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-9. Spread the toes apart, so you can get hold of each one, to gently make them a rounded shape. (The toes are more difficult than the fingers.) |
 -10. After shaping the legs and feet, I set the gourd on the "thigh" area of the legs and pressed down firmly, to make an impression of the gourd, so it would sit level when it was time to bake them. |
-11. Using the non-sharp side of a craft knife, I made impressions of toe nails and "joints" on the toes. |
-12. Using the point of a craft knife, I "drilled" a tiny hole in the bottom of the gourd, so it wouldn't crack or explode in the oven. Leaving the gourd setting on the legs, with the arms still in place around the gourd, I piled polyester batting all around the clay parts, so they wouldn't turn dark from the heat. Baking the clay, following the directions on the package, I left the gourd angel in the oven, till it had cooled completely. 13. When I took it out of the oven, the legs and arms had not stuck to the gourd .. but the hands had! I needed to remove the arms, so that I could apply glue all over the underside of them, so they could be attached more securely to the gourd. But before I removed the arms, I marked where the holes would go, for the wings. |
-14. I very gently pried at the arms and hands till the hands came loose ... but in the process, I broke a finger! I carefully saved the broken part, putting it in a can and setting it away from my work area. Then, using the tip of my craft knife, I "drilled' holes where the wings would go. I also put a dab of wood filler in the small hole I'd drilled in the bottom of the gourd. |
-15. Making the halo, came next. After stringing gold-colored glass beads onto a long length of wire, I twisted the ends tightly around the stem of the gourd. |
-16. For the wings, I strung clear crystal beads on wire. |
-17. Then twisted the ends together. |
-18. You can bend beaded-wire wings into any shape you want. In this case, I wanted small "chubby" wings to go with the small chubby-shaped gourd. (^: |
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