Make your own pendant
Press a piece of clay into the shape you want. Before you let the clay harden, put a hole through it for the cord.
Paint the clay piece and put the cord through the hole. The cord must be long enough for the pendant to hang around your neck.
Craft Pins and Brooches
Press a piece of clay into the shape you want. Let it harden. If you wish, add a shiny pebble or a shell to the clay before it gets hard.
Glue a safety pin to the back of the clay. Paint the clay and let it dry before covering with shellac.
Press a piece of clay into the shape you want the tiepin to be. Let the clay harden.
Glue a large paper clip to the back of the clay piece.
Decorate it with tempera paints. When the paint is dry, cover the tiepin with shellac.
How to make clay jewelry
Materials
hardening clay (there are several kinds, including powders that are mixed with water and clay that can be baked in your mother’s oven)
all-purpose glue
a large paper clip for tiepin
safety pins for pins and brooches
cord for pendants
shellac
The top of the howl will he wider than the sides if you put on a longer coil. It will he narrower if you put on a shorter coil.
A coil can also he used for a handle on the side of the howl.
Paint the howl with a mixture of tempera and some detergent. When the paint is dry, cover it with shellac.
Roll a long sausage or coil out of another hall of clay. Bend it around the edge of the circle of clay. See Picture. .Smooth the pieces together.
Roll another coil in the same way and stick it on top of the first coil. Then add another and another. Smooth the pieces together as you make the sides of the howl taller.
A CLAY BOWL MADE WITH ROLLS.
hardening clay
detergent
a saucer or a cardboard circle
tempera paint
an old sheet or a piece of cloth
shellac
Lay cloth on a table or on the floor.
Flatten a big lump of clay. Put a saucer or a cardboard circle on top of the flat clay. Cut awav the clav around the edge of (he saucer. See Picture. The circle of clav that is left will be the bottom of the bowl.
Craft bowls.
Work your fingers out and up to make the sides of the how] thinner.
When the howl is shaped as you want it, smooth the inside and the outside.
You can stick a thin roll of clay to the outside of the howl for a handle.
Painting the clay bowl
Now you are ready to paint the bowl.
Mix tempera with about a spoonful of liquid detergent. Clay is oily, and the detergent helps the paint to stick to the bowl. If the paint does not stick well, add more detergent.
When the paint is dry, cover the bowl with shellac to protect the paint.
A CLAY BOWL
Materials
hardening clay
tempera paint
liquid detergent
shellac
an old sheet or a piece of cloth
Lay cloth on table or floor.
Put a large lump of clay on it. Squeeze and mash the clay to get rid of air holes and soft spots, and roll it into a ball.
Punch a hole in the center of the ball.
Use your fingers to make the hole larger and larger until the clay is shaped like a bowl.
