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| February 27th / 2:00 p.m Sliver Flower Class and molds with Penni Jo Couch |
| February 26th Polymer Clay Meetin Project Cute Bunnies Clay you'll need rabbit color. a 2 oz block will yield about 2 bunnies. For "realistic" bunnies choose gray, white, ecru. For fantasy bunnies choose pastels, pink, blue, purple Or brown ( for the faux chocolate look.) Bring some white for tails and muzzles and some pink for noses. Tools clean hands, toothpicks / needle tools, blade. Other stuff black beads for eyes. Seed beads for small eyes E beads for big eyes. Pink chalk or blush. |
Materials Needed for class:
Polymer Clay
1. Plugs, loaves or scraps of skinner blends. Ends of green scraps of leaf
canes. Or if you have no scraps of skinner blends, clay in your choice of
color for flowers and leaves.
2. Background clay, shown are faux ivory and a pearl background. Faux
ivory instructions are below the materials list.
3. Faux Ivory Clay: For faux ivory you will need about 1/2 block Premo
Ecru or Fimo Sahara; 1/2 block White; One block Transparent or
Translucent. See instructions below.
Other Tools and accessories:
1. Single edge safety razor for cutting slivers.
2. Pointy tool: like a smooth round toothpick, skewer, needle tool, etc.
Must be smooth and have a good, clean point.
3. Iron On Glass or Crystal jewels: Choice of color. Available at Hobby
lobby or other hobby stores in the aisle for ironing stuff onto jeans and t-
shirts.
4. Optional eye pins: If dangles are desired, eye pins will be needed.
5. Clay tools: Pasta Machine for mixing clay.
6. Optional: wire for wirework.
OPTIONAL: Faux Ivory Instructions. Condition and mix Polymer Clay
'faux' Ivory as follows using:
One Part - Premo Ecru or Fimo Sahara; One part White; Two parts
Transparent or Translucent. For best results, use the same brand of
clay, condition it well before starting the block of ivory.
1. Roll the clay into flat sheets about 1/16” thick. Trim into the same size
rectangles. Stack the clay as follows: Ecru, Translucent, White,
Translucent. Cut the stack in half. Place one half on top of the other. Do
not flip the clay over, the stack should stay in the same order, ecru,
translucent white, translucent; ecru, translucent white, translucent. Press
from the center out to remove air bubbles.
2. Flatten the stack slightly, Cut in half again, restack. Flatten slightly,
continue these steps, building a stack about an inch high with a soft,
subtle grain running through it.
3. Trim the stack until the subtle ‘ivory’ grain begins to show.
4. Roll the scraps into a ball and put the clay through the pasta machine
on a medium thin setting. Lay the sheet of clay on a sheet of deli paper.
5. Cut thin slices from the edge of the stack. Gently press the clay slices
onto the sheet of clay with the lines (grain) of the “ivory” running in the
same direction.
6. When you have a sheet of faux ‘ivory’ large enough to cover your Inro,
roll it through the pasta machine set one thickness larger than the
original sheet going with the grain of the ‘ivory’.
7. Reset the machine one thickness thinner and put the clay through it
again in the same direction. Your faux ‘ivory’ is ready to wrap onto a
bead or large pendant shape.
Polymer Clay
1. Plugs, loaves or scraps of skinner blends. Ends of green scraps of leaf
canes. Or if you have no scraps of skinner blends, clay in your choice of
color for flowers and leaves.
2. Background clay, shown are faux ivory and a pearl background. Faux
ivory instructions are below the materials list.
3. Faux Ivory Clay: For faux ivory you will need about 1/2 block Premo
Ecru or Fimo Sahara; 1/2 block White; One block Transparent or
Translucent. See instructions below.
Other Tools and accessories:
1. Single edge safety razor for cutting slivers.
2. Pointy tool: like a smooth round toothpick, skewer, needle tool, etc.
Must be smooth and have a good, clean point.
3. Iron On Glass or Crystal jewels: Choice of color. Available at Hobby
lobby or other hobby stores in the aisle for ironing stuff onto jeans and t-
shirts.
4. Optional eye pins: If dangles are desired, eye pins will be needed.
5. Clay tools: Pasta Machine for mixing clay.
6. Optional: wire for wirework.
OPTIONAL: Faux Ivory Instructions. Condition and mix Polymer Clay
'faux' Ivory as follows using:
One Part - Premo Ecru or Fimo Sahara; One part White; Two parts
Transparent or Translucent. For best results, use the same brand of
clay, condition it well before starting the block of ivory.
1. Roll the clay into flat sheets about 1/16” thick. Trim into the same size
rectangles. Stack the clay as follows: Ecru, Translucent, White,
Translucent. Cut the stack in half. Place one half on top of the other. Do
not flip the clay over, the stack should stay in the same order, ecru,
translucent white, translucent; ecru, translucent white, translucent. Press
from the center out to remove air bubbles.
2. Flatten the stack slightly, Cut in half again, restack. Flatten slightly,
continue these steps, building a stack about an inch high with a soft,
subtle grain running through it.
3. Trim the stack until the subtle ‘ivory’ grain begins to show.
4. Roll the scraps into a ball and put the clay through the pasta machine
on a medium thin setting. Lay the sheet of clay on a sheet of deli paper.
5. Cut thin slices from the edge of the stack. Gently press the clay slices
onto the sheet of clay with the lines (grain) of the “ivory” running in the
same direction.
6. When you have a sheet of faux ‘ivory’ large enough to cover your Inro,
roll it through the pasta machine set one thickness larger than the
original sheet going with the grain of the ‘ivory’.
7. Reset the machine one thickness thinner and put the clay through it
again in the same direction. Your faux ‘ivory’ is ready to wrap onto a
bead or large pendant shape.
