The Making of the Caterpillar's Hookah with Rachel Whetzel

My love affair with Creative Paperclay® continues!! I'm working some more on my Caterpillar piece, and today's project is his Hookah!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED to make your own Caterpillar's Hookah:

• Something to form the bones of your piece. I used a large bolt for the main piece, and a second, smaller screw for the mouth piece attachment.
• Creative Paperclay®
• Paints. I used Krylon spray for the metal, and acrylic craft paints for the bowl.
• Sandpaper
• Sandits
• Embroidery Floss (black and white) 

To get started, I used a large bolt and put a light layer of Creative Paperclay® over the top of it to start my base. 

 Next, I sculpted the base of my piece, and left part of the bolt threads exposed, because I will use that to secure the piece to my mushroom later.

 I used the thread area of the piece to spin it and used my fingers in a stationary position to imitate a lathe like motion, and make my sculpts uniform.

Once all my pieces were dry, I sanded and assembled the pieces. To create the tubing on my mouth piece, I used the same technique as you would use to make a hair wrap. GO HERE to see a tutorial video on how to do this. I used Sandits tools to create a nice, round tobacco bowl, and to make some of my smaller swoopy bits look nice and clean. I will officially be adding these to my creating arsenal.

 Then I wrapped the cord with some masking tape to protect it from paint, and spray painted the piece with metallic spray paint.

Last, I painted the handle of the mouth piece, and the bowl of the hookah, and put the piece onto my mushroom! 

Thanks for reading today!! I would love for you to visit me at my "house" too!! Hop over and subscribe!  ~rachel