Silicone Texture Carving

I've been exploring the idea of making my own textures for some time now,

there are numerous ways to do it and I finally tried carving on to silicone.

I bought some nice silicone sheets (above) recently from CoolTools but before trying those....

 I decided to use some silicone erasers I bought some time ago,

 to get the hang of it before I start using the good ones.

Here's my first attempt (above) then I tried carving on the side (below).

I find it a little difficult to tell if they are any good until I put some clay on it.

Here are a couple of green unfired copper pieces,

I think this pattern I'm going to call Bamboo looks super cool on these feather shapes.

It looks really good on the shield shapes too.

Here are all the pieces I made after they've been fired!



http://www.etsy.com/listing/88898346/handmade-copper-feather-bamboo-pair



Oh ya, I love the feather with the Bamboo texture!!!!

These long lean ones came from the side of the eraser,

I used the texture to create the shape of them.

The Shield shape is also a really good one of this rustic texture!

I'm looking forward to playing some more with making my own textures.

Kristi