Sculpting Mythical Creatures out of Polymer Clay: Making a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling, Fairy, Mermaid, Gorgon Vampire, Griffin, Sphinx, Unicorn, Centaur, Leviathan, and Dragon! [Paperback]

Dinko Tilov (Author), Boris Tilov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2009

Starting with simpler characters, and moving toward more complex ones, talented brothers and internationally known clay sculpting experts Dinko and Boris Tilov show readers step-by-step how to build mythological figures from polymer clay. Each project is built by combining basic clay shapes and using simple tools that can be found around the house. Detailed step-by-step photography lead readers of any skill level through thirteen characters, each accompanied by clever variations.

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Review

Tilov, Dinko & Boris Tilov. Sculpting Mythical Creatures Out of Polymer Clay.  Quarry: Quayside.  2009. c.136p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 978-1-59253-514-9. pap. $22.99.  CRAFTS

The Tilov brothers provide detailed photo  instructions for assembling cleverly imaginative, miniature, puppetlike  gnomes, unicorns, and fairies. Styles are similar to contemporary fantasy book  illustrations and cartoons. Some projects require armatures; otherwise, most  are suitable for beginners.  -- Library Journal, June 2009

About the Author

Dinko Tilov has been creating amazing 3-5 inch figurines using polymer clay and mixed media ever since he was a child. He has done commissioned work for private collections and his unique characters have been featured on polymer clay websites, in newsletters, galleries, and on a calendar. He has lived in studied in Bulgaria (where he is from), France and the United States, where he is currently in his senior year of college. Much of his prolific work can be viewed at his web-site: http://www.mythcritters.com. Co-author, Boris Tilov, has been working with polymer clay since his early teenage years. He has lived and studied in his native Bulgaria and the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592535143
• ISBN-13: 978-1592535149
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Next to Mythical Polymer, June 13, 2009

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Vincent Averello "Alpha Geek" (Bayonne, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sculpting Mythical Creatures out of Polymer Clay: Making a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling, Fairy, Mermaid, Gorgon Vampire, Griffin, Sphinx, Unicorn, Centaur, Leviathan, and Dragon! (Paperback)

I loved Dinko's first book, Creating Polymer Clay Fantasy Creatures, and learned a lot and had lots of fun. I'm just starting to explore this new one. He always gives great step by step directions and great photos to actually show what's being done, lots and lots of photos.
The projects are great and new techniques are taught in each project and used later on again and again. The books offer ways to vary project and make them your own.
This is common to both books, if you loved the first, you'll love the second. However be prepared for some complicated projects. This book, although it doesn't say so, really build on the techniques in the first books. I would really suggest starting with the first book, Polymer CLay 101 and take this as Polymer Clay 201.
It really stretches the mind and the hands.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So MUCH FUN!!!, November 30, 2009

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Kendari G. Sandoval - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sculpting Mythical Creatures out of Polymer Clay: Making a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling, Fairy, Mermaid, Gorgon Vampire, Griffin, Sphinx, Unicorn, Centaur, Leviathan, and Dragon! (Paperback)

This book rocks! It is awesome, they teach you everything so simple that you are able to make all the figures in relatively no time.

One of the things I really liked of this book, is the fun way they wrote it, each character has a story and makes the learning process even funnier.

2.0 out of 5 stars For children, January 12, 2012

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Logan's Mom (North East, USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this item because I was looking for one that specifically included directions for sculpting a dragon. Yes, a dragon is included but it's not anything an adult would want to admit to making. All of the projects included are of barely cartoon quality and appear slapped together. Fingerprints are not smoothed over and, in many cases, seams are not finished. I'm on the fence about keeping Mythical Creatures. The only reason I'm considering it is in the hope I might be able to adapt some of the ideas to an acceptable level. If you are serious about sculpting in this genre (and over the age of 12) I would recommend Fairies, Gnomes & Trolls: Create a Fantasy World in Polymer Clay.