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Cow
Head Tutorial
By Emma Green

You
will need :-
1
rod of White, 1 rod of Pink plus *Stringers
in white,black,transparent (this is for her eyes, so the choice
is up to you).
Tools:-
Marver or stump shaper, tweezers or snipe nosed pliers and pick/pokey
type thingie tool (you can tell it's going to
be technical talk all the way with me can't you).
Ok
lets get started.......
Oh
one more thing, don't forget to keep your bead warm in the top
of the flame throughout the whole bead making process.
THIS IS UBER, UBER IMPORTANT Trust me
just do it ;-)
Ok now we can start
We start by
making a white cone shape.
Next
we will use a black stringer to add the cows splodges (that's
the technical term I'll have you know, I asked my friend
who had once seen a cow ;-) ).
Make a small dot of black and then add another right next
to it (make sure it touches your first dot), then add a
third dot to the left or right of the first two(see picture
if as I suspect, that made no sense at all). When you melt
these dots flat they will form nice uneven splodges.
Splodge
take 2 - Another
way you may like to try is to just add a large blob of black,
melt in and then use a pick to poke the shape about till
you get something you like. I used to use this way but find
the three or even four dot technique makes better neater
edges to the splodges.
*When
adding the dots try to remember to leave a blank space where
her face will be. It doesn't matter too much if you forget
but it does make adding the eyes a little easier.
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Cow
Eyes next
So
here goes:- Place two black dots where you want his eyes
to be. Melt these in till they are almost flat.
Next
add a dot of white over the black spots and melt these in
the same way. Then add a transparent dot over the white
(I almost always use blue or teal, but hey that's just me)
and melt in. Then add a small black dot for the pupil, you
can either melt this in completely flat or leave raised.
*Remember
the white space I asked you to try and leave? Did you Forget?
Worry not!
If
you have a black splodge where you want to place the eyes,
just add a white dot first instead of a black one, then
add the transparent, then the pupil dot.
This
may sound a little easier, after all it's one dot less right?
Sorry guys but I find that the ones I've made this way just
don't have the same kind of impact. They won't look anywhere
near as cartoony or as crisp around the edges. Saying all
that, you know me maybe I am just too picky. Lots of you
will make them this way and be very, very happy with your
cows. Do your own thing, play with the glass stacks and
decide which one suites you best.
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Now
for the nose
Using the pink glass rod add two dots next to each other
(see picture).
Gently
heat these two dots and use your marver or stump shaper
to flatten them slightly.
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Nostrils
Next
gently heat the nose again and using your chosen pokey thingie
(wow I am really throwing the technical terms at you all
today) Poke a hole in each flattened dot.
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Are you excited?
You've nearly finished!
Don't forget
to keep him warm
Oh and don't
forget to breath ;-)
Ears
Next
heat up the spot where you're going to add the ears and
blob some black on there, keep adding until you have enough
to squish with the pliers/tweezers (see picture for a guide)
and
squish :-D
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*Now
you could leave your cow like this if you like or you could
add a little pouting lip. I personally like the lip, but
if you you found this bead kinda stressful you may want
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Add
a tiny dot of pink or white to your cow bead, just under
the nose (see picture)
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Gently
heat the dot and then using your stump shaper/marver push
it upwards towards her nose.
(Confused?
POP over to the plop toot page for more detailed pictures
of this technique, the lip is done in just the same way
as Plops feet.)
Gently
heat the whole bead towards the top of the flame so as not
to distort any of your hard work and that's it your done!
YAY
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So have you just
learned how to make a cows head.... wrong! You just learned
how to make all sorts of critters heads!
I make lots
and lots of my animals heads in just the same way. Take
a looksie below to see what I am rambling on about.
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Do you see how similar this
cat is to the cow bead?
All you need to do is place
white dots in stead of the pink for the nose, add ickle
black dots for whiskers and add the ears slightly higher
up for a cat.
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Yep this
guy is the same too. Make the shape and eyes pretty much
the same way. add two dots about the same size as you
did for the cows nose only place them wider apart. Then
add a dot of the same pink in the middle of those dots
and squish that one flat. Use pokey tool for nostrils.
The ears where placed higher and after been squished I
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I really
hope this tutorial has helped you understand a little more about
the world Critters and how to create them.
Happy melting!
Love
Emma xx
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