Sunday, November 8, 2009

there's a chill in the air....

A few years ago I stumbled upon Dee Foust's work for Bayberry Cove - I loved those potbellied vintage-esque snowmen and angels and decided to try my hand at sculpting.



First I found this book and started playing around with Sculpey clay.... I discovered that as long as I followed the step-by-step directions,
it was remarkably easy to do!

Here are the first faces I came up with....


They needed a body, so I made one out of paper mache clay...








Once I had a body and an assortment of faces I was satisfied with, I decided to try and *clone* them by making latex molds of them using this product.....







they don't look like much yet...
I filled the molds with this.....




It takes so much time to make one body....now I can make as many as I want to and they all come out the same!


They needed a few accessories....After affixing their heads to their bodies I added a little rouge and antique-ing to make them come to life....
I decided to add some vintage mica flakes and glass glitter too.
His collar is made from a used coffee filter. Some may think my wee SnowBees are a little scary.

I think they are...

Best

In

Snow.

Thanks for visiting!

Pammy

6 comments:

  1. Your fabulous Snowbees don't scare me...they have won my heart! You are so very talented and I just love all your attention to the details that make these creations so whimsical and fascinating.

    ~Jermaine~

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  2. Pammy,
    You are so clever at figuring out how to make and reproduce things- it always amazes me! His nose reminds me a little bit of WC Fields. I love all the little details especially the coffee filter collar.

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  3. whoa! i am impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! adorable!

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  4. wonderful, so creative & cute!

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  5. Wow, you made these lovely snowbees? I adore them, love all of the details and their darling faces!

    Chelsea

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