2018 Polymer Clay Challenge Weeks 7, 8 and 9

I spent the past week sitting with my dad in the hospital. Fortunately his prognosis is much better and he is hopefully on the road to recovery. It will be a rough road but his goal is to get strong and as healthy as he can. That works for me!

While sitting in the hospital I managed to complete several heads for the #2018PCChallenge.

Here they are:

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

I am not sure what happened with week 8, he is a bit out there and the clay is dirty. I think if I clean him up and sand him a bit he will look better. Once they are painted and have hair I think they will look a lot better. It looks like I need to add a bit more skull to week 7 as well. 

One thing I realized, I am not as fond of the light clay as I am the darker clay.

These are not really my best work, but considering where I was and that I only had a few basic tools to work with I'm pleased. 

New Flickr Album link

I created a new Flickr album for the #2018PCChallenge. The 2017 album is no longer linked form the blog but is available on my Flickr site. It is located on the left of the site with this picture. You can also click the picture to get there:

I have 2 zombies in the new album, I consider both of them week 1 heads since I created them both on the same day. I'll have another zombie in there this week. 

2018 Polymer Clay Challenge

Yes, I am super busy, yes I am planning on finishing 30 college credits between now and September 30th, yes I know that my time is limited BUT I had to join. This will be my third year participating in the challenge and I plan on doing more than I did last year. Since I averaged about 1 head per month, give or take a few, I think I can do more.

I will once again be sculpting heads for the challenge. Last year, the challenge did exactly what I thought it would do, it helped me expand my skill. I am willing to try new things because I am always making a practice head. I am always making more. If I get super busy or have a contest/challenge/swap I work on what I need to and then get back to the challenge. I refuse to stress myself out over something that I love ;0)

Soooo, you will see more heads this year, maybe next year I turn them into dolls!