clayplay.pdf

Clay Play

By Rose Hurst

This group of cards have all been made using

modelling clay such as

fimo, which has been

mixed to give a marbled

effect.

All have been mount-

ed in the same style with

offset panels which, I

think, suits them well.

Any of the shapes

can be made freehand if

you wish as it does not

matter very much what

size they are or if the

shape is exact but, I have

included same size dia-

grams for you to work

from if you wish.

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Above: Try to get the marbling to follow the curved

shape of the dolphin. Mounted onto blue wavy cor-

rugated and hand made paper.

Left: The bird is made from two very similar colours

so the marble effect is not very noticeable. Again it is

mounted onto corrugated and hand made paper, with

an extra touch of gold in the very thin cord.

All the shapes are between 3mm to 5mm

deep, so they are quite flat, mount them onto

the card using

sticky fixers or

silicone glue to

add depth.

To make the

clay motifs,

choose appro-

priate colours

for the design

you want to

use and work

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the clay until it is

soft and pliable. Roll

onto a smooth, non-

absorbent surface,

such as plastic, glass

or a kitchen worktop.

Below: Use marbled dark

browns mixed with a little

cream at the top and very

dark brown just below. Twist

the top round to make the

shoulders and head. With

luck,the cream and brown

will make a good beak and

eye.

If you don’t have

many colours it’s

easy to mix the clay

and make up new

colours. Always start

with the lightest

colour and add the

darker colour bit by

bit until you have the

colour you want.

To make a marble

effect, roll each

colour into a long

sausage. Lay the

coloured sausages

together and roll to

combine them. Fold

the resulting sausage

in half then roll again

as many times as necessary to achieve a marbled

effect. The more often you roll the finer the mar-

bling will be, but stop rolling before the colours

become too mingled or you will end up with a

new plain colour instead.

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Above: The marbling going across the

bottom of the cat and up the tail helps

to give it shape, but stripes going across

the tail would look just as good.

Left: Start with a long sausage of marbled

colours, twist it to make the colours spiral

round, then flatten making it wider at one

end for the horn shell. The right hand edge

of the other shell is pulled out with the fin-

gers and given a sharp twist before flatten-

ing. For the starfish make a thin sausage

with finer marbling, fold the sausage into

a star shape, pinch the points and flatten,

merging the middle together as necessary.

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Once you are happy with the marble effect,

flatten and shape the clay with your fingers until

the shapes are

formed. You can

cut the shapes

from the flattened

clay with a sharp

knife, this will

give them a hard

edge which can

be smoothed by

rubbing with a

finger.

Add details

such as eyes and

whiskers using a

cocktail stick.

Fimo clay is

usually baked

for 15-20 minutes

at 130˚C.

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Above: Random marbling is good

for balloons, draw the strings on

with pen after mounting onto the

card.

Below: I have made the marbling

follow the shape of the heart to

some extent but it’s not necessary

to be too exact with this. It is criss

crossed with gold strands.

Above:

The marbling on the fish is also pretty random. Blues and

mauves work really well together and are watery colours.

Draw the bubbles onto the card after mounting.

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We are really spoiled for choice nowadays with so

many different papers available to use in backing our

designs and they can be quite lovely.

I have used two you may not recognise. The paper

behind the shells is Brown Speckle paper (code M40A5).

The paper behind the small bird is 3D paper and I have

used the copper colour (code TD02). Many of these

papers can look a bit heavy and overpowering when

you see the full sheet but used behind plain papers with

just a little showing they really come into their own.

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