New year rushes to us, and therefore it's time to start to prepare him. The polymer clay is a wonderful material from which decor objects are perfect. In this lesson, I will tell you how to easily and quickly create a New Year's mood of the house with the help of beautiful candlesticks and snowflakes from polymer clay. Everything is so simple that it is suitable for working with children.
Materials and tools for the manufacture of snowflakes and polymer clay candlesticks:
- Baked polymer clay
- Working surface: Glass, or ceramic tiles with a flat smooth surface
- Knife or scalpel
- Small glass jars
- Candles-tablet
- Boats in the shape of a drop, rhombus, asterisks and others
Making snowflakes and candlesticks from polymer clay
Roll over plastic. The thinner rolling, the more fragile the snowflakes.
The reverse side of the blade in three lines are placing the reservoir at eight equal sectors. In each sector, cut the hole with a boat in the form of a droplet.
Then the boat in the form of a rhombus continue to create a pattern as shown in the photo.
Another kind of snowflakes can be obtained by cutting off the blade of some parts.
These two types of snowflakes can make any quantity you need. The consumption of plastic is small, and the snowflakes themselves are obtained about 9 cm in diameter. We send them to be baked in accordance with the instructions for polymer clay. After cooling, carefully remove snowflakes from glass and hang on the ropes on the Christmas tree, a window or use for the decor of gifts or a festive table.
Now we need a rectangular reservoir of white or colored plastic medium thickness.
The width is slightly larger than the height of a glass jar that will protect the plastic from direct contact with the fire of the candle. The length of the layer is so to wrap the jar completely.
I cut off the layer in size, lay it on the glass and cut out the boat any, the patterns you like. I exactly asterlets seem suitable for candlesticks pattern.
Wrap a glass jar, carefully smooth the joint.
I wrapped the second jar with a layer higher. In general, you can make a lot of candlesticks and place them, for example, on a festive table or a fireplace shelf. We ship to be baked according to the instructions for polymer clay.
We give to cool our candlesticks. If necessary, small irregularities are grinding the skin. Gently put inside the candles and admire beautiful patterns.
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