Needlework Monday - Suspension "Whale" of polymer clay. Tutorial. Handmade from @elenka

Hi, Steemit!!!

Greetings dear readers!

Dedicated to all the Whales)))

I hope that the inhabitants of this platform will like my work!

And now I will tell everything in order.

For work you will need:

• polymer clay blue and white;
• work surface (I have a tile);
• dry art pastel;
• stationery knife;
• toothpicks;
• various "stacks" (I have it - crochet hooks, knitting needle, needle, nail file, awl, etc.);
• accessories for assembly of an ornament;
• wet wipes;

I cut a piece of blue clay, mash it:

I start to form the body, pressing the clay with my fingers:

Making out the tail:

Now you need to make fixtures.
I press the pins right into the clay and then smooth down the irregularities with a crochet, adding some clay:

She smoothed the prints with a damp cloth.
I make whale fin:

I roll a piece of white polymer clay in my hands.
It should be applied to the whale’s lower body:

Now you need to make a white texture.
For me it turned out to be a difficult stage, because not all tools can scratch the furrows beautifully. I have been smoothing and reworking several times.
As a result, I realized that it is most convenient to use a large needle:

Overlay the ball and shape the eye:

Add texture. I just crochet lightly, and then with a needle:

Now proceed to the tinting pastel.
For this, I pasted several blue and brown pastels on paper.
With a brush, gently tinting the fin, tail, snout and back of a whale:

I decided to make a set for the suspension-Kit, earrings balls.
First, I rolled four balls in my hands.

I made holes with a toothpick, I can not take out toothpicks.

Toning half of each ball with the same pastel colors as whale.

Now you need to bake whale and earrings for earrings.
Directly on the toothpicks, I stick them in a scotch tape and bake them.
It is very convenient when you need to bake several beads:

While the whale and the balls are baking, I remove the excess from the table and prepare the accessories to assemble the decoration:

I take it out of the oven, wait until the blanks cool.
Here an important nuance: the balls with toothpicks need to be removed while the clay is still warm, because if it cools completely, then you can simply break off the toothpick and lose the bead.

Due to the fact that Keith baked on a tile, the reverse side of the suspension turned out to be smooth and glossy:

Some more details.
Covered with whitish colorless nail polish to give it a lively look.
Also from a varnish with large holographic sparkles I took literally a couple of things and stuck it on the tail and fin:

These minor details give the work an interesting effect:

I collected earrings, now I am collecting the suspension:

Decorations are ready !!!

It took me about three hours to complete all the work, along with baking, assembling and photographing.

Thank you for attention!

I wish you all success and great mood !!!

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