Swirled Picture Frame
- Details
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 April 2014 19:17
Color
- EL-120 - Black Ice
- SC-6 - Sunkissed
- SC-74 - Hot Tamale
- SC-75 - Orange-A-Peel
- SC-76 - Cara-bein Blue
- BT-910 - Synthetic Sponges
- CB-106 - #6 Script Liner
- CB-604 - #4 Soft Fan
- CD-1072 - Spiral Press Tools
- CD-1078 - Design Press Tools
- Moist Clay
- ¼" Wooden Slats
- Canvas
- Rolling Pin
- Fettling Knife
- Needle Tool
- Slip/Clay Slurry
- Board
- Pencil
- Download Project Pattern: Swirls
- Designer: Marcia Roullard
- Skill Level: Basic
- Time: 1 hour (decorating time)
- Download Project (pdf)
Instructions
- With a rolling pin on canvas, roll out a piece of moist clay ¼" thick between wooden slats.
- Cut 2 rectangles 1 ¾" w x 7 ½" l for the top and bottom of the frame and 2 rectangle pieces 1 ¾" w x 6 ¾" l for the sides of the frame.
- Place pieces on a board with all the pieces fitting together in a square shape with an opening in the middle (for the picture).
- Press the sun design from the CD-1072 Sprial Press Tools in clay and cut around them. There are about 27 sun shapes for the 5" x 7" frame shown.
- Attach the shapes to the fame with slip/clay slurry, overlapping in different directions.
- Roll clay balls and stamp with the star design from CD-1078 Press Tools and slip/clay slurry attach in-between the sun shapes.
- Allow to throughly dry.
- Bisque fire to shelf cone 04.
Painting Directions:
- Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2 coats of EL-120 Black Ice to the entire shape.
- With a damp sponge wipe off some of the EL-120 Black Ice from the sun and ball shapes. Allow to dry.
- Using a CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply 2 coats of SC-74 Hot Tamale, SC-75 Orange-A-Peel and SC-6 Sunkissed to the sun shapes, blending the colors. Avoid getting the color in the detail.
- Using a CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply 2 coats of SC-76 Cara-bein Blue to the ball shapes. Allow to dry.
- Leave the back unglazed.
- Stilt and fire to shelf cone 06.