Daily Sculpt: Sunday, March 10

Hey there! I have found out that I will be leaving for Kingston on Wednesday. Here I have two critters, the most recent ones I've made.

Fat silver tabby tomcat, was made on Thursday/Friday. He came out a little fatter than I expected, and the markings near his eyes make him look like he is wearing sunglasses. I was experimenting with some cool sparkly clay I found.

Sleek otter, made yesterday. Now I'm trying out making critters in different poses.

Also, have a few photos of my two fish, Raven (molly, black) and Phoenix (platy, orange).  I used to have another platy named Firefly, but she died :( Sorry about blurriness, the room I keep my fish in has awful lighting

March Break

Above: A sea serpent I made a couple weeks ago. Will be up on my Etsy soon!


Woohoo the March Break is starting!
I'm guessing I'm going to be quite bored for the duration of the break. Oh well. At least I get to go to Kingston, Ontario for a few days to visit my aunt and uncle, and their awesome dog Floyd and cat Chester.

In order to keep my self from boredom, I have created a project for myself. I will have to make one thing each day, except for the days I spend in Kingston. My rules:
-It can be anything from a fifteen-minute doodle to a detailed sculpt.
-I must do it every day! If I miss a day I must do two the next.
-If I want, I can exchange the sculpt for a detailed drawing on one day.
-I must bake the sculpt on the day I made it, and post it on my blog the next day. That means I will be posting every day for two weeks!

Hopefully I will stick to the project, and have an army of a dozen or so clay critters at the end of the break. Otherwise I will have little to do so I will have plenty of time.

A new side story on ImagineCrafted: I will occasionally post info and such about my two beautiful cats, Malcolm and Maisie. Malcolm is a male, 7 year old, tabby domestic longhair (but we think he might be part Maine Coon) and Maisie is a female, 9 year old, black and white domestic shorthair. We adopted both of them about 7 years ago. Maisie had recently had a litter of kittens at the time, and she sort of adopted kitten Malcolm as her own. Her real kittens ended up being barn cats because they hadn't been socialized with humans early enough, but Maisie and Malcolm found a loving home with us.

Malcolm is probably the most relaxed cat you will ever meet. His favourite way to lie is on his back with his paws in the air. When you pick him up, he completely goes limp, and you can hold him in any position and he doesn't mind. He loves to get belly rubs and will roll over in the hopes you will give him one if you just walk into a room. He has the loudest purr ever, and  he purrs even if you're just nearby. Even though our cats are indoor cats, we allow them outside occasionally in the summer, so he tends to sit by the door and meow at us until we let him out. He has a really short attention span; if he is in the middle of doing something he will easily get distracted and go eat cat food, or forget what he was doing and simply lie down on the floor. Otherwise he spends most of his time curled up on one of our beds, or looking out the window.

Maisie is a little lady, she does everything with a dignified manner. Often she is not in the mood to be picked up, and she will let you know by meowing very loudly if you do so. She has about fifty different facial expressions, so you always know exactly what she's thinking. Like Malcolm, she is a low-energy cat, she spends much of her time lying down, though she doesn't seem to sleep very often. Her favourite toy is the laser pointer, and even if she was sleeping in the attic, she will come running the second you pick it up. When she's in a good mood, she loves to snuggle with people, so she's always happy when she finds someone reading or lying down. Or else she'll just sit there, looking at you with an air of superiority.

Sunday Update

I usually do all my photographing on Sundays, so this is likely when I will do my posts also :) This one's a little late though, because I had trouble getting the video to work. Here are the cute little animals I promised! From left to right: red panda, coyote cub, raccoon, red fox.
Also a penny for size comparison
I love these little guys, they're just so adorable  <3 I was originally going to put them on Etsy, but now I think I'm actually going to keep them. I also made a fox similar to the one pictured, but in pendant form. I now wear it all the time! Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of it.

Here's something I'm trying for the first time, a speeded up video of me making the coyote! It's jerky I know, and a bad angle, but all in all its really fun to watch and I might do things like that more often!

If the video doesn't work, here's a link to the YouTube page: http://youtu.be/mBWMqn78fPM?sc

Now here are individual shots of each of them,

Red Panda

Coyote Pup (in video)

Little Raccoon

Red Fox

If you like these at all, check out my Etsy shop for items available! You can find a link to it at the top of the page.

Weekend!

I'm so glad it's finally the weekend! The worst part about weekdays is, because of school, I rarely have enough time for my sculpture :( but now I will have lots of time to create.

My current project is making tiny little clay animals. They're smaller than my dragons, only about an inch tall. I've made two foxes, a raccoon, a red panda, and a gryphon. I haven't had time to bake them all yet, but photos of them will probably be up on my blog sometime this weekend.

Since I want to accompany all my posts with photos, here's a dragon I made about a month ago:

My Dragon Collection

These are all the clay dragons I have created since I started making them in December. It has been really fun! There will be always more to come :) I'm more interested in making little animals at the moment, it's a nice change, but I will probably be back to dragons soon.

It's really exciting having a blog! Already 3 or 4 people have seen it, and its only been a day since I created it. It's nice to have somewhere to put up pictures of just my clay stuff, and yesterday I had a load of fun customizing the background of my blog and such. I will probably post here once a week with all my new art, on either Saturday or Sunday. I might also post during the week if I have anything extra to say. I'll try to accompany all my posts with photos.

Well, thanks for looking! I hope you liked looking at my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment if you find my work interesting :)

Most of these are available in my etsy shop, here's a link: etsy.com/shop/ImagineCrafted

Just a few more sculptures...

Here are a few more dragon sculptures I've made recently. All but the blue one are available in my etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/imaginecrafted/ . Check it out!

Made from polymer clay, coated in glaze, 2-3 inches tall.

Enjoy!

Hello!

Hello people! I'm kind of new to the whole idea of blogging but I'll see where it takes me! My name is Tara Clareira, I'm a young artist who lives in Ontario, Canada. My favourite medium is polymer clay, and my favourite subject is dragons! I'm going to use this blog as a place to share my sculptures.

This little green dragon is a sample of what I will be posting here. He is something I made just recently. He is made from polymer clay and is about 3 inches tall.

I also have an account on deviantart, which is an art-sharing website. If you are interested in seeing more from me, check it out! http://forestglade.deviantart.com/gallery/

I sell my dragon sculptures on my Etsy Shop. If you are at all interested in what I have for sale, please check it out: http://www.etsy.com/shop/imaginecrafted/

Thank you for looking at my blog! Have a nice day :)