Tool Tag!!

Lance, from Crescent Hill Designs, tagged me to show my tools. (Oh boy, am I glad I cleaned last night!!!!!!) Anyway, below are the main tools I use, which are my clay tools. They look a little ragged, but if I sat in water the majority of my life I would look like this too!! When working I leave them in water to prevent clay crust build up on the tools. Besides the wood set, I also use a bone tool to work the clay in corners and to smooth surfaces out. The needle tool is a real popular tool for me too since I love to poke holes in things.

Below are a set of dental tools I use for the really detailed areas (eyes, mouths, etc.), a plastic knitting needle with lovely rounded yet pointy ends, a weaving needle with a rounded end, scissors and tweezers to pick up and hold small pieces.


I'm embarrassed to show my poor palette knives...one is from the 1970's and the other is only about 2 years old, but heavily used, plus a pot scraper...not a ceramic pot scraper but a kitchen pot scraper I use in the same way. I have 3 of them from pampered chef and I will never let them out of the studio for domestic use!!! I use all three for smoothing the clay surface.

Below are the workhorses, a multi-tipped screwdriver, pliers, needle-nose pliers, wire cutters and jewelry loop pliers.

A rolling pin...I work a great deal in the slab technique with the clays so I have a rolling pin specifically designated for clay use only.

Some of my brushes. I use synthetic and natural bristle brushes to paint on canvas and the sculpture pieces I make. There are also 2 measuring tapes on the left side of the lazy-susan brush holder, pencils, pens and sharpie markers. I didn't photograph it, but one of my new tools is a true color bench light. I can now paint with greater confidence at night that what I am seeing is the actually color I will see the next morning in daylight. That is a priceless in my book!!!

Now I think I am suppose to tag three more people so I am going to speculate on who Janell and Ann might pick and try not to duplicate:

1. Sheila from Pieces of Me

2. Kim from Kim Hardt Originals

3. Christy from CC's Whimsies

Happy creating

Laurie