ideas, ideas…

Thanks to Beth for spawning another idea for my dragon sculptures...

Birthstone dragons!

Although I'm trying to determine whether I should make the dragons the color of the month's birthstone, or make them in various colors holding a "gemstone" that I simulate (whether by natural mineral or faux with polymer clay).

It may be easier to just make them in colors of the month's birthstone, although I'm wondering how I'd go about doing that with April's birthstone, which is the diamond. I'm thinking either plain white, or mixing mostly translucent with a little bit of white.

For June, I'd give buyers a choice of either Moonstone or Pearl. I'll have to skip the other birthstone for June (there are three), which is Alexandrite. It supposedly changes color depending on the type of light that hits it, green for sunlight, and red for artificial light or twilight. I could probably try to simulate that with powders, but I'm not sure if I have any that shift between red & green. There are those that do a red/blue, green/yellow, and blue/green shift, but no red/green. I'll have to experiment with that when the time comes. 'Cause just red & green mixed together makes brown.

For October, which has two birthstones, Opal and Tourmaline, I'll probably go with Tourmaline. Opal is a tricky stone to emulate, so I'll have to work on that before offering it up as a choice of color. Tourmaline can be a range of colors, but I think it is typically pink for the birthstone for October. (correct me if I'm wrong, please.)

For December, which also has two birthstones, Blue Topaz or Turquoise, either one will probably be offered, as Turquoise can be emulated fairly easy from what I can tell.

I won't be able to emulate the luster of these gems, but I should be able to get the color fairly well.

Just a note if anyone reading this decides they want to inquire about a birthstone dragon... please give me at least three months advance notice (although that can be negotiable, depending what is already on my plate), especially if it is in a month where simulating the color may be a bit tricky so I'll have time to experiment and work out the colors. I haven't worked with very many faux stone techniques yet, so plenty of advance notice would be greatly appreciated.

Speaking of faux stone techniques... anyone interested any buying me a specific book from my wishlist? It's #8, and would come in quite handy for this new series I have in mind, even if it doesn't have instructions for all the stones I may need to emulate for this project.. And I may be willing to work out a "trade" or discount for a finished piece. ;o)

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