a tiny pumpkin. I love it to bits. What do you think?

7 comments:

  1. Wow...impressive stuff! Can't wait for the 'shop' to really open! Go Jo! :-P

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  2. hey allan doggy, u found me
    1 am still new at using wordpress! esp uploadg pics
    may take long while but am slowly getting a hang of it.Thanks. The sales will mos probably
    began only after CNY. : ) Feel free to commen domemore. You are the Lucky nubmer 1
    commentator on m st.kekeke

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  3. Hey Jo,

    Jenny here (your senior from high school, mother of the big eyed Benjamin ;p). Anyway, just wanted to drop a note saying this is good stuff! Keep it up! Totally love it! :D

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  4. Whoaaa.. this is the stuff! Excellent job Jo.. so detailed @_@ This would be great for children's room decor! (ey.. where's winnie pooh and piglet?)
    Can't wait to see more of this; keep it up ;)

    btw, check out my cousin's blog site.. she makes the cutest fondant figurines on cupcakes, and they're selling like crazee!
    http://addicted2cook.blogspot.com/

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  5. tq tq tq

    nah, this is just once off thingy, pooh, tiger, piglet wont get to join him to play after all ;)

    ooh, saw ur cousin's site. guess what? where i leaned the clay making techniques, there even chefs and
    girls who loke baking came to learn how to make the figurines with clay before they did the icing/fondant.
    because the teachnique and the tools are the same, just slightly different texture and fondant you gotta mix
    the color with food colouringlar.

    am not into baking and i dun have an oven or a microwave... so that will wait. but some months back,
    i did try making the tiny babe and fit it into a porcelain china spoon because my m-i-l wanted me to try
    if i could do it with the icing too ;) the babe is just like the one i had on my baby shower card on my 1st post
    here ;)

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  6. Hei!!! very nice. OK...I need your help now. Hope it's not too short notice. I will be going to Singapore for a training on 25th Feb. I want to give something for 2 persons (1 woman and 1 man) who has been supporting us. So, you have anything that I can buy or can you make something? Let me know the cost, please. I will be sharing with Kimberley.

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  7. Wow! Well, it's kinda surprising that you are going to be my 1st client placing oreder through this site it comes through ^_^
    Hmm... it's kinda tricky. I'll need some info to make a better decision on gift ideas for them :

    occasion/theme if any?
    their occupations?
    race & religion?
    should the gift be of perishable type or for keep sake?
    are the woman and the man a couple?
    do they have FB accounts?(can chk them out and perhaps get a better idea what they would like)
    and any preference of theirs you've already known.


    Btw, I seldom quote price. But usually before I began the my designing or resourcing, I prefer to know client's budget. That way he/she would benefit although I will be making more effort to meet the budget to make him/her an even happier client. (Ehem, self promoting now).

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