Caribbean Mermaid: Things Learned
Phew! Well, that wasn’t as difficult as I thought it was going to be. Thankfully the uniqueness of my subject didn’t toss any major...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 24, 20142 min read
Mixing Clays
I recently found out how to, and not to mix clays. Q. Why mix clays together ? A. For the same reason an artist mixes paints, to get a...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 16, 20141 min read
FDMj Creation: Sunrise Faerie
Hi guys, I wanted to share what I’ve been doing lately. This is part of my sculpture line I call SoftSculpts where they are more...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 4, 20132 min read
Mermaid Cove: Things Learned
Using Baby Oil. I’ve never used Baby Oil on my pieces to the extent of using it as a smoothing agent for uncured clay. On this piece I...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jul 29, 20132 min read
ElkMorph; Things Learned
On this piece I used 28ga wire for hand armature. It came out okay but there was still a good amount of the wire showing through the clay...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 25, 20132 min read
Grassy Fae; Things Learned
From the hand armature video I created and after making some hands in that manner, I cam to realize that the wire was poking out of the...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Mar 27, 20131 min read
Artist’s Block
Okay …. so I’ve hit that point an artist reaches were they hate absolutely everything about their piece ! Grrr – everything I seem to do...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jan 6, 20131 min read
Sandy ‘Maid is Available on eBay
#Faerie #Clay #OOAK #Sculpey #Fantasy #ModelingCompounds #PolymerClay #eBay #Sculpture #Art #Miniature #VisualArts #Fairy #Arts #Crafts
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Nov 3, 20124 min read
Creating Your Own eBay Listing Template
Since I recently listed my first piece on eBay (http://bit.ly/U0kja9), I noticed all these attractive listing formats and wanted mine to...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Sep 1, 20121 min read
Creation Up For Sale
Okay Everyone, I finally decided to put this piece up for sale. Took some time, but here she is; Interim Creation 03: Faerie #Faerie...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 16, 20121 min read
OOAK Wing TuT
Hi Everyone 🙂 I wanted to let everyone know that I just completed a TuT (tutorial) on making wings for those of you who need help with...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jun 3, 20122 min read
Sculpting to A Size
I’m excited to share this little tid-bit. Earlier when I started sculpting, I had told myself I wanted to keep my sculptures at approx....
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 26, 20122 min read
Finished Interim Creation 02; Things Learned
As this was my first try at a mermaid sculpture, I’m very happy with how it came out overall. Now for things learned; 1 ) Flat-back...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 12, 20121 min read
OOAK Mermaid Scale Tool
Finally ! I was confused on what artists used to create those great, realistic looking scales on the mermaid tails. I was starting to...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
May 7, 20121 min read
Creation 010-003
I wanted to blog about lessons learned. I learned a couple things with this sculpture, if not, a few. 1 ) If the head of your sculpture...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Jan 8, 20121 min read
Fixing Moonies on OOAK Sculptures
Moonies are unfortunate but fixable (thank goodness). Moonies: A moonie is a bubble of air that gets trapped in the polymer clay and when...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 14, 20113 min read
OOAK Eye Technique
Hi OOAK’ers ! In my search for information and tutorials (TuTs) for either were to find / buy OOAK eyes for my sculptures I found a lot...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 11, 20112 min read
Blushing Translucent Clay
I got curious about sculpting with Translucent shaded clay because it looked like a very nice shade of clay in the store. The brand I...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 7, 20113 min read
Wigging with Viscose Doll Hair
I did it …. I completed my first wigging — :~D — I chose Viscose hair because for this sculpture I wanted a non-bulky, straight...
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Fredo Declán Hernández
Aug 2, 20112 min read
Creation 010-002; My First Completed Sculpture
WoW …. I finished a sculpture, not just A sculpture, my FIRST sculpture. If I could only genuinely explain the feelings that come along...
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