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MandarinMoon — Turtle shell sketchbook cover
Published: 2009-03-20 04:13:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 27131; Favourites: 519; Downloads: 4069
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This sketchbook is covered in polymer clay with glass gems, an old Fossil watch and a cool little ceramic bead.I carved a turtle shell pattern then added the scutes and textured some of the background to look like a turtle's scaly skin. After the clay was cured and cooled, it was painted with acrylics and touched here and there with metallic wax.
It measures 9.75" x 11.25"
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Comments: 142
What beautiful textures! 
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Luckily polymer clay is lightweight. What added the most weight was the glass gems. I can't remember how heavy it was but he loves it so I'm happy.
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i so wanna learn to do stuff like that! *-* you're amazing ^^
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Thanks! Polymer clay is fun...you really should try it.
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Thank you very much!
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This is just beautiful. I swear you didn't leave a square inch undecorated!
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Thank you! Yes, it was a very time consuming project!
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So beautiful. I could see this being a magical item for a fictional book or movie.
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Thank you very much! It was a gift for my son.
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I could definitely make something similar. It would take weeks to finish. This one I made for my son.
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Oh I would definitely buy something like that!
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i honestly drooled when i saw it. 
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LOL! Thank you very much 
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o_O Amazing texture!! I can see why you call it "Turtel Shell"
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Thank you! I made it for my son. He collects turtle type things.
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if i may ask.......how do you attach the clay to the book after its cooked? u dont put the whole thing in the oven do yoU?
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I use a strong glue called WeldBond to attach the cured clay piece to the book.
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wonderful thank you so much for your help ^^ im makeing a clay cover for my sketch book and i was wondering how to attach it ._.*
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I was wondering this same thing, so thank you!
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This is totally amazing
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Thank you very much!
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How did you bake this without burning the journal cover?
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The clay cures at such a low temp that the cover wasn't harmed at all. I even bake on sheets of copy paper to avoid shiny spots.
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That's cool. I supose even if it did end up messing up, you could even recover the inside of the cover with a sheet of paper cut to the size. Do you just use normal soft cover spirals or hard covered?
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