Back to Earth Creations
  • Home
  • Join our Club!
    • $1 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $5 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $10 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $20 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $30 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $40 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $50 Craft Along Club Membership
    • Craft Along Club >
      • Craft Along Blog
      • Members Only Streams
      • Coloring Pages
      • Digital Download Content
  • Shop
    • Craft Along Athon Star Flowers
    • Dragon Scale Necklaces
    • Custom Dragon Eyes
    • Accessories
    • Jewelry For Sale (All) >
      • Rings
      • Pendants
      • Necklaces
    • Craft Materials (All) >
      • Cabochons (All) >
        • Fused Glass Cabochons
        • Dichro/Shimmer Cabs
        • Polyclay and Resin Cabs
        • Gemstone Cabochons
      • Wire
      • Laser Cuts
      • Kits and Boxes
    • Patterns/Templates
    • Apothecary
    • Sticker Shop
    • Purchase Your Auction Items
    • Auction Gallery A
  • My Tool Kit
    • Wire Wrapping Tools
    • Chainmaille Tools
    • Resin Casting Tools
    • Polymer Clay Tools
    • Dragon Eye Tools
    • Leather Tools
    • Electroforming Tools
    • Lampwork Glass Tools
    • Video Production Tools
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Join our Club!
    • $1 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $5 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $10 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $20 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $30 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $40 Craft Along Club Membership
    • $50 Craft Along Club Membership
    • Craft Along Club >
      • Craft Along Blog
      • Members Only Streams
      • Coloring Pages
      • Digital Download Content
  • Shop
    • Craft Along Athon Star Flowers
    • Dragon Scale Necklaces
    • Custom Dragon Eyes
    • Accessories
    • Jewelry For Sale (All) >
      • Rings
      • Pendants
      • Necklaces
    • Craft Materials (All) >
      • Cabochons (All) >
        • Fused Glass Cabochons
        • Dichro/Shimmer Cabs
        • Polyclay and Resin Cabs
        • Gemstone Cabochons
      • Wire
      • Laser Cuts
      • Kits and Boxes
    • Patterns/Templates
    • Apothecary
    • Sticker Shop
    • Purchase Your Auction Items
    • Auction Gallery A
  • My Tool Kit
    • Wire Wrapping Tools
    • Chainmaille Tools
    • Resin Casting Tools
    • Polymer Clay Tools
    • Dragon Eye Tools
    • Leather Tools
    • Electroforming Tools
    • Lampwork Glass Tools
    • Video Production Tools
  • Contact Us

Fairy House Remodel

5/22/2020

2 Comments

 
Picture
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.
Picture
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!
Picture
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


Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture

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".
Picture

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.

Picture
Picture

Also, Did I mention it glows in the dark as well as houses a removable LED tea light?
Picture
Picture
2 Comments
Theresa Yost
5/22/2020 01:56:38 pm

Love it. I like the Hen and chick succulent in the front. Thought it was real. That would be a nice touch if it could be worked i n. Love the glow in the dark. I see what I may be working on. Do you have the measurements of it so I can get an idea of how big it really is. Thank you.

Reply
Suzanne Armstrong
5/22/2020 04:24:03 pm

Love it. Site will not let me leave a thumbs up

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Yvonne Williams is an artisan educator and Craft-Addict who currently resides in South Western Missouri. As lead designer of Back to Earth Creations, she specializes in Mixed Media with focuses on Wire wrapping, polymer clay, chainmaille,and leather working. With the help of her partner in all things, Randy, she runs two youtube channels, active social media accounts, hosts weekly livestreams and monthly auctions, and manages a small urban homestead.

    Archives

    September 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020

    Categories

    All
    Fused Glass

    RSS Feed

Privacy Policy
Contact Us