In Search Of Elephants,Whales,Walruses...........

A couple of weeks ago it was my eldest daughter's fourteenth wedding anniversary. What I didn't know was that gifts for  fourteenth wedding anniversaries is ivory.

As much as I would have liked to be able to afford real ivory there was no way I could. But more importantly I am a conservationist and there is NO WAY I was going out to kill  an elephant or whale or walrus in order to get a few teeth.

Next best thing I 'll fake it and bake it! So this is what I came up with.

A set of teaspoons covered in faux ivory bone polymer clay.

Covered spoons with little gold mica hearts and smaller hearts embossed.

Close up of one of the spoons.

I have to admit this is the first time I have tried my hand at faux ivory and my first time at covering spoons. I wasn't too sure at first if I liked them or not.  Personally I thought they looked primitive and something Fred Flintstone may be happy with.  However my daughter and son-in-law was delighted with them. Plus I guess a few elephants,whales and walruses were too . :)

                                

The Beauty That Surrounds Us Part 2

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The other day when I was in our conservatory something caught my eye that was fluttering on one of the panes of glass. I don't know if it was a moth or a butterfly. But whatever it was to me it was beautiful. I wanted to let it out so I thought I would take a photo of it before sending it on it's way.The wings were dark in colour with spots that reminded me of a peacock.

A couple of nights later I was about to put my recycling out when I nearly had heart failior!  There was something alien looking stuck to one of the bags. It was the biggest slug I have ever come across. It was the grand daddy of all slugs! I admit I am not a big fan of slugs but I had a strange fascination for this one.  With great big wads of kitchen roll I scooped it up and placed it on some more wads of kitchen roll and took it's photo. It had spots and stripes and leopard print markings. In my daughters words it must have been a designer slug. This summers must have accessories. 

And talking of the big things. Just over four years ago we had a new addition to the family. A six week old Welsh border collie pup,who incidently feels bothered by things that fly(I think he feels they have an unfair advantage over him as he can't fly). A couple of weeks later he  gleefully chased something into the living room from outside. It landed by the side of the mirror. I thought it was a bat. It turned out to be a moth. A elephant hawk moth apparantly.

 

For those of you who may have dropped by and read this blog. It is from this beauty that surround us that I take inspiration from and try and recreate in polymer clay and jewellery making.