Purple Rose Egg, polymer clay

Description

I've gone completely mad making eggs. So much fun, and very collectable.
Display these any time of year.

Yes there is an actual chicken egg inside. Blown, cleaned and pre baked.

For this egg, I used some of my own hand made polymer clay purple rose cane and some leaf cane slices.

(For those not familiar with canes, it's a long rope made by assembling a design with clay, then stretching and squeezing until a long rope is formed with the design running all the way through. Paper thin slices can be used as a veneer to cover just about anything.)

I made a matching simple base for this egg, but all my eggs have a very small hole in the narrow end. (Needed for baking.) I can add a small silver eye hook for hanging if you like. (Convo me before I ship.) There is no extra charge for this.
The hook is very small, perfect for fishing line, or any fine line.

Once the egg is baked, it's sanded with a stack of wet sand paper grades. Then buffed using a dremel buffing tool, and glazed with either an acrylic floor polish, or varathane.

Very unique, and collectable.

note; someone asked me if it would ship ok. These eggs are VERY tough once covered in polymer clay. Not to worry. I pack well and even if I didn't, I have dropped a few resulting in either no, or very minimal damage. They are a lot tougher than they look.

Added on Oct 23, 2009