Mysterious Snails
Evgeny Hontor looks to be the artist here although the link on Pinterest goes nowhere. However, I’m pretty sure this is the artist but since there is no longer a posting on Etsy and whoever started pinning them didn’t know the artist, this is an educated guess for now.
The artist lists his materials primarily as “velvet clay.” I found another artist that referred to air-dry polymers as velvet plastic and looking at the one image of his work table would lead me to believe this is painted air-dry similar to Makin’s. But regardless, it’s definitely a direct inspiration for polymer.
Evgeny creates the textures for his fantasy figures by designing and hand carving with a needle on an elastic resin texture mold. Using the mold, he then imprints these textures onto his creatures. He highlights the surface colors using acrylic paint by applying paint to the surface of the piece and then wiping away the excess from the highest points of the surfaces so that the color remains in the crevices of the design. It leaves an antiquing look that gives depth and added texture to the figures.
He sells some of these texture molds on his Etsy site, and you can find more of his work and creations on DeviantArt.
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