The Steampunk genre was made up in the 80s; inpired by fiction writers Jules Verne, H.G. Wells and many others. Flying machines and submarines are devices that embody the genre, along with the cool corsets and Victorian dresses. One rule about steampunk is that your devices/machinery has to be made out materials that existed in the Victorian era; retrofit them with steampower tech. Another rule is that you use your creations for good (it’s supposed to be a utopian world). With that in mind, I know bottles existed in the Victorian era; so, my bottle gets to have wings, fly and send positive messages. Aaah…so fun to imagine. I made my little bottle using Makin’s® Clay Gears Texture sheet and black Makin’s Clay®. Sorry, it’s not steampowered yet, working on it though, lol!
Materials
- Makin's Clay®– Black
- Makin's®– Texture Sheet Set F, Gears
- Makin's Professional® Cutting Mat
- Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®
- Baroque Art Gilder’s Paste Wax; Celtic Bronze, Silver, German Silver
- Golden – Black Gesso
- Steampunk theme molds
- Glue
Instructions
Start out by selecting a bottle. Rinse it out and let it dry completely.
Using Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine, roll out a sheet of Black Makin’s Clay® to the second thickest setting (setting #2).
Making the sheet metal. Ensure that the clay sheet will wrap around the bottle completely.
Wrap the sheet of clay around the bottle, cut out the excess clay.
Add glue to the clay and adhere to the bottle. Make a faux sheet metal by adding indentations with the blunt side of the clay blade.
Add divots (depressions) on the edges with a stylus. This is simulates welded sheet metal.
Making the Wings. Download wings templates from the internet or draw them out. Trace the wings onto chipboard. You only need one. If you flip the wing horizontally in the opposite the direction, you can make the mirror side.
Place the wing template over the sheet of clay and cut out with scissors or precision knife.
Place the gears sheet over the clay and push in one gear at time into the clay in a random fashion. If you place the whole sheet over the clay, they look perfectly linear and simply does not look right.
Making the Embellishments. I used a Steampunk theme mold to make the embellishments. Push in the Black Makin’s Clay® into the mold, cut any excess clay.
Allow all your clay pieces to cure for 24 hours.
After all the piece cure, paint them with Black Gesso. The black Gesso make makes everything look uniform and the metallic wax adheres better.
Color the bottle, wings and embellishments with Baroque Gilder’s Paste waxes; Celtic Bronze, German Silver and Silver. Glue all your piece to the bottle. You can use soft cloth or your fingers. Really, your finger are the better tool. I used one finger for each color, lol! The best and faster way to clean your fingers is with rubbing alcohol or baby wipes. Then you wash with soap and water.
All you have left to do is adhere all our pieces to the bottle and now you have a yourself a little cool steampunk device.
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