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topknot · 07-08-2009, 11:26 AM

I started back making yorkie figurines!! I guess it was all this time off for summer.

Here are a my first ones. Two are made out of porcelain and the yorkie face pin is made out of clay. I still need to paint them and think I will do the porcelain ones in a watercolor wash. The porcelain ones are - one standing and another is a side view which I will make into a pin to wear. It is hard making them so small - have to pay close attention in creating the details. I plan to make more in different positions so that they tell a story.

So does it look like I am on the right track? I was recognized in a yorkie book for my yorkie stautes I made a long time ago and hope these will be loved by others too. Thanks for letting me share.
T.

Sunnie · 07-08-2009, 11:52 AM

You are MORE than on the right track! I love them! I want one! SERIOUSLY! They are gorgeous... even NOT painted

ARCHIE · 07-08-2009, 12:02 PM

How do you do that, work with porcelin I mean.
They are beautiful. Look at the profile. So perfect.
Amazing the details in the coat. You truly are
a sculpturer. Plan on selling them at all?
Can't wait to see the finished product.

topknot · 07-08-2009, 12:18 PM

Thanks you guys! I use to make yorkie statues back in the 80s. Creating figurines is like falling off a horse - you just get back up again. I use to have my own shop in the 90s where I use to sell the things I made, but made things mostly in wood, painting, and dried flower arrangements. I like to work though in all mediums. I like working with the clay and porcelain best. Yes, I do plan on selling them. First I have to get them finished. LOL Thanks for the boost of confidence.

If you guys send me some cute action shots I will see if I can make them into a figurine. Let me know too what was going on - whether it was chasing one another or just begging. Thanks for the help.

T.

topknot · 07-08-2009, 03:10 PM

I made two more a pin and a figurine.
I call the figurine - "Pillow Talk," since it is a yorkie playing on a pillow. It is kinda hard to view details of the yorkie face pin/broche.

Sunnie · 07-08-2009, 03:28 PM

OK... you HAVE me! I am getting ready to leave for 3-4 weeks in the RV, but when I get back I would like to talk to you some more. I would love to have you make a few for me... maybe using pics of mine as a model?? would that be possible??

topknot · 07-08-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunnie

OK... you HAVE me! I am getting ready to leave for 3-4 weeks in the RV, but when I get back I would like to talk to you some more. I would love to have you make a few for me... maybe using pics of mine as a model?? would that be possible??

How cool!! Sounds great to me Sonya. This is what I would like to do - make them personal for each owner. You could have or wear a replica of your own baby. This would be fun for me, since each one would be unique and different!
Looling forward to hearing from you when you get back.
T.

Sunnie · 07-08-2009, 04:47 PM

Yea! how cool. oh BTW.. I just noticed you are in GA. We will be going thru GA on our trip. Where are you in GA??

topknot · 07-08-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunnie

Yea! how cool. oh BTW.. I just noticed you are in GA. We will be going thru GA on our trip. Where are you in GA??

I am about 45 min. north of Atlanta. Just at the foothills of the N. Ga. Mountains.

bjh · 07-08-2009, 05:20 PM

Tina, they look great. I can't wait to see them after they are painted. You definitely have a wonderful talent.

Sunnie · 07-08-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by topknot

I am about 45 min. north of Atlanta. Just at the foothills of the N. Ga. Mountains.

Oh well, It was a thought..lol.. We will be travelling down the coast. But I WILL contact you when I get back.

topknot · 07-09-2009, 03:32 PM

Here's a couple more I did today. The first two will be wearable pins. The last one is a yorkie in a basket. These are made from porcelain too. I still have to paint them, but must wait for them to go through the drying process thoroughly first. I can't wait till they are finished and I can paint them.

TammyJM · 07-09-2009, 06:01 PM

Beautiful...you are very talented! Do you still do wood carvings??

topknot · 07-09-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TammyJM

Beautiful...you are very talented! Do you still do wood carvings??

