Wish me luck

[Kwant]

Thanks Nic. Yes I carved it, will not be doing it again as it made me sneeze :0). It was not my idea, I found the idea of carving in soap on another website. I am off to the shops to try to find some polymer clay as you have suggested.

One thing I have found that I do like, being a painter normally, I experimented with painting designs using the paste type of clay with some success. Building up layer by layer I have achieved a couple of nice pieces of a reasonable thickness that allow some very nice fine detail.

I also modelled a little fish skeleton by hand and mounted a tiny diamond for an eye (diamond as big as a fleas eye, I know diamonds should not really be fired in situ but it was so small it was worth the risk) sadly all the bones fell off, I suspect I had let the spine dry too much before piping on the bones.

... and my dog now has a little bone for her collar with her name on

[MuranoSilver]

I think I read somewhere that the metallic versions are easier to carve
(if that helps ) Fishbone piece with the diamond sounds cool
Did the diamond come out ok?
Nic xx

[Kwant]

Well yes and no Nic :0) I forgot to make a hole in the back to let the light through, the stone seems on the face of it to have survived with no ill effects but then as you would need to have eyes like microscopes to see it who knows? Still it is by our mistakes we learn.