Unika hästskulpturer och målningar av EvaMarie Törnström
Den här hästen heter Circumstance, vilket kan översättas till ”omständigheter” på svenska. Tittar man i Cambridge Dictionary så kan circumstances uttydas som: events that change your life, over which you have no control. Låter spännande, eller hur? Så var det för den här hästen också. … Read More
In Sweden, polymer clay is mostly used as something children play with. In the stores the children’s brands are FIMO Soft or FIMO Kids. Therefore, I import the clay that I use, which is in a quality called FIMO Professional, … Read More
My inspiration for the volcano horses are is the name suggests volcanoes. I imagine that it can symbolize something powerful that is on the inside, something that possibly – or maybe – can come out, as an explosion or as … Read More
Today I teached a workshop of a slightly different kind. Most of the participants were used to working with clay, but with the usual pottery clay. They came along with their pottery teacher to find out how it was to … Read More
In the last post I showed you how I made a skinner blend from black to reddish brown to white and to black again. I made thin sheets of that blend that I cut into about 2 cm pieces. Then … Read More
This time it will be a very special horse. A horse named Alva. Her personality has a shimmer in it, so I started to make a skinner blend with what I call Alva colors. Later you will se how I … Read More
With inspiration from the tool I showed in my last blog post. As you can see I made a lot of Skinner Blends which I rolled into ”mane hairs.” These will form the mane and the tail of the horse.
To create a kurbits-like pattern for ”The Depressed Dala Horse” I made some polymer clay canes that I could use for different parta of the pattern. I had made a skech of how I wanted the pattern to look like … Read More
The canes are quite soft when they are new, so I let the cool down in the fridge for several hours before I slice them. During the meantime I cover the horse’s head and legs with skinner blends. That is … Read More
For the cloisonné horse, I had an idea of creating a colorful, yet very simple pattern on the black body of the horse. I started with FIMOs basic colors and made some Skinner blends. One from white over yellow to … Read More