Long-Tailed Tit in 1/12 Scale - Polymer Clay Mini SculptureMiniature

Although all new miniatures I'll exhibit at the fair are in the video I uploaded on my YouTube last Monday and shared in my last post, I decided to dedicate a post and some pics for each of them :)

Here is the first, the long Tailed Tit eating a pomegranate :)

The Long-Tailed Tit is a very tiny bird, and it's was hard sculpting and painting him. I painted it using a brush with just one only bristle ^^
I used acrylic colors specific for miniatures, to paint the bird, and soft pastels to paint the pomegranate :)

Long Tailed Tit and Blue Tit are friends, and the Blue Tit will be on my next post :)

Polymer Clay Miniature Video - Rabbits, Mice and Other Friends :)

This video is not a tutorial, but just a gallery of the mini sculptures I'll exhibit at Miniaturitalia, the Italian Dollhouse Fair :) 

Rabbits, Robins, Fairies and me are so busy with preparations for the fair! I hope you'll enjoy the video. There are so many new polymer clay tutorials projects in my head, and so short time in my life these days! I hope I'll record some of them as soon as I'll return from the fair :) 

I hope my Rabbits and little creature will keep company with you, and will make you happy :) 

Robin Redbreast on a Slice of Cake in 1/12 Scale

This little Robin likes sweets and he alighted on a big slice of chocolate cake, with whipped cream and cherry jam :D 

My 1/12 scale mini robins are a little different now. Their little legs are fully sculpted, little feet too, and they have a more realistic coloring. I don't use soft pastel for their coloring now - I used them only for cake - but I use special acrylics color for model-making. It needs some additional hours of work, but I think it's a good result :) 

I painted the little blue tint between the red and the brown with a paintbrush that has only one bristle. I'm working on a Long-tailed tit too, and I hope I'll find the colors to paint a little blue tit ^^ 

Lifelike ooak Doll Eyes - Polymer Clay Tutorial

As I promised, here is the video tutorial to create lifelike eyes, for ooak doll, fairies and other figures. It was up on my YouTube last Monday, but I can update the blog only now. I'm very busy  sculpting miniatures for Miniaturitalia, the dollhouse and Miniature Fair in Milan, Italy.

I used the Millefiori cane method to create the iris eye. There are other methods too, you can also paint it (using Genesis color or acrylic color), but it is my best-loved method :) 

To create the crystalline lens I used Lisa Pavelka Magic-Glos. It needs UV Lamp, but there are other 3d resins that don't need it, if you do not have. Or you can use liquid polymer clay too :) 

So, here is the video tutorial and... I must go to finish to sculpt the last robin :)

Workshop Miniaturitalia 2015

In February in Milan will be the Dollhouse and Miniature Fair, Miniaturitalia. I'll give two workshops there: how to sculpt a ooak baby head in polymer clay and how to sculpt arms and hands :)

In the workshop page in the fair website you'll find all the info :) I hope I'll see you in Milan next February!

A Little Fairy Goes to Robin's Aid

The mini sculpture that I worked these days is finished at last! :) The Micro Fairy had her wings and the little Robin Redbreast had his berry. Together, are on a snow-covered Hawthorn branch. 

The little Robin is hungry and the little Fairy goes to him's aid, giving him a berry she kept for him. They was playfellow in Summer!

Everyone could be a Birds' Fairy Friend, in Winter, feeding and taking care of them.
A Sparrow family and a Redtail always come on my balcony in Winter. Sometimes a wonderful Blue Tit comes too, and even a Kestrel came one day! They often inspired my sculptures and this work was inspired by them, too :)