Amethyst\'s Arts and Crafts

[★Amethyst★]

Sleipnir can finally stand

I'm painting him with black slip(liquid clay) and carving out some spirals and other details. After the first firing I'll fill them in with some dark purple and then clear glaze all of him.

[★Amethyst★]

Oh, wow! I love this, Sleipnir looks awesome. I love the spiral pattern so much

Thanks; I'm basing it off some celtic designs I've seen of horses. It's one of my favorite parts so far I think. I love him but it's been a month already so I want to finish him soon

[Razuel]

Looks like Ganon's horse to me, but beside that it looks really good

[★Amethyst★]

Sleipnir's ready for the first firing-


I've been working on a two-part project recently, but they're hoomins, not animals(for the most part) sorry They're inspired by Oberon and Titania, the fairie king and queen from A Midsummer Night's Dream.




There's some quirks in the faces, but I'm really happy with how they're turning out :p (I made a bust last semester and comparing that to these I can tell I'm improving a bit)

[Razuel]

They all look very pretty!

[Ventus Fall]

Very impressive work so far, wow, can't believe I missed checking out this thread. I really find it refreshing your art style and your medium.
I'm especially impressed with Sleipnir. So many 'appendices'. I've read about how things went, and it doesn't surprise me how frustrating it must have been with those legs wanting to break every time.
Glad it seemed to have turned out well in the end

[★Amethyst★]

Very impressive work so far, wow, can't believe I missed checking out this thread. I really find it refreshing your art style and your medium.
I'm especially impressed with Sleipnir. So many 'appendices'. I've read about how things went, and it doesn't surprise me how frustrating it must have been with those legs wanting to break every time.
Glad it seemed to have turned out well in the end

Thank you Most people post drawings on here so sculptures are a little different I guess ^^

Ceramics is kind of a test in patience, especially since I find myself doing little, time consuming details(or legs...) but if it works in the end it's worth it

[Ventus Fall]

You're welcome ;D

And it is definitely worth it, indeed!

[★Amethyst★]

The semester is wrapping up in a few weeks, which means I can't do any more ceramics until the fall semester. Oh well, that just means I can post more plushies and stuff in the meantime

Anyway, I'm making a fluffy kitty figurine for my boyfriend since he likes cats a lot. I feel like his ears are just a /bit/ big though.


And I've been working on a collaboration with a girl who's in my class. We both like sculpting animals and some fantasy stuff(though hers are a little darker) so it's been going well. Also, I learned she's into the furry fandom too I did the face, collar, and some feathers while she did the body and most of the feathers. We're thinking of naming it Sakhmet after the Egyptian lion deity.

[Razuel]

Nice! Very cool!

[★Amethyst★]

The kitty is done I've decided I really, really like making figurines. They're also much faster to make ^^'


Painting stripes on cats is a pain in the butt, but it looks pretty realistic in the end so I'm not complaining.

[Razuel]

Quite the pretty kitty!

[★Amethyst★]

So...an update on the Lion collaboration. It was put into the kiln this weekend but...it exploded.

lol


We're not super upset by it, but it's kind of a shame. These things happen? It was probably fired too early, when it still has some moisture inside of the clay. A least it was fired on its own or else it would have taken other stuff with it.

[SirSteel]

Hey Amethyst, how's the art going? Lots of nice progress up in here.

[★Amethyst★]

Hey Amethyst, how's the art going? Lots of nice progress up in here.

Hey, thanks. I haven't seen you in awhile.

I've been working on some more stuff since summer started for me but I've been a bit slow on account of feeling kind of blah recently :p