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Materials and Tools:
- 2oz. Packages of Premo
in white, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow and red.
- Translucent Premo clay
- Clay blade
- Needle tool or bamboo skewer
- Stylus or ballpoint pen
- Clean bottles (this is
a good chance to recycle the bottles you already have)
- Alternately you can purchase
bottles. I found the ones used in this project at my Local
dollar store complete with the pour spouts. You can also purchase
the pour spouts separately. (If you go to a restaurant supply house,
these are sometimes called "stop pours")
- Cookie cutter or canapé
cutter of your choice to be used for the label base.
- Charms (optional)
- Translucent liquid clay
(Translucent Liquid Sculpey)
- Black fine point Sharpie
marker
- Latex gloves
Directions:
- Roll out a sheet of clay
using the thickest setting on your pasta machine. If you don't have
a pasta machine you can roll out the clay with an acrylic rod, straight-sided
glass container or a wooden dowel.
 Using
the cookie cutter cut out the label for the bottle. Put a few drops
of liquid clay onto the clay label and press firmly to the bottle.
Wearing gloves will help prevent the inevitable fingerprints on your
clay.- There are several ways
to make the embellishments for the labels. For the red wine vinegar
bottle, I used a small wine glass charm that I molded using Miracle
Mold (see resources list). You can also use polymer clay (Sculpey
III, Premo! Sculpey, SuperFlex, Super Elasticlay as a molding compound
as well). For the grapes I rolled a tiny ball of translucent clay
mixed with a very small amount of violet clay and pressed them into
the mold, then added green clay to fill the remainder of the mold.
Remove the molded clay and press onto the clay label, taking care
not to destroy the image you have created. A drop or two of TLS will
insure adhesions to the base.
 For
the chili oil bottle I made a clay label just as before. I used a
small amount of red clay to form the peppers
but rolling the clay into a ball first and then placing the clay in
the palm of my hand and elongating the ball, pressing a little more
firmly with the heels of my hands to taper one end. Rolling a tiny
piece of green clay into a ball and pressing it flat made the pepper
cap. Using the clay blade cut three "V's" out of the clay circle.
Pinch the points together and flatten. Now press the caps onto the
pepper. Attach the completed peppers to the clay label.
- Rolling a marble size
ball of green clay into an oval shape made the olives on the last
bottle. Cut the oval in
 half
and press your needle tool or skewer into the back side (flat side).
Now roll a small sheet of red clay. I used a think setting on my pasta
machine for this. Cut into narrow strips, fold one of the strips in
half and lay into the groove on the back side of the olive. Press
the olives onto your clay label. Using the stylus write on the label
what will be in the bottle. Be sure to put your glass containers in
a cold oven and set the oven for 265 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes,
then turn off the oven and leave the bottles in the oven to cool.
This will insure that the glass doesn't break when exposed to cooler
air.
- When the bottles are completely
cooled use a fine point sharpie to fill in the space created by writing
on the raw clay to make it more visible. If you have an alphabet set
of rubberstamps, that is an alternative method. Now fill your bottles
with your flavored oils and vinegars and enjoy the colorful fun addition
to your cooking regimen.
RESOURCE LIST
Premo Clay (available at art,
craft, rubberstamp and memory stores)
Translucent Liquid Sculpey
(available at art, craft, rubberstamp and memory stores)
Miracle Mold (http://www.puffinalia.com)
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