Project designed by Gail Ritchey.
Materials:
FIMO Classic polymer clay - #0 white, #02 champagne, #15 golden yellow, #21 magenta , #57 leaf green
Provo Craft three-inch square metal box - 20-7009
Posh Impressions hibiscus corner rubber stamp - #550-HIS
one or more eight-inch or larger smooth ceramic tiles
clay gun
pasta machine
craft knife
nylon scrub pad
clay warmer - discontinued by AMACO
rubber mat
5/8-inch brass washer with 3/8-inch hole
Steps:
1. Condition and mix four parts of white clay with one part of champagne clay. Run it through the pasta machine on the #5 setting, creating a flat piece long enough to wrap around the sides of the box.
2. Place the clay on a flat surface and cut one long edge straight. Cut one short edge straight to create a 90 angle.
3. Wrap the clay around the sides of the box, lining up the straight edge so that it meets just below the lid. Press the clay firmly to the box and cut off the excess (figure A). Prick any air bubbles with a needle tool. Texturize it by pressing the clay with a nylon scrub pad (figure B).
3. Remove the box top and cover it with clay. Trim any excess clay around the edge and texturize.
4. Center the rubber stamp on the box top and press firmly to impress the pattern (figure C). If the pattern looks vague, outline it with a needle tool.
5. To make flowers, condition magenta, green and yellow clay and roll each color separately into a log. Place one log in a clay gun. Heat a clay warmer pad and place the clay gun inside of it for about five minutes. Remove the clay gun from the warmer and extrude clay noodles by following the clay gun instructions (figure D). Repeat with each color.
6. Add a small amount of white clay to the logs of magenta, green and yellow clay and run each color separately though the clay gun.
7. Place a clay noodle on a ceramic tile. With a craft knife, cut off a small piece 1/32 inch or less (figure E). Place the piece on the tip of the craft knife and gently place it onto the pattern. Outline and fill in the flower with magenta pieces and highlight with magenta/white pieces (figure F). Outline and fill in the stamen with yellow pieces and highlight with yellow/white pieces. Outline and fill in the leaves with green pieces and highlight with green/white pieces (figure G).
9. To create veins in the leaves, after they are completely filled in, use a craft knife tip to push the clay slightly to the sides, revealing the cream clay mixture underneath.
10. To give the clay a needlework look, gently tap the pattern with the tip of a craft knife until the circles are no longer visible.
11. Bake the box on a ceramic tile for 30 minutes at 265 degrees. Allow to cool completely on the tile.
Resources FIMO Classic polymer clay, Nublade Kato clay knife - AMACO
American Art Clay Co. Inc. (AMACO)
Website:
www.amaco.com
rubber stamps
Posh Impressions
Website:
www.poshimpressions.comMaking Miniature Villages in Polymer Clay
by Gail Ritchey (ISBN: 0891349561)
Click
here to order this title.
Cottage Fever
Birmingham, AL
USA
Toll Free Phone: 877-249-2201
E-mail:
gail@cottagefever.com
Website:
www.cottagefever.com
square tins - Provo (Model #: 20-7009)
Tins comes in a case of 12.
Provo Craft
Website:
www.provocraft.comclay gun
Loew-Cornell Inc.
Website:
www.loew-cornell.com
Guests Gail Ritchey
Author, designer and owner of Cottage Fever
Contact Cottage Fever for an autographed copy of Making Miniature Villages in Polymer Clay.
Cottage Fever
Birmingham, AL
Toll Free Phone: 877-249-2201
E-mail:
gail@cottagefever.com
Website:
www.cottagefever.com
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