Tutorial Utilizing 3 Sorts of Clay

Gerbera daisy clay ring for Mom’s day reward? Why not? It is distinctive, modern and might not be offered within the shops.

I’m positive mum who obtain this humble clay ring might be completely happy, particularly whether it is hand-made by her family members.

On this web page, I am going to stroll you thru to the steps I did to create gerbera daisy.

I’ve made the flower with 3 forms of clay; home made clay, smooth clay and Sculpey oven-baked clay.

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Steps to make gerbera daisy clay ring:

Gerbera Daisy Clay Ring: Tutorial Using 3 Types of Clay

Firstly, let’s make the middle of the flower. Roll the clay (any colour you want) to a ball form after which change it to a tear drop form.
Poke the highest half with clay device or toothpick after which minimize the underside a part of the teardrop.
For stamen, roll small spaghetti form clay or a rope – I exploit purple colour within the above image. Add skinny white rope and fix it to the purple one.
Use rolling pin to press the 2 colours collectively.
Use scissor to chop the clay from the white half. I just like the stamen to look pure so I do not actually care about its uniformity.
After that, wrap the stamen across the middle of the flower. Go away it within the room temperature and let it dry.
I used chilly porcelain clay for this tutorial. Typically, it isn’t simple to get the clay to face by itsel when its nonetheless smooth and moist. So, I’ve made a prop with aluminium foil.

For petals, roll the clay to spaghetti form and make about 20 to 25 items of brief items.
Roll these small items to teardrop shapes, press it and add the veneer. I did not use mildew or ready-made cutter for the petal. Some perfectionist individuals might even see my creation as messy and untidy. However, I prefer it this manner. It appears extra pure to me.
Organize the petal on prime of the aluminium foil ring. Add the glue to safe the petals and press the center half with clay ball device.
Lastly paste the stamen to the middle of the petals.
Go away it to dry.

		Right here is the look of the flower made with home made clay.
		By the best way, you will want the ring base. Go to your native jewellery craft store to get one or purchase on-line.
		My home made clay flower was nonetheless smooth the following day, so I took my smooth clay and oven-baked clay to make one other flower.

Gerbera daisy in oven baked clay:

Right here is my course of to make gerbera daisy clay ring with oven-baked clay:

Right here is my Sculpey oven-baked clay:

Gerbera daisy with smooth clay:

My flower with smooth clay dries the following day and I paste it to the ring base with tremendous glue and eventually I used mat varnish to guard the clay.

That is it! we’ve gerbera daisy clay ring now.