Gymnast Marissa is
the
original piece that is
featured on page 52, as
well as on the cover, of
my bestselling polymer clay
book, How To Make Clay Characters, published in
1997 by North Light Books. Try as I
might, I will never be able to make this exact
character again, so she is truly one-of-a-kind –
and is a well publicized one at that. The
book has sold more than 116,000 copies to date.
My studio, located in
Jordan, Minnesota,
is becoming too full, so I have decided to start
selling some of the pieces from the first four
books which I wrote for North Light Books.
I need to make room for the pieces from my
newest
how-to
book, Fairies, Gnomes and
Trolls, which has a release date of mid-November
2006.
Gymnast Marissa is made
entirely of FIMO polymer clay, except for her
toothpick backbone and painted face. She
is approximately 3
¼
inches tall and is 51/4
inches
wide from toe to pointed
toe. Her story, as
written in the book, says that she is
Mischievous Mike’s little
sister , and that she is a natural-born
performer.
I hope that you enjoy her
smiling presence as much as I have!
Maureen
