{"id":4236,"date":"2013-08-07T20:39:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2013-08-07T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T20:39:24","slug":"a-polymer-clay-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=4236","title":{"rendered":"A Polymer Clay Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have way too many ideas, i just can’t \u00a0get to them all fast enough. I laid out a wall piece for my older son Brad who is a Master Scuba instructor. It’s lots of my funky fish and I can’t wait to get started on it.<\/p>\n

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But before that I really wanted to try something new. After I posted my first large wall piece, Wall Flowers<\/a>, almost everyone that saw it in person commented on the texture in-between the flowers. When more than one person mentions something, I usually pay attention. I called it stippling for lack of a better word and stipple actually\u00a0describes pretty well.<\/p>\n

I wanted to use the artistic cutout filter<\/strong> in Photoshop to change a photo to a graphic picture so I could stipple it in either shades of gray or monochromatic. I decided on shades of gray. So here’s the beginning and I thought I’d share it with you.<\/p>\n

This one isn’t as large as the first one, I need to get to Tampa to buy new frames, it’s only 12″ x 16″. But this will work out just fine in case it isn’t a keeper.<\/p>\n

To get the photo large enough, I imported into Illustrator, enlarged it and then tiled it to print. I taped it together and then taped it to the back of the glass from the frame I’m going to use.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping that when the picture gets completely covered that it will looks like a person….check back, I’ll post more as I get it finished. I promise…even if it isn’t what I expect. Trust me, I’m having way too much fun to care and besides, polymer clay is not precious, there’s more where this came from.<\/p>\n

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