Snakes

Obviously, I like the look of snakes and snake skin. These two are an experiment and contain no wiring (which is probably a bad idea, but I like them too much to try to break them). As it is, they are quite flexible and I hope they won't break soon. I tried to put in wiring, but couldn't make it work somehow. Later I found this Donna Kato tutorial for bangles, so I might give it a try in the next batch.

Btw., both are made from polymer clay and hand painted with acrylics.

Fake and faux and does it show?

Does it ever happen to you that you make something and you are not sure how it looks only because you know how it's made, and what you expect it to look like? Well, it happens to me.

First example: do these two settings really look like some sort of silver/pewter, or is it obvious they're not? Does the first remotely look like turqoise?

Second example:Does this really look like at least a fake snake skin? Hmmmmm. (Btw, it's decoupage on a sellotape cardboard)

I am really never sure!