I have fancied a bit of clay modelling for a while and I received two blocks of DAS Modelling Material as a surprize Christmas present from Mick.
I saw a course to make a Green Man mask and was really keen to attend but it was on a date I could not manage.
So after many hours trawling websites I thought I would make a sun first.
Heck its more tricky than it looks. I went to a school where we did none of this kind of thing, so I am doing my playing as an adult.
I started with a side plate to cut out a circle from the rolled out clay.
I used half of a 500g block for the whole thing.
The internet said to use balls of rolled up paper under the mask to mould the shape of the face.
As I had no tools to form the features I used knitting needles, sewing needles, pins, crochet hooks, end of pencils and craft knives to eek out the face, using internet tips about the eyes, nose and mouth.
I then cut out triangles of rolled out clay to make the sun’s rays.
The clay is air dried, so I left it on cling film so that it did not stick.
24 hours later I had to turn it over as the underside was still quite damp.
Huh Oh, the rays started to fall off.
It dried to a lighter colour.
So when it was dry I stuck the rays on with hot glue, they are going nowhere now!
As an interesting exercise I made some beads with the left overs.
Then put them on cocktail sticks and painted them to see what the coverage was like and how the colours changed on application. I was given a set of paints which needed trying too.
Well that was tedious. Some took 6 coats and others I threw away as useless.
But now I have a Wilma Flintstone bracelet, if anyone is going to a fancy dress party.
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