ArtFire

This one of a kind sculpture shows that even dragons celebrate Valentines Day! I sculpted the male dragon from a mix of silver and blue Premo polymer clay, with a silvery green underbelly and spine. His spine is decorated with blue and green glass beads which were attached with wire and liquid polymer clay.. The tip of his tail ends with a gold cone shaped filigree bead cap. I textured his skin to resemble scales. His wings are composed of three layers of polymer clay in shades of green gold and have a wire in the center for additional strength. He holds a pink polymer clay heart with a blue heart shaped gem in the center. He measures about 4 1/2 inches tall. The female dragon was sculpted from pink polymer clay with a purple underbelly and spine. I dusted purple Pearl Ex powder on her face and down her spine, which is decorated with purple and red glass beads. Her horns have a purple flower bead at the base of red glass beads. Her wings are made up of three layers of purple polymer clay in two different shades and also have a wire embedded in them for strength. Her tail also ends in a gold filigree bead cap. She measures 4 inches tall. Both dragons were sealed with high gloss varnish. The purple plaque reads MY HEART IS YOURS in red letters, and that is what this piece is all about- the male dragon offering his heart to his love. The plaque is also made from polymer clay and I stamped the message into the clay before baking, then filled the the letters with red acrylic paint before sealing with a high gloss varnish. The sign has tiny pink star shaped flowers surrounding it. Each leaf and flower was cut out and shaped individually and the center of each flower has been dusted with Pearl Ex powders in shades of pink, purple, and blue. Each of the corners of the base has three polymer clay flowers in shades of pink and purple. These flowers were also sculpted from polymer clay and feature a purple acrylic flower and a yellow bead in the center. The base is covered in colorful marble chips which were secured with glue. The base measures 8 inches long and 4 1/2 inches wide and the bottom is covered with green felt which I've signed and dated. The unique, sweet, and whimsical sculpture would make a very special Valentines gift!

This sculpture is my first entry in the Polymer Clay Smooshers guild's Valentines Challenge. I like to think outside the box when it comes to these challenges ;-) I love sculpting dragons, so figured that sculpting dragons in love would be even more fun!

Premo polymer clay, Pearl Ex powders, glass beads, acrylic beads, pins, wire, varnish, marble chips, Tacky glue, felt