Polymer Clay "The Poet" Sculpture

13. Cut out a 1-inch circular table with a cookie cutter out of leftover "plank" clay.

14. Cut a 1-1/2-inch piece of floral wire. Roll the wire up in more "plank" clay to create the table pedestal. Roll a piece of brown clay into a snake and wrap it around the middle of the pedestal.

15. Run gold clay through the pasta machine and cut the base of the table with the cookie cutter.

17. Make a coffee cup, using a little beige and one third more of white clay. Mix by hand until the color is blended. Use a pasta machine set on #7 to process this clay. Mix a piece of brown clay and with very small amount of beige clay to make the coffee. Wrap the flattened off-white clay around the coffee to form the cup.

18. Cut a 'brim' with a razor. Try to form the bottom with a pronounced taper to simulate a real cup.

19. Form the cup handle from a small piece of off-white scrap clay. Hand attach it to the side of the cup. Place a small piece of rolled and flattened off-white clay on the table top, just to the left of, dead center for the proper effect of a cup saucer. Now cut the bottom of the cup and place it on the saucer centered with handle facing toward the poet.

20. Place the tabletop and cup on top of the pedestal. Place the table onto the stage, allowing space for the poet’s stool and microphone stand.

21. Roll black clay into a small ball. Flatten the ball, and place it on the stage close to location of the stool.

22. Cut a 1-3/4-inch piece of floral wire and cover the wire with a thin layer of silver clay for the microphone stand.

23. Mix a small amount of white clay with a small amount of silver clay. Mix to blend then wrap it around the upper third of the microphone stand. With a razor, cut the top and bottom to make the stand adjustor. Smooth the surface by gently rolling it on a flat clean work surface.

24. Form a Y-shape with black clay and place it on top of the stand.