My First Official Request! This One Is For My Biggest Fan, Also Known As Mom. She's AnEgyptologistand

My first official request! This one is for my biggest fan, also known as Mom. She's an Egyptologist and she asked for "something Egyptian," so I made her a little statue of her favorite god, Anubis. I wanted to use the Sculpey III for color, but the clay is so much drier and tougher than Super Sculpey, so I wasn't able to be as detailed as I would have liked. The constant crumbling meant I couldn't touch a section once I finished it, and his ankh may or may not have looked like a crucifix at several points. Nevertheless, I have prevailed! Hope you like him, Mom.

(Here's the form if you want something, too.)

Sculpey III, ~2 hours

Today, just a few miles down the street from my apartment in San Francisco, Judge Walker overturned Proposition 8. I'm a little teary-eyed thinking about how happy I am for all my friends here in California who will soon have the right to marry the people they love. So, because I was feeling all mushy and sentimental today, I made this little rose. (But I'm still me, so I photographed it like the cover of a trashy romance novel. Obviously.)

I know there's still a long road to travel until everyone in this country enjoys the same freedoms, but we got a little bit closer today. Feels pretty good.

Super Sculpey, ~40 min.

My first glazed piece! I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. No idea what I'm going to use it for, but at least I finally have something to show for myself. Today was my last class before the big trip, so I glazed everything else I've made up to this point so I can collect them all when I get home. Hooray!

Laguna, 2 hour class

It seems the good doctor Zoidberg has found his way into my medicine cabinet.

Super Sculpey, ~60 min.

Tonight I went to see The Wrath of Khan at Lucasfilm, and it was amazing. Not only had I never seen it (I KNOW), and not only was it at My Favorite Place Ever, there was a little trivia contest before the movie and I won! Kind of. They asked for the name of the no-win scenario, and I needed a minute for the name to come to me but I knew they'd give it to the first hand raised, so I jumped up anyway because I don't believe in a no-win scenario. And fortunately, the nice dudes next to me whispered "Kobayashi Maru!" so I shared my winnings with them: an insignia pin/USB drive (which I gave to them), a small bag of Star Trek monopoly pieces, custom made Star Trek pins, and (from what I can tell) a custom Star Trek shirt with everybody's favorite Vulcan in it. Best day ever? Yeah, I think so.

And then, even though I saw it coming, I cried when Spock died. So I did what any normal person would do: I went home and sculpted myself a pair of Vulcan ears in the bathroom with modeling clay.

As you can tell, the half-ear attempt came out a lot better than the full-ear experiment. Then again, I also spent about ten minutes on each side, so this is one of those things I'm going to revisit in a few months when I get better.

(KHAAAAAAAAAAN!)

Super Sculpey, ~10 min. per ear

Rhonda tells me "sloths are the new birds" (in reference to the hip animal du jour), so she requested that I make her a sloth. She did not specify that it be anorexic, nor that it only have fur on the right side of its body. I took those artistic liberties myself.

Super Sculpey, ~90 min.