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There are some wonderful tools available for the Polymer Clay artist.   One of these that I have used quite extensively in my projects involving fairies is the flexible mold.

You can purchase them at your craft store.  There will be a wide variety of molds for you to use, everything from feet, emblems, leafs, flowers, hands, faces, even body molds.  These molds are made of a flexible rubberized material. However, I have learned there are some tricks to using these molds to your advantage.

First if you have never worked with Polymer Clay the first thing you should learn is to condition it.  That means take a small amount of clay off of the block and knead it with your fingers until it becomes very pliable.

Is it a gnome or a troll?  I asked my son that very question when he made it.   I was told he is just a guy enjoying his fishing spot.   My son is laid off right now and is a little bored.   But I think he came out rather well; both my son and the figure

The fish in my pond have been nibbling at the bobber that was attached to his fishing pole.

Isn’t polymer clay great!

I am having so much fun making the gnomes and fairies. I can’t believe with very little practice how easy these are to make. I highly recommend Fairies, Gnomes and Trolls  for showing you how to make faces of all sorts. The principles are the same whether you are making a human or make believe face.  I am working on a Troll at the present time….it is presenting some new challenges!  But I will get his face right yet!

It is getting so bad, I am now naming my creations.   They are becoming real; part of the flower/pond neighborhood.

The Green Man is looking out for my garden and all it inhabitants:

The garden is flourishing under his constant care:

Coral Bell Mermaid is lounging by the side of the pond:

A couple of weeks ago the children next door found a toad in the yard and wanted to put it in my pond.   So over they came (5 and 3) to place the toad in the water.   I had to remind them not to step on the flowers…the little girl asked me why and I could have stated the obvious about killing my flowers, but instead I told them that my garden was full of fairies and gnomes, and that if they weren’t careful they would hurt the little people.

Of course, this led to more questions about what were fairies and gnomes and how come they couldn’t see them, where did they hide and so forth. We sat on my porch eating Ed’s chocolate chip cookies and milk for about an hour and talked about fairies and gnomes. If you have inquisitive children of your own I am sure you can imagine the questions put to me. Their mother was just as enraptured by the questions and answers as she was by Ed’s cookies!