inkjet transfers onto clay - my first try!

I've come across an extremely helpful tutorial on transfers onto polymer clay, using inkjet printers - thanks Valerie!

It is something I've been really eager to try out, and I present you with the first result. It's a pendant for my boyfriend. The print was done on HP inkjet printer, using the cheapest baking paper in Holland (money is always tight in my household!) and I was really thrilled by the result!

Naturally, since I am a "baksuz", when I did a transfer for myself the printer went low on ink, and as if that wasn't enough - the clay tore when I was lifting it from the work surface. Buuuut, I didn't give up. So, on the second pendant I traced the picture (after baking it), using (again) the cheapest Stabilo pens, and then glazed it. I am very pleased with the result! 

The picture used for the first pendant is one done by my boyfriend, and for the second - Egon Schiele's Gerti Schiele in a Plaid Garment, one of my favourite pieces, by one of my favourite artists, the original of which you can see below:

Wahey! And I hope you like as well.

P.S. I have no idea why some of the pictures are not clickable here. If you want a better view, please see my Flickr page

fill the blanks

I think it was Danny Gregory's advice with the blank squares and filling them out, that was supposed to fight productivity block. I have done nothing worthwhile in a month! Urgh.

And I also need to stop whining and get on with it

Ok, to be entirely fair, this is what I produced in the past month (other than completely useless tidbids that I would never post). 

The first pic is a sort of a wall illustration (it's about 2m high) done for my boyfriend - the facial i-am-not-amused expression is entirely his. The second pic are rings (or soon to be rings) done in FIMO, wire and felt. That was going horibly wrong as well.

I want my productivity baaaack!

I WANNA DRAW AGAIN!

All of my EDM challenges so far. I am posting this to boost my drawing efforts. I have done nothing for ages! How horrible. I hate being unproductive!

a new leaf aka a new page

I have been quite dormant for a month or so, and in my constant attempt to be organized I have been posting old things first. I think from now on I will try to be more up-to-date :) Oh bummer, that means I don't really have anything to post today.

Well, I can at least mention that I have opened a shop at Zazzle with some of my designs.

personal stacks - things that make me go mmmmm

It might be immodest, but I really like these. Maybe because they are personal.

on hold

I have suddenly been very unproductive these days. I ma still scribbling a bit, but really don't like anything I do lately. Perhaps posting something old migh help.

When I did these, I was interested in different perspectives. All were pencil on paper and coloured in PhotoPaint.