Monday, 26 September 2011

30 days day 14 - a non-fictional book

  1. A non-fictional book
Fairies Gnomes and Trolls: A Fantasy World in Polymer Clay



I think this is a brilliant book for the aspiring polymer clay artist. I have a few Maureen Carlson books that I bought a few years ago to have a mess around with clay and make some cute little things.

This book is not only informative and gives step by step instructions on how to make fantasy creatures, it’s also a beautiful book in its own right. It has lots of nice colourful photographs of the finished models, sitting in situ in little fairy grottos à la the front cover (yeah two ‘the’s, whatever).

I have made some of the things in the book, and I have also adapted some of the techniques in it to make other things. I think it would take a whole load more practice to get as good as the author though!

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