15-year old Naomi says, "I create Slime. I also travel the world to find wild dragon eggs. For serious. A dragon took my leg once, but it grew back. Just kidding. No legs were lost and I don't travel the world looking for dragon eggs. I do make slime and I decorate eggs to look like they belong to dragons.
Its a joint effort with my mom. She does a lot of sourcing the materials."
Its a joint effort with my mom. She does a lot of sourcing the materials."
"It all started one Easter, years ago, when I was but a youngster. We hard boiled eggs to decorate. I asked my mom if there was another way to decorate eggs without boiling to keep them. Sure enough, she said we could hollow out the eggs, soak them in a watery bleach solution, let them dry, and we can decorate them. Those eggs will keep without going bad. Years later, we still decorate eggs.Then TV shows and movies inspired us to make dragon eggs. Our original eggs were chicken and goose eggs. We now have turned to paper mache eggs. the paper mache eggs are more durable; they can be dropped without breaking. No more yolk on us.
With the slim -- it's always been a Halloween party activity. Now the slime is an internet sensation. We decided to follow the hipsters, and sell our own slime. Our slime isn't gooey, or sticky. The texture is a perfect mixture of elastoviscosity."
With the slim -- it's always been a Halloween party activity. Now the slime is an internet sensation. We decided to follow the hipsters, and sell our own slime. Our slime isn't gooey, or sticky. The texture is a perfect mixture of elastoviscosity."
When asked which item she has the most fun creating, Naomi says, "Dragon Eggs, definitely eggs. Now that I think about it. AHHHHHHH. A dragon egg take days to make. So it depends on the time. Slime gets created in minutes. Also, it depends on the creative urge. Do I want to paper mache, paint, gem, or do I want to slime. Dragon eggs require many materials, whereas slime only needs three materials and the glitter."
"I tend to use many spirals in creating the dragon eggs. I also tend to go with the flow of the glue . Sometimes I have an image I'd like to put on the egg, but the glue doesn't want to co-operate. Sometimes, there is a crack in the egg, just go with gluing the crack and take the idea from there.
Not all dragons are from volcanoes, I have water dragon eggs, ice dragon eggs, garden dragon eggs, kitchen dragon eggs, junk yard dragon eggs."
Not all dragons are from volcanoes, I have water dragon eggs, ice dragon eggs, garden dragon eggs, kitchen dragon eggs, junk yard dragon eggs."
"Just down the street from us there is a cave with a wise old dragon. He lets me create the eggs there. But he doesn't like the slime too much. So I make the slime in our kitchen. The inspiration comes from everywhere. I noticed a t-shirt with a diamond pattern. I thought, hey, that would make a good dragon egg. Also, a turtle was crossing the trail, and the pattern on the turtle shell, another great inspiration."
When asked what's the most difficult part of the process, Naomi says, "For the eggs -- it's got to be the paper mache. It's such a long process. Waiting for the paper mache to dry, another difficult process.
With the slime, the colour changing slime is the difficult one. The slime has to be at the right temperature to change. Until the slime reaches the perfect temperature, it will not change colour. In that case, a bowl of warm water speeds that process along."
When asked what her favourite piece of work that she's created is, Naomi responds, "The Chaos Egg Series. Glue, gems, splotches of paint. Those eggs are always the first to be sold. There is no planning, no care, its just how the glue, gems and paint come together.
With the Slime -- people of all ages like the feel of the slime. It doesn't feel, act, or look like SNOT. People love the colour-changing slime -- it's so different. But the slime is a difficult one to produce. We encourage the slime to change colour by keeping it warm. Once it gets to its new home- it doesn't always behave.
The Glow-in-the-Dark Slime! That is a great hit.
With the dragon eggs. Its nice when people pick up the eggs, and tell us what kind of dragon they think it might be from."
When asked what's the most difficult part of the process, Naomi says, "For the eggs -- it's got to be the paper mache. It's such a long process. Waiting for the paper mache to dry, another difficult process.
With the slime, the colour changing slime is the difficult one. The slime has to be at the right temperature to change. Until the slime reaches the perfect temperature, it will not change colour. In that case, a bowl of warm water speeds that process along."
When asked what her favourite piece of work that she's created is, Naomi responds, "The Chaos Egg Series. Glue, gems, splotches of paint. Those eggs are always the first to be sold. There is no planning, no care, its just how the glue, gems and paint come together.
With the Slime -- people of all ages like the feel of the slime. It doesn't feel, act, or look like SNOT. People love the colour-changing slime -- it's so different. But the slime is a difficult one to produce. We encourage the slime to change colour by keeping it warm. Once it gets to its new home- it doesn't always behave.
The Glow-in-the-Dark Slime! That is a great hit.
With the dragon eggs. Its nice when people pick up the eggs, and tell us what kind of dragon they think it might be from."
"At the moment I am the youngest vendor. I started as a vendor at craft sales when I was 12 years old. I am now 15 years old. I will be using the profit of these sales toward my post secondary education."
When not creating, Naomi says she is "going to school, doing homework, playing on the computer, or doing some camping." You can meet Naomi Day at Mark Street United Church on Sept 1st, between 10 and 2.
When not creating, Naomi says she is "going to school, doing homework, playing on the computer, or doing some camping." You can meet Naomi Day at Mark Street United Church on Sept 1st, between 10 and 2.
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