Polymer clay is a fantastic medium, because it’s so versatile. You can not only make jewellery with it, but decorate boxes and bottles, hair clips, journals and you can create sculptures with polymer clay.

I always enjoyed creating sculptures with ordinary clay which you fire in the kiln, glaze and fire again. However having your own pottery kiln requires space – which I don’t have – and a lot of money. So the next best thing is doing a pottery course, but then you rely on getting your work fired somewhere else.

This is why for me polymer clay is a viable alternative for small scale sculptures. Of course bigger pieces are also possible, however polymer clay isn’t that cheap and I tend to use my small table top oven for baking my pieces. Bigger sculpts just don’t fit in it.

Cheetah sculpture - one of my polymer clay sculptures
Cheetah sculpture – polymer clay painted with acrylic paints.

Two methods of creating polymer clay sculptures.

Small octopus sculpture - purple and pearl and gold
Small octopus sculpture – purple and pearl and gold – above

There are different methods for creating sculptures with polymer clay. You can either use the clay in the various colours they come in and work with these colours – this is the method or you can just use clay in a neutral colour and paint over it with acrylic paint – this is great if you are trying to achieve a realistic look. I am using both methods for my sculptures.

The painted sculptures tend to take longer to make than the coloured ones, which explains their higher price. You can find out more about the latter method in this blog post.

As you might have already noticed I like animals – especially cats, so cat sculptures are dominating my collection. However you will also find creatures such as sloths, a meerkat, octopuses, dragons, hedgehogs, foxes, a horse, a unicorn, a cheetah, a gecko and dogs.

I also take on commissions – because they are very time consuming to make prices for commissions for bigger sculptures start at £50 and depend on the complexity involved. For more information on commissions click here.

At some point I will also try my hand at sculptures of humans.

Designing a new sculpture...with Bobby by my side.
Designing a new sculpture…with Bobby by my side.
Elephant sculpture 1- Nellie
Adorable elephant sculpture 1 Nellie

This cute elephant sculpture 1 is called Nellie and has been handcrafted with polymer clay.

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Elephant sculpture with tusks
Adorable elephant sculpture Jimmy

Cute elephant sculpture with tusks – handcrafted with polymer clay.

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Emperor penguin sculpture
Adorable Emperor penguin sculpture Mable

One-of-a-kind handcrafted emperor penguin sculpture. This penguin is called Mable and made with polymer clay.

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Emperor Penguin Sculpture Percy - side
Adorable Emperor Penguin Sculpture Percy

One-of-a-kind handcrafted emperor penguin sculpture. This penguin is called Percy and made with polymer clay.

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Kangaroo sculpture -front
Adorable kangaroo sculpture – Johnny

This cute kangaroo sculpture is handcrafted with polymer clay in brown, ecru, black and green.

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Red dragon sculpture side.
Adorable red dragon sculpture.

This cute dragon sculpture is handcrafted with polymer clay.

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Cheetah sculpture
Beautiful cheetah sculpture

This cute cheetah sculpture has been handcrafted with polymer clay and hand-painted with acrylic paints.

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Big octopus sculpture
Big Octopus sculpture

Handcrafted big octopus sculpture – made with polymer clay.

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Black and white cat sculpture
Black and white cat sculpture

This cute black and white cat sculpture has been handcrafted with polymer clay and hand painted with acrylic paints. It would make a purrfect gift for the cat lover in your life.

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Black and white tomcat sculpture
Black and white tomcat sculpture

Handcrafted cute black and white tomcat sculpture – made with polymer clay.

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Black cat sculpture
Black cat sculpture

This cute black cat sculpture has been handcrafted with polymer clay and hand painted with acrylic paints. It would make a purrfect gift for the cat lover in your life.

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Black sheep sculpture
Black sheep sculpture Blacky

This cute black sheep sculpture has been handcrafted with black and green polymer clay. He’s called Blacky.

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