Ammonite Shindigs 2

Yesterday and today I had a little play around with some air drying clay to see how much 10, 15 and 20g looked like. I've decided to use silver clay for the final piece so I researched a little into the material. I previously found an image of a 10g ball of silver clay next to a 10 pence piece. 10g of air drying clay, when rolled into a ball, is slightly bigger than 10 pence. This shows that silver clay is more dense per gram than regular clay.

*Useful bit of advice - before using silver clay, experiment with weights. You don't want to be working with one mass then to discover you get less silver clay per gram for the same weight you've been working in!*

Anyway, here are some of my prototypes and experiments so far...

From the left: 7g (same amount as a 10g packet of silver clay), 10g and finally 15g.

I cheekily spoke to my boyfriend about his present (to be fair, he already knew I was going to be making something!) and he requested that I make a Yorkshire fossil, an ammonite being the obvious choice. So above, from left: a failed attempt of an ammonite I can not remember the name of, and my first attempt of a Pleuroceras ammonite.

The Pleuroceras is an ammonite my boyfriend suggested. I like the shape and the detail and it sure as hell worked better than the one to the left in the picture!
I do however need to work on my modelling skills, though my first attempt isn't bad...

I sculptured the clay without the use of images so before I make any more prototypes, it would be a good idea to print some pictures off first!

Oh, and any scrap bits of clay, don't bin them, make mice, peas and beans with them!