This began as a chicken egg, onto which I places slices of polymer clay cane which I made from a combination of two different types of translucent clay and white clay, adding the color in an hexagonal pattern. After curing I spent hours trying to dissolve out the egg shell from the center (using white vinegar and a syringe to put the spent vinegar out and the fresh vinegar in). All in all it is not that translucent but the snowflake flowers have a depth and the overall egg has a softness that is kind of nice. I sanded but chose not to put urethane on it.