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-Gently twist the toes back and forth to make them rounded and pointed and to get them the right length. |
 -08. For the front legs, I used shorter logs ... and made a paddle shape at the end. Then .. as I did for the hind legs, I cut the toes with a craft knife, and shaped them. |
-09 & 10. Before baking the frog (or as the clay people say .. "curing" the frog) I pressed round, faceted, lime-green colored, Austrian crystal beads into the soft clay for the eyes and left them there to baked in place. |
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- 11. I covered a baking pan with parchment paper. To keep the delicate toes from burning, I covered them with polyester batting and kept my fingers crossed that they would not turn dark. And they didn't. (^: I've read that Kato Brand Translucent clay is the best at not burning. And that is what I use. |
-I baked the frog, following manufacture's directions on the Translucent clay, since the frog was made up, mainly of that. It was left in the oven, till the oven cooled completely. When I took it out, I checked the "eye-beads" with my fingernail and they popped right out. Which is what I was expecting. So, I glued them back in, very securely. 12. My idea was to make the frog as a "section" of a glass totem for Margie to incorporate into one of her future totems. I glued him securely into a glass "rose" bowl. (Sometimes called a rimless ivy bowl.) Since he had to have a kazillion plastic bags stuffed down around him, for the trip to Michigan, the glass saucer couldn't be glued over the rim of the rose bow. So, it was wrapped in plastic bubble wrap and went along for the ride. (^: |
-13. The saucer is NOT glued down in this photo. I wanted a photo for myself, with the saucer on top of the bowl, so I laid it there, just long enough for the picture. (^: |
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