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DIY Polymer Clay Goblet

How to turn a red wine glass into a
medieval gothic style pirate goblet.

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Firstly research. I wanted to wrap my head around some of the basic shapes in the hand.
I used the kids science book.
'100 Things to Know About Science'
by USBORNE books.

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I mixed white and beige polymer clay to create a bone color.
Then used 'Bake & Bond' on the stem of the glass.

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Wrapped the stem in clay.
Blended and smoothed with my fingers.

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Holding a ball helped me to see how my wrist and fingers reacted in this position.
I found a great picture from the Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary,
That had all the different hand bones.
Visual Dictionary

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I worked on a few of the lower wrist bones
and then added in the second forearm bone.

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Added some grooves with a ball tool.
Then smoothed the surface with baby oil on a paint brush.

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Sizing and shaping up some carpal bones.

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Blend and smooth in the Carpal bones.

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For the hand bones.
Roll out a length, thicker on either end.

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Detail with a ball tool.
Lay the hand bones into position.

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Creating the leather wraps around the hand.
I have a full in depth video on making polymer clay look like leather.
Leather Effect Tutorial

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Cut two thinner strips of leather, one with a join.
Thin lengths of clay for the stitching.

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For the rope around the hand. Roll out two lengths.
And texture with a needle tool.

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twist the two textured lengths around
each other, to create the rope.

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Moving onto the top rim of the glass.
I spent some time coming up with
a design that I liked.

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Textured the rim of the glass
with scrunched up foil.

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Press out some squares and cut them diagonally
to create triangles.

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Place them around the rim.

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Ball tool in the center of the triangles.
And dotting tool along the upper edges.

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Add in a straight line at the base of each triangle.

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Twist two lengths together and cut diagonally to create a neat join.

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I added the twisted ring to the top of the glass.

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Then decided I didn't like it.
But . . . now looking at it, I wish I had of kept it.

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Roll out a set of finger bones. These are sculpted in the same manner as the hand bones.
Only they are shorter in length.

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Everything was starting to come away from the glass.
And it all went down hill from here.
I wrapped some fabric around the glass to keep it all in place.

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This is a visual representation
of how I was feeling.

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Added the rings to the fingers, then attached the finger bones to the rim of the glass.

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I have a full video on creating the rings that I used for this project.
Pirate Rings Tutorial

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The glass flipped, face down in the oven. Melted, squished and burnt everything.
I was devastated and weeks of work ruined.

I knew if I didn't get straight back into sculpting that I would never come back to this project.

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I repaired the rings and tore off most of the leather. Repaired the rope.

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I re-baked everything,
with a weight in the glass.

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Moving onto the base of the goblet.
Using a circle cutter to remove a section for the arm bones.
Then lay that into position.

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Repeat the same design as the rim of the glass, around the bottom edge.

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Time to paint.
I am using water based acrylic paint.

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Painting a solid black base coat.
Once that has dried, I then go in with a metallic silver on top.

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Re-fuel
'you know how it is.'

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Brown Base coat on the triangles.
And then metallic bronze over the top of that.

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PVA glue in the holes, to attach the gems.

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Solid brown base coat on the leather wraps.
I also lightly dry brushed over the bones with an ivory colored paint.

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Water down some brown paint to add 'grime' to all the brown surfaces.

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Brush on a thin layer of watered down yellow over all the bones.

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Widely blend in some orange/brown paint
around all the creases.

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Go in with a light brown, deeper in the bone joints.

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Then with a small detail brush, go in with a dark brown in the deepest areas.

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Finish of the painting with a light brown rope.

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For inside the goblet I am using an
orange/yellow tulle.
And a row of warm white LED's

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Cut the tulle into lengths. Wrap and scrunch the tulle around the LED's.

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Then place the Tulle and LED's
into the glass.

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Now we can lay our coins and medallions around the base of the goblet.
Coins and Medallions Tutorial

I made this goblet for my younger brothers 30th birthday.
I wanted it to be meaningful so I added elements like the Scorpio constellation, with Antares as a gem.
Added a few other Scorpio elements.
I added some Citrine/Topaz colors throughout to match his Birthstone.
I also recreated his puzzle ring, that I bought for his 18th.
I went for a medieval gothic style for the actual goblet. And added plenty of pirate elements.

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