During our Japan trip in Takayama, I came across a shop selling wooden craft figurines which was very impressive. Unfortunately the prices were equally impressive, with the cheapest figurine costing at about S$300. Though tempted, I did not sell any eventually. But it left me pondering if I would really want to spend that kind of money to buy any of them.
After thinking for a while when we came back to Tokyo, I concluded that it would be unlikely for me to spend that kind of amount. At the same time, I also decided that I would try to use clay and make them myself instead!
I started to ask Xuan about the different types of clay that could be used for making figurine. When we were back in Singapore, we then went to ArtFriend to buy the polymer clay which was recommended by Xuan.
After buying the clay, I did not immediately jumped into action. I proceed to purchase some clay tools from TaoBao and even made a wooden stand to hold my future clay works.
On the arrival of the clay tools, I then had to decide my first figurine project with the polymer clay… I finally set the decision in moulding an alien head, mainly because there was a lot of room for creativity and best, no definite features about an alien.
So after watching a few youtube videos, I moulded my first figurine with the polymer clay. It was relaxing and fun playing with the clay, and best of all, it would not turn hard until you baked it. After a few days of casual crafting, I finally was able to bake my first polymer clay artpiece, an Alien Head!
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| My Alien Head |
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