This is a jellyfish ornament made of clay for a clay contest sponsored by Catharsis JB [link] .

From tip to tip the jellyfish measures 6cm x 9.5cm (approximately 2.33 x 3.75 inches), with a weight that is too small to measure on a kitchen scale.

The jellyfish is composed of Premo Sculpey clay in the following colors:
Glow-in-the-Dark 5703
Translucent 5310
Ultramarine Blue 5563
Purple 5513
Sea Green 5305
There is one piece of metal in the ornament and that is the 24 gold (plated) hook on the top. (The tentacles have no wire in them...they are formed completely out of clay).

The jellyfish is fairly translucent much like a real jellyfish. It is not as fragile as I expected (something I found out when I accidentally dropped it from high up and it bounced).

Because of the number of prototypes made to get to this point I will not post the hours it took...but it sure was a lot, lot, LOT longer than I expected.

Now for a description of the photos. Starting with the smallest picture in the upper left corner and going clockwise.

1. Natural light top
2. Natural light bottom
3. Held up against a light to show translucency
4. Natural light close up of top
5. Glow-in-the-dark looking somewhat down
6. Black light looking somewhat down
7. Natural light looking somewhat down
8. Black light tentacles
9. Black light top
10. Natural light close up of translucent top
11. Natural light close up of edge
12. Black light underbelly (looking up)
13. Black light side/looking up view
14. Glow in the dark side view
15. Black light/Natural light combination side view
16. Natural light side view
Center: Natural light

Although most jellyfish live in the water this one is destined for our Christmas tree as I feel that there are far too few jellyfish ornaments.