Ammonite Shindigs 4

Alrighty! I have finally started making the final pocket watch fob! About time too, my mad eccentric boyfriends birthday is on Monday...

I have made the Pleuroceras ammonite I have been going on about so this will be a short post! Possibly...

I ordered 20g of Creative Bronze Clay and here is what a 20g ball looks like against a 10 pence piece.

I didn't use the whole 20g as I didn't need the whole ball but here is the sculptured clay next to the same coin.

And finally, here is my sneaky snail logo! Right there on the outer spiral... Yay!

Once the piece is fully dry, I will be able to sand the surface lightly is is smooth. It will also shrink fractionally and then a tiny bit more when I attack it with the gas torch... It is smaller than I had planned it to be, books and other websites claim it's like regular potters clay. It is but it's quite sticky and also very springy, hence why it is smaller than intended... It kept springing back on itself! AND I discovered I didn't need to oil the work surface, my hands and tools, not to the extent they recommend anyway!

More on this to come within the week!