#silvyart

any current crafting project you'd like to share making of pics? ❤

I do have a few projects I'm currently playing around with... 🤔

The first is playing with fimo clay. We used to do lots of stuff with polymer clay when I was a kid/teen, but I haven't used it for decades.

But I wanted to try making a hairpiece to match a sparkly necklace of mine, so I bought some translucent fimo to experiment a bit. (You've already seen this one, I know, but it is one of my current creative projects! It counts!)

First experiment: pretty successful! (I had the hairstick from before) Hopefully I can scrape together the spoons to make some more elaborate designs!

I know you've seen these, too, but I want to show them off, so...

Experimenting with shrinkydinks, also for the first time in over a decade! Made a set of shimmery dragonfly wings - maybe I'll even figure out what to use them for at some point... 😂

Here's another project from just the other day - my first time experimenting with wire+nail polish flowers!

I only had clear nail polish at home, so I'll probably test either painting it or getting more nail polish in more fun colours.

This is a craft I've seen around for years and wanted to try one day, and finally got around to it! Not too shabby for a first try! I may try making more!

Finally, this. First experiment in carving/painting a sheet of translucent white plastic that I'll use to make a ceiling light! Picture to the left is lit from the front, picture to the right is lit from behind.

This is my entry, the yellow-golden knight - it should be #3 in the form.

You can vote here.

I made a thing. 😁

I carved the design on the lid with my dremel, then stained the wood dark brown with acrylics. I used some of my fave gold and silver acrylics to highlight the 3D design, and finally buffed the whole thing with bee's wax for that beautiful depth of colour and velvet shine. I love that part of the process, it really makes the wood come alive, all smooth and glowy! 💚

Oh man. I actually really love traditional art? Especially watercolours are very dear to my heart. I just have such limited energy and patience these days, that creating art without the convenience of layers and the ctrl-z gets real frustrating real fast.

Also, cats getting into the paints.

But I love the look of watercolours and try to incorporate a lot of that feel when I work digitally, by using lots of textures. And some few times in a blue moon I'll take my watercolours out and paint by hand just for the meditative fun of it.

Here's a watercolour painting I made a bunch of years ago for an exhibition I took part in:

I also love woodcarving with my dremel - one thing I really like is making custom boxes! They're like a mix of crafting and painting, and it's so much fun!

(Not a box, but I carved and painted the peacock and painted the fan.)

So yeah, long story short, I do love traditional paints, it's just that the hassle of getting everything out tends to discourage me from using them as much as I'd like to. I really should try to do that more...

Indeed I was!

Literally some 20 years ago. First fandom I wrote proper longfic for. Good times. 😂

I spontaneously decided that maybe

half past midnight was in fact the perfect time

to see if I could start working on that hairpin

to go with the new rainbow hematite necklaces I made the other week

and that I've been tempted to try and make for a while. 😁

It's very pretty and very shiny and I really like how it came out!

It’s one thing to be amused, to laugh, to smile no matter what the world throws at you. Turns out... it’s a different thing entirely to be happy.

Happy birthday, you magnificent little murder gremlin. May you have lots of cake.