Trip to Japan

Hi.. finally I am back to Indonesia. I came back last week and was right away occupied with so many works and preparation for Bazaar (yesterday). The Bazaar was pretty quiet...so much different from the previous Bazaar I joined. Well, perhaps it was on the weekday and it was in an office building, or maybe my luck was bad yesterday >,<

Yeah..as I wrote on the title of the post "Trip to Japan"...I went to Japan for two weeks. Of course it wasn't any travelling program, it was skill-upgrading trip. I was very happy, overwhelmed, excited and any other positive feelings I could describe despite I was sooo tired (Salonpas all over my body and arms) in order to rush the intensive module specially designed by my teacher for me. Thank you so much Ozaki Sensei ^^

I have been yearning to have lesson at Deco Clay Craft Academy Japan, and finally after 5 years of waiting, my dream came true!! Now I am a member of Deco \(^0^)/ It wasn't an easy process. There are so many curriculum I have to overcome and exam is compulsory!! Can you imagine that? there is no such thing as exam for craft in my country, but Deco has one and it is a high-standard test which I will be rewarded a certificate for the big effort. I am looking forward for that day...I will be returning to Japan again in November this year for further upgrading and the exam. My teacher threw me bunch of homework to prepare before I see her again (^_^!)

Me (left) and My Sensei (right)

Here I share the pictures of my works I have to finished there in 7 days..no bargain! ^_^

After I finished my lesson, my Sensei rewarded me with a visit to Hobby Show Japan 2016. It was like heaven to all crafters. Trust me!!! You will love everything you see there and you will want to join all the workshops, buy all the stuff and be there for the whole day >o<

 me at Deco booth

 All the flowers you see here are made of Deco Clay by Yukiko Miyai Sensei and team

 Naoko Sensei (left), me, my little son and Ozaki Sensei (right)

They are Deco Senior Master

Me, Kazuko Miyai Sensei (Founder of Deco), Yukiko Miyai Sensei (Deco Principal) and Ozaki Sensei (right) 

And last...reward for my son for being so supportive to me, sending me off for my lesson every morning, meeting me somewhere after lesson and always be there to 'annoy' me when I was busy with my homework lol ^_^

Disneyland!!!!

See you again with more pictures of my works ^^
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Little Twin Stars (2)

 Green Tea Mochi and Strawberry Mochi with red bean paste fillings..nom.nom..

Ohh..dear!! how I deeply in love with these cute characters after making them for the first time, which I posted previously on my blog. I couldn't help myself to create more and run wild with my imagination lol ^0^

I made Japanese mochi as base for them and made them wearing cute Japanese traditional attire. I also created a sleeping night scene with soft pastel colors. When I made them, it was as if I was living in a miniature imaginary fairy world....I know it sounds exaggerating, but it was truly fun creating these two cute babies.

Here are the results... ^^ enjoy..

This sleeping little twin stars isn't suitable for charms because of the size (around 5.5cm length, 4cm width and 5.5cm height). It's more suitable as collectible item. 

 I like this one so much that I can't help taking so many pictures of it and posting them ^^

Happy Weekend everyone!

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Miniature Dog - Shih Tzu

Hello again everyone! This time I am posting my super challenging order, a miniature Shih Tzu dog!! Honestly this is my first time making a realistic dog miniature. Usually I only make cute rounded shape dogs for fun and in fact never before I received any order making miniature dogs.

This lovely Shih Tzu dog was the dearest dog to my customer's mom, but it has passed away not long ago. My customer wish to make a miniature replica of it as a memory for her mom, so this is an important project.

This time I use Premo polymer clay to make this project. I failed the first one! the dog looks so messed up and thin. I felt bad if I have to present this to my customer. I didn't want to disappoint her mom so I remake another one. This is the picture of my failed work. >.< (horrible isn't it?)

I am quite happy that the remake version looks much much better...actually far better I think. Here are more pictures of the dog from different angle.

I use matte glaze for the whole body except the eyes, nose and tongue I use glossy glaze.

