Mini storage compartment

A small storage compartment for my clay elements was purchased by my parents and posed as a utility for placing completed or uncompleted figures. The storage compartment cost $8.00 in total and is of reasonable quality. Each section provides space for the placement of up to four clay elements. I believe that I will need to expand my utility space once I create elements over the mark of 50 as this current storage compartment makes up for that approximate value.

      

Revisiting my website

There has been some inactivity present over the past couple of days due to me being hospitalized mentally. The holidays had me break down under pressure for personal reasons, but now that I am back in a learning environment, I can post more to my blog. I am currently underway with creating more clay elements in my supervised hospital area but will attempt to continue updating when the time is necessary. I'm still working on my grey coloured creature elements and have yet to use my oven-bake blocks of clay, these ones being the coloured blocks. I have a plentiful of time to work on my project within the youth wing of the hospital, its a therapeutic activity I find.

New sharpie pens

Sharpie Electro Pop:

• Techno blue
• Nano blue
• Optic orange
• Electric pink
• Ultra violet

Additional Pen Types:

• Black
• Metallic silver
• Red
• Neon blue
• Neon green

Du-kit mailbox arrival

The clay I ordered from Warehouse Stationery arrived today, and because it was the Easter holiday sale, I got it delivered for free. I wasn't at home at the time to grab it, but my sister picked it up and brought it to me. The Du-Kit blocks are flatter than the previous blocks, but also much wider in surface area. Postage occurred a day after the order was placed, and the estimated delivery time took 5 days, so it arrived in no time, and around the time I predicted, as my neighbourhood postal service delivers on Mondays and Wednesdays.

   
 

Putting materials to use

This morning I began clay sculpting for the first time! It's a very slow process, but I managed to mould the basic shapes of four different Toca Boca elements - sodium, potassium, magnesium and strontium. From there I began to create more basic shapes. I added in basic components, such as their eyes, noses, and even the leaves on their heads. The remaining facial features will most likely draw on by crayon or felt. My first task is to complete modelling the majority of the grey shaded elements, then perhaps move onto to completing the multi-coloured elements on the periodic table. Being a first-time clay sculpturer I also picked up some basic long-term skills, for example, incorporating the use of water to moisten dried clay when exposed to air for particular periods of time, or creating intricate indents for the placement of eye or mouth parts. They all look very simplistic at the moment.

 

Ordering clay online

It's the long Easter weekend and while shopping online, I came across a sale on Warehouse Stationery. The store had a selection of Jovi, Premo! and another clay brand which I had seen elsewhere called Du-Kit. Du-Kit is locally produced, in New Zealand, and relatively affordable. I purchased three clay shades, dark brown, pink, and light green. I received my order confirmation via email and will receive my products between 1-3 business days.

Rectangular toolbox

Late this afternoon I re-visited Spotlight and bought home a "Crafters Choice Large Toolbox Clear". I found it to be of decent quality. Being a plastic and rectangular box, there's not much which can go faulty. Whilst I was out buying a toolbox, I had another look at the clay selection. This time I decided to buy home another "Jovi Air Dry" rectangular block, except in grey colour. I can't open the packaging however until I start modelling the clay in real time.