Fairy House Remodel

Years ago I made a video sharing the process of how I made this fairy house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkksoFfs_fQ
and learned the seemingly obvious lesson to not add dried moss before baking /facepalm...
But I decided to keep this piece for myself and 3 years later I am really glad that I did because I have been able to see how polymer clay ages with relentless exposure to the elements and backyard chickens.

After it was eaten by a lawn mower I decided it was finally time to refurbish this much abused Gnome Home and give it another 3 years of testing in my garden. I will update this blog post with a link to the video of how I renovated this piece.

The new base of this fairy house is a piece of quartz crystal we mined at Ron Coleman's Crystal mine on Mt Ida in Arkansas last summer. I used a fair bit of Apoxie Sculpt to adhere the old fairy house and newly baked polyclay mushrooms to the quartz and it seems to be holding very well!

Knowing I am going to be displaying this piece in my garden with full exposure to the elements I wanted to make sure all the pigments I use are color-fast and won't fade or rot.

A full list of the tools and materials I use can be found in our Tool Kit: http://www.backtoearthcreations.com/polymer-clay-tools.html

I did use a lot of Mod Podge Hard Coat to seal everything for good measure. Get yours here: https://amzn.to/2TuQJT3

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Planning for the new design, I knew I wanted it to be interesting from every angle so there is a full landscaping all around the house as it is going to be a center piece for a round table. in addition to the apoxie sculpt and polymer clay I used tumbled quartz and green aventurine as the "hardscape".

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All the "silk floral" is actually rubber; I am Very interested in field testing it to see if it fades or deteriorates over time. I went with a predominantly succulent theme because 1.) faux succulents tend to be the material I was looking for and 2.) they're the cutest little plants I've ever met and I love their little button leaves.

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Also, Did I mention it glows in the dark as well as houses a removable LED tea light?