Thank you. But I just create them. No wood carvings. What we did was to cut things out of wood and then stain and paint them. My hubby would cut them out of wood and I would do the painting when country stuff was popular. We made quilt racks - some with 3-D bows (there is a trick to making them) and other things.

My hubby did some jig saw work and Jimmy Carter has one of his pieces. Jimmy Carter was so impressed with the workmanship my husband did that he wrote a letter to my husband. We have it framed and sealed up now, since we noticed the ink was starting to fade a bit. There is a story with this one - We actually had a handwriter visit our shop and analyzed this letter for us - she said she could tell a lot by the person's handwritting. It was very cool. Jimmy Carter stated that he actually has this piece that my husband made in his own home and not in his museum. Jimmy Carter received what my husband made from one of Jummy Carter's friends as a birthday gift. They have a summer home in the mountains and they were all meeting there to celebrate. This was about 14 years ago now. Wow, how time flies. It was pretty neat though how someone so important took the time to thank and acknowledge my husband's work.

darnlora · 07-09-2009, 06:39 PM

I want one of the pins when you get them done! Please pm when they are finished they are beautiful!!!!! Wow how talented!!!!!!

07-08-2009, 11:52 AM	#2
Sunnie Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. California Posts: 4,057	You are MORE than on the right track! I love them! I want one! SERIOUSLY! They are gorgeous... even NOT painted __________________ Sonya, Owned by Ladybug, Tilly, Sunshine, Beamer, Rainbow, Sonny and Righteous RIP Sunnie (11/12/2003-7/31/2009)

07-08-2009, 03:28 PM	#6
Sunnie Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. California Posts: 4,057	OK... you HAVE me! I am getting ready to leave for 3-4 weeks in the RV, but when I get back I would like to talk to you some more. I would love to have you make a few for me... maybe using pics of mine as a model?? would that be possible?? __________________ Sonya, Owned by Ladybug, Tilly, Sunshine, Beamer, Rainbow, Sonny and Righteous RIP Sunnie (11/12/2003-7/31/2009)

07-08-2009, 04:47 PM	#8
Sunnie Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: So. California Posts: 4,057	Yea! how cool. oh BTW.. I just noticed you are in GA. We will be going thru GA on our trip. Where are you in GA?? __________________ Sonya, Owned by Ladybug, Tilly, Sunshine, Beamer, Rainbow, Sonny and Righteous RIP Sunnie (11/12/2003-7/31/2009)

07-09-2009, 06:39 PM	#15
darnlora Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Grove Oklahoma Posts: 494	I want one of the pins when you get them done! Please pm when they are finished they are beautiful!!!!! Wow how talented!!!!!! __________________ "The best and most beautiful things in world cannot be seen or touched they must be felt with the heart." ~~~~ Helen Keller

07-08-2009, 12:02 PM	#3
ARCHIE No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 16,218	How do you do that, work with porcelin I mean. They are beautiful. Look at the profile. So perfect. Amazing the details in the coat. You truly are a sculpturer. Plan on selling them at all? Can't wait to see the finished product.

07-08-2009, 12:18 PM	#4
topknot Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: GA Posts: 3,787	Thanks you guys! I use to make yorkie statues back in the 80s. Creating figurines is like falling off a horse - you just get back up again. I use to have my own shop in the 90s where I use to sell the things I made, but made things mostly in wood, painting, and dried flower arrangements. I like to work though in all mediums. I like working with the clay and porcelain best. Yes, I do plan on selling them. First I have to get them finished. LOL Thanks for the boost of confidence. If you guys send me some cute action shots I will see if I can make them into a figurine. Let me know too what was going on - whether it was chasing one another or just begging. Thanks for the help. T.

07-08-2009, 05:20 PM	#10
bjh Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 7,959	Tina, they look great. I can't wait to see them after they are painted. You definitely have a wonderful talent.

07-09-2009, 06:01 PM	#13
TammyJM No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies! Posts: 5,525	Beautiful...you are very talented! Do you still do wood carvings??