What made me happiest was not when I received the payment, but when I saw the look in her eyes (my customer's mom). She was so happy and started telling me every single details bout her dearest dog, about how shiny the fur and that it was blind on the right eye. It was touching and amazing how she remember everything so detail about this beautiful creature. Hope you rest in peace there...

Let's move forward to a happier topic. This customer who ordered this miniature dog is the same customer who ordered cake topper which I posted earlier. Besides the miniature dog, she has also requested another pair of fluffy bear as keychain. Thank you so much for liking my work.

Thank you for reading ^^

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Anna, Olaf and two Fluffy Bears

Hi...how is everyone? I couldn't post anything lately because I was terribly sick last week. I was on the bed most of the time, something wasn't right with my stomach. I had a terrible run and pain all over the stomach and I had fever for two days. It was a truly exhausting week!! I couldn't sleep well at night because of the pain. I am slowly recovering now and back to my routine activities. Well, still a bit of pain sometimes, but I am feeling better compared to last week.

Here I will share my latest commissioned work which has passed the turn around time. Dear..They were supposed to be delivered to my customer on Wednesday, but I couldn't wake up and do anything last week. Thanks to my dear customer who has been so understanding and willing to give me extra few days to do it instead of cancelling the order. I finished them all yesterday night and lucky that there is a one-day-express delivery service available in town, so I posted them all today and hopefully they arrive safely on time tomorrow. They will be part of  my customer's daughter's photo session on Sunday.

These fluffy bears were made based on pictures of actual dolls belonged to the customers which was sent to me to make the miniature. They are not my original idea. 

They are so adorable!!

 The customers had also requested Princess Anna figurine and Olaf. 

My favourite of all is Olaf!! The funny snowman who sings very well

Everything was made using Japanese resin air dry clay and glazed with matte sealer Padico.

Thank you for reading ^_^ and Happy Weekend!

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Kamen Rider and a little boy

Hi...Sorry for not posting anything for so long. It was a long holiday in my country, the Eid Mubarak Holiday. It's a celebration of victory for Moslems after one full month of fasting (not eating and drinking during the day). I am really amazed by my Moslem friends, because I don't think I can do that. I didn't celebrate Eid Mubarak, but I did enjoy the holiday by not doing anything related to work and stayed away from my working table, including craft ^o^ just took a break to have fun with my son.

Activity back to normal again this week and finally I finished one of my commissioned order. It was an order from my high-school classmate. I was very excited about it. She was looking for a Kamen Rider figure for her son but she couldn't find it anywhere in the city she lives in, so she decided to get me to make one for her plus her son's figure standing along with the Kamen Rider. It was really an honour for me to create this for her.

My medium is air dry clay. I glazed them with matte sealer except the eyes of the Kamen Rider. If you notice something under their feet, it is glue tac to help the figures stand. I usually will attach the figures on an acrylic base, but for delivery safety, I separate them and let the recipient glue it themselves. You do no need special glue to attach the figures on the acrylic base, just any strong glue will do.

This is Arya, the little boy

I really hope my dear friend and her son will like my work. I really do. Anyway, thanks a lot Lyfen for trusting me and ordering from me ^_^ I really appreciate that.

Here is a bonus short video of the making process.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day !!

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Children Miniature (part II)

Hi..it's almost a week since the last time I wrote my last blog. I was quite busy finishing the project of this commissioned work of children miniature. I was requested to make a miniature of siblings of 3 from a customer from UK. I have written about this before in my previous post Children Miniature part I, but it was only one figure was completed then. I have finally finished crafting the miniatures of these three cute children last night. I am very happy with the results.

 The eldest daughter Ayla in her school uniform. She is a very talented girl, she plays the piano and violin. She participates in school orchestra and performs regularly.

 The sweet Selina, the 2nd daughter in her favourite outfit, the ballerina costume.

 The Youngest little boy, Troy, who loves Kinder Egg very very much

This is their pictures from their mom...sorry for the quality, because they were sent by phone.

I enjoyed making these three little figurines very much. They are just so cute. Short videos of the making process will also be sent digitally to their mom, too, as a bonus. Hope they love it.

You can view the videos on my videos page.

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