PAPER CLAY IDEAS |
Beginning at the red rose circle and working in a clockwise direction:
RED ROSE CIRCLE - I rolled out some paperclay fairly thinly, then inked up a Darkroom Door background stamp with red Versacolor ink and pressed it into the clay. I then cut a circle using a cookie cutter. It would be OK as a feature or background on a card but would probably look better on top of a box as though its light its fairly chunky.
LEAF IMPRINT - The clay was rolled thinly again but this time a (real) fern leaf was pressed into it. The only trouble was, that it left all its brown spored behind in the clay!! I cut it out very badly, but the general principle is OK, and it should work with any leaf with prominent veins or stiff fronds.
PINK ROSE - I used the stamped clay left over from the rose circle, kneading it well to mix the red ink through the white clay (hence the pink colour), I then formed it into a rough sausage shape, then pinched it flat, so that it stayed flattish on one side and "petalish" on the other, then I rolled it into a coil and pinched it well together at the end, cutting off the "lump" at the bottom so that it sat nice and flat.
FACE - I used a silicone mould to make the face, leaving it to dry overnight, then added details with Sharpie pens, and a ribbon scarf (OK, I admit to doubting my skill at drawing hair).
GREEN TILE - I tried adding colour to the clay with strokes of alcohol marker (as suggested on several sites). It worked, but was a bit like hard work compared to using the stamp pad ink. I inked a large background stamp from Stamp-it with black ink, stamped onto the rolled-out clay, then cut one of the tiles out.
I don't think I'll be using paper clay a lot - its not really my thing, but it was interesting to play with and I can see that for some applications it will be exactly what I need. I like its lightness, that means it can be used on cards without overbalancing them, or for Carmen Miranda-esque earrings that don't pull your earlobes down to your waistline! I also like its flexibility and will, at some stage see how it goes as a mould for polymer clays and suchlike.
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