This is a Fimo and glass beads Cleopatra that i made after my 8 year old (her with the frog!) told me my original, made for a project with the kids) wasn’t good enough!

Fimo is such a great way for the family to do something together; we read a book on Cleo, then everyone had [...]

My first attempt at a realistic figure; i had personal reasons for making this and chose not to give either the woman or the tiny baby a face, partly because i’m no good at them and partly because i wanted them to be distinctly enigmatic.
I started with the bodice, thin fimo wrapped around waste clay [...]

um…blue! I’m spotting a theme!

But still smiling. (Must learn to do eyelids!)