Acornia

The acorn man is DONE, and to deal with the touchy subject of nudity, I will from this time on put photos showing (this is silly to me since its just polymer clay, but whatever) nudity will be within the post and you will have to click on read more to see it/read the rest of the post.  Anyway, the pieces of the puzzle were put together and the muse who brought along the acorns was revamped. I had to build up his legs, arms, and the center of his body a bit.  He was painted with the inspired design from blogs before, and also sits on it, as well as the multitude of colorful acorn cupiles which were inspired by the real thing.  Oh Norfolk, Virginia, little yellow house on Tidewater drive and your white oaks with intensely bright green acorns...

after the jump, see the dude man uncensored as he is nude.

Acornia

The acorn muse is done and all these last few blogs will finally come together with the next one.  I will post asap

The acorn transformed into a pattern, ready for fashion

I wanted to make a pattern to paint onto some clay fabric which will be on the figure (yet to be made) so I took four of my polymer clay acorns (two with seeds, the other two without) and arranged them together.  Using a computer editing program I just tinkered with it, and got the images in the order below... when I got the one with the strands, I isolated a single image that I liked, lightened it, repeated it in a tile arrangement, and then have the final product which looks nothing like the original photo.  Its amazing and really cool, I see albino mice and orchids in the last picture, not acorns.  I will paint images inspired by this print on the clay covering of the next figure... cant wait to make it!

Cupules become "modernized" for artistic purposes and acorns inspire new fashion line

Clay cupules painted and ready to be arranged, the acorn will be used as inspiration on the clay clothes that the figure wears, using a computer program to alter and warp the acorn which will be repeated as a pattern.

Nature for modularization

"The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun." - Napoleon Hill


"Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?"

 “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oak Nutized

Acorn