Saturday, December 17, 2011

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

9 comments:

  1. These look amazing Kristi! Love them!

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  2. Kristi...your work is evolving in leaps and bounds....just love the new designs! :-)))

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  3. Plus now you know you can use the erasers for smaller textured pieces and save some money, especially when it comes to practicing different texture ideas :)


    and yes LOVING the way it looks on the feathers!

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  4. Very nice! I'm inspired to try this myself.

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  5. Very nice! I'm inspired to try this myself.

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  6. I love carving!!!!! Beautiful work!

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  7. these are super, Kristi!! I especially like those long, thing half rounds. Excellent!

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  8. Excellent work, thanks for sharing your process with us.

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