Microbead Octopus

[Ilyena]

Hi All,

Just finished making this little octopus out of clay and microbeads and going to attach him to a ring base. These beads are not as easy to work with as one might think (I found that out the amusing way as they have a tendency to go everywhere if knocked over lol)

I'm thinking of making him a little clownfish friend as well ^_^. Hopefully the attachment works >_<

Thanks for looking
Ilyena

[ShyMer]

He looks surprised :) super cute!

[Echidna]

Aww, so cuddlesome!

And didn't harm a real animal since it's made from beads! :thumbs-up:

[Ilyena]

^_^ thank you.

Should put a disclaimer like they do in certain movies "no animals were harmed in the making and/or photography of this product" :P

[Lotus]

SO CUTE!!!

[PearlieMae]

Adorable!

(I keep trying to "like" things here like on Facebook!)

[Ilyena]

>_< Aww thanks.

I've tried that too a couple of time...doesn't work that well hehe!!.

[Mermaid Kelda]

Gorgeous! A little starfish or oyster would be cute too. You could make a whole set! xD
How long did it take you?

[tealmermaid]

n/a

[Ilyena]

Mermaid Melaina: took about 3-4 hours. ..not including the times my bird wanted to play with whatever I'm working with xp. I'm currently making 2 starfish...ones bright red while the other is pearly and pink ^_^

Teal mermaid: I thought so too. But I think it turned out more shocked than trying to blow bubbles >_<

[Neptunie2]

Adorable!!

[Miyu]

~SQUEE~ Too cute!

Ohmygoodness I love it! I like the combo of clay and microbeads, I can imagine they're hard to work with as my smaller seed beads go everywhere if knocked over as well :P What kind of clay is it? It's hard to tell through the beads haha! I've been working a few mer clay pendants, but yours is so much more adorable!

[Ilyena]

The clay is just the base to which the beads are pressed into, I was using a chopstick hehe. I use sculpey polymer clay (oven bake stuff), but i try to use the same colour as the beads I'm working with, or translucent as Mr Octopus has. >_<

[Miyu]

Aha, i thought it was translucent, that's probably my favorite kind of polymer clay :) though it can be a pain to work with sometimes haha. You have so much more patience for micro beads than I!

[Ilyena]

Oh yes definitely, some types or colours are soft and others are hard when they haven't been handled, so its quite frustrating when it gets too soft and distorts the shape. I have high patience when procrastination is high >_<


EDIT: Just finished a Fish too, though its not as good as the octopus colour wise, but still I think it's cute ^_^ 13502