Fairytale Clock
Design by Karen Prince

You'll need:

• Sculpey Push Molds - Fairytale #APM 27 and Alphabet #APM 26 (includes numbers)
• Walnut Hollow Quartz Battery Operated Clock Movement (UPC #046308 207000) ¾ inch clock works
• Black seed beads
• Sculpey III colors:
  • Lilac pearl #1004
  • White #001
  • Green #002
  • Black #042
  • Dusty rose #303
  • Gold #1086
  • Lemon #573
  • Sculpey 1.75 lbs package of off white clay ( you will use slightly less than half of the package for the body of the clock)
  • Granitex- red #3005
• Super slicer
• Powder or corn starch for your work surface
• Do-nut cutter (found at kitchen specialty shops or on the internet)
• Drinking straw
• Acrylic roller or pasta machine
• Stylus
• Translucent liquid sculpey
• Sculpey glaze (if desired)
• Fairy Tale Clock Pattern (download here)

Directions:

• Condition half of the 1.75 lb pack of off white clay. Add a small amount of black clay to make a gray color. Do not mix completely so you will have a natural stone look to the clay. Roll out to 3/8 “ thickness with the acrylic roller making sure to lightly powder your work surface first. For a ¾ inch clock works the clay should be 3/8 inch thick. Adjust according to the size clock-works that you purchase.

• Using the Fairytale castle design (download here) from the actual mold as my inspiration for the clock base, I drew out a whimsical castle design and cut it out with the super slicer. Print out and enlarge, reduce to your personal tastes and to match the clockworks that are purchased.
  
  

  

• Also using the super slicer, I cut slices to represent stone indentations in the clay both horizontal and vertical.

• Using the do-nut cutter, lightly score the area where the clock face will be.

• With a drinking straw make a hole in the center of the small circle for the clock works. Enlarge if necessary by moving the straw in a circular motion. Test the hole size before baking. (Note: if necessary, the hole may be drilled after baking.)

• Begin molding the numbers with the conditioned lilac pearl clay. The new molds do not need any powder or release agent, so the clay may be placed directly into the mold. Make the numbers and place in a circle in the appropriate positions.

• Begin molding and adding stars to the clock.

• Mix together some green and white clay for the frog. Place two small white balls of clay in the mold where the eyes go and then press in the green clay for the body. Press gold clay in for the crown. Unmold.

• Mold the purple dinosaur. Using a toothpick, press seed beads into the characters for the eyes. This is a personal choice. You may also use small balls of black clay. Press the frog and dinosaur onto the clock.

• Using the red Granitex, roll a skinny snake and press onto the bottom edges of the turrets. Place another snake around the inner circle of the clock. With a stylus, make indentions in the snakes.

• Mold the unicorn and place at the top, middle turret as if peeking out. Put some TLS on the piece and press to the raw clay for extra stability when baking.

• Place in a calibrated oven and bake according to manufacturer’s instructions: Use an external oven thermometer and adjust dial up or down to reach a steady temperature of 275 degrees F. If using a toaster oven, preheat for at least 20 minutes and set initially at 225 (toaster ovens spike and run hot). Then calibrate using the oven thermometer. Bake for about 20-25 minutes (rule of thumb is 15 minutes per ¼” of thickness for Sculpey III and Sculpey). Let cool completely. Brush on a light coat of Sculpey Glaze if desired.
  

• Following package directions on the clock works, attach the workings to your cooled clock. Add a AA battery and your clock is ready to display. Place in a sturdy easel and watch time fly!

• Finished Clock!!!