What can you do with your Makin’s Clay® when it’s gone past the experation date and has started to harden? Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune has been creating some amazing pieces by CARVING dried blocks of clay. Design Team Member Bea Grob has shared ways to reconstitute clay that has not fully cured, but is not easily workable. Both are great ideas! For this project I decided to try my hand at a twist of what Patricia does…. but instead of carving it, I’m peeling it! The result is an interesting textural effect.
Materials:
Makin’s Clay® - White
Makin’s® Clay Roller
Makin’s Professional® Cutting Mat
Makin’s® Round Clay Cutter Set - 4 piece
Potato peeler
Beacon Tacky Glue
JudiKins™ Mica Gloss - Honeydew, Aquamarine, Prussian Blue, Peacock,
Sari ribbon
Closure
Instructions:
If you do not have any “hardened” clay, open a package of white and allow it to begin to dry (until it is sort of “rubbery” but not fully cured).
Roll a fresh package of clay into a sheet about 1/4” in thickness.
Apply a thick coat of tacky glue to the surface of the clay sheet.
Use the potato peeler to begin peelng away stirps of the colored clay and applying them to the rolled clay to create a textural, layered effect. When you run out of colored surface to peel, add more mica gloss and repeat until you have covered enough of the rolled clay to make your project.
Add mica gloss around the outer edge and on the back of the disc. Let the pendant dry for 24 hours. Seal if desired with sealant spray.
3 comments:
What an interesting technique! Such wonderful texture! :o)
WOW Cindi...I just love this technique! AWESOME!
How unique. I like this look and the sari ribbon is perfect.
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