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asa-baijan — a father's love

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Published: 2017-07-24 21:33:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 657; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 0
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EDIT: this little pendant is now up for sale on etsy

On Saturday the missing cap finally arrived so I was able to (almost) finish up this little pendant! As in my “dreams of growing up” pendant I would like to finish it up by putting the title on the base, but I’m not quite happy with the title as such, so this will be left unfinished till I figure a good one out. At the moment it’s “Warmed by love” but I feel it’s not quite there yet... (Might go for “a father’s love” but i’m not quite sure of that either... any input?)

Inspirationwise this piece was very random. I saw a picture of penguins on my instagram-feed (I believe the national geographics one) and promptly decided to make them. Emperor Penguins are gorgeous creatures and the hatching phase and the raising of the young is really very interesting.  They are a perfect example for how fragile life really is. In these surroundings the little penguin chick basically dies once it leaves the warmth of the father’s body so raising one to adulthood sounds like really quite the task. I also really love how fluffy and cute the chicks are compared to the subtle elegance of the grown up animals.

As the sketch this little one is made from polymer clay (specifically fimo) and then painted with acrylics. As mentioned before the first attempt came out a little too big and I had to start over again. I really liked that process though, as with the first sculpt I could try out different textures and painting techniques to see the effect it reached and then could decide whether or not I wanted to do tht in the final piece. The (slightly askew) base is made from scrunched up tissue with wood glue, snow flakes and a tad of glitter. Doesn’t sound very poetic, I know, but I really like the overall effect! It looks like very smooth snow with just a touch of ice! The pendant measure 18x32mm.

It was a little tricky to take photos though; for the shop I think I’ll need to redo them, but I really want to upload them today, so sorry for the mediocre quality!

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Comments: 15

roundtower [2018-09-26 12:48:54 +0000 UTC]

* ¡Fantástico trabajo! Lo hemos destacado dentro de la carpeta "Featured nº2 o Destacados nº 2" en Special-Groups. (Es la carpeta donde se exhiben los mejores trabajos del grupo).
¡Por favor, queremos ver más trabajos tuyos en el grupo!

 


* Fantastic work! Featured in Special-Groups in folder Featured nº 2. (Best works of the group). 
Please, We want to see more works in the group of you!


   

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asa-baijan In reply to roundtower [2019-05-16 11:45:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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roundtower In reply to asa-baijan [2019-05-18 20:51:45 +0000 UTC]

A real pleasure!  

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AnnaZLove [2017-12-06 04:49:26 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic work! 

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seralune [2017-08-01 05:49:57 +0000 UTC]

Aww this is so cute and lovely

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asa-baijan In reply to seralune [2017-08-01 09:48:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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domeliz12 [2017-07-26 21:51:34 +0000 UTC]

I love this so much penguins are my favorite animal!  

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asa-baijan In reply to domeliz12 [2017-07-27 11:54:47 +0000 UTC]

Penguins are the coolest! I love how awkward they move on land and then are the most graceful creatures ever when they go into the water. Thanks a lot!

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domeliz12 In reply to asa-baijan [2017-07-27 21:59:07 +0000 UTC]

Right?! I love them so much!

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BethMiniWorld [2017-07-25 21:28:44 +0000 UTC]

The pendant has been very well Astrid! and the title (Warmed by love) seems very suitable.
Goooooooooooooood work   

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asa-baijan In reply to BethMiniWorld [2017-07-25 21:52:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot beth! Still not 100% sold on the title. I think I'll spend a day writing possible titles onto a piece of paper and then throwing some dice at it

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BethMiniWorld In reply to asa-baijan [2017-07-25 22:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Ha,ha! Your precious penguins will inspire you   

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asa-baijan In reply to BethMiniWorld [2017-07-27 12:00:50 +0000 UTC]

I hope so!

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mockingbirdontree [2017-07-24 23:22:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's fantastic.        

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asa-baijan In reply to mockingbirdontree [2017-07-25 19:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  

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