Materials
Used:
- Sculpey Push Mold- Garden Party #APM14
- 8” Flan pan
- 1.75 lb. Pkg. Original Sculpey
- Sculpey III
- #501 Ivory
- #323 Emerald
- #022 Green
- #1130 Silver
- #1008 Blue Pearl
- #1015 Green Pearl
- #042 Black
- #583 Red
- ¾” Walnut Hollow Clock Works
- 3” biscuit cutter for scoring center
- Acrylic roller or clay dedicated pasta machine
- Drinking straw
- Brown decorator’s chalk
- Small paint brush
- Seed beads
- Toothpick
- Needle tool
- Sculpey Super slicer
Directions
Mix ivory and the off white clay together, but not completely.
Leave some coloration in the clay. Roll out to ¼” thickness.
Using the flan pan as your mold, press into the clay and
remove excess from around the edges. This is your clock base.
With a small brush, lightly brush on the brown chalk around
the edges of the clock.
To make the flower cane that I used for the clock numbers I
first used a color combination of Barbara McGuires that is on
the Sculpey website. It is a very pretty green color and is as
follows: 1 part Green Pearl
1 part Black = Forest Pearl
1 part Forest Pearl
2 parts Pearl = Green Seafoam Pearl
Roll a small
snake of silver. Cover this snake with B. McGuire’s
Green Seafoam Pearl. Now cover this snake with the blue pearl
and reduce and smooth the cane to about ¼”.
Make three of these canes and put together.
Cover all three with silver clay. Press and roll, reducing and
lengthening until nice and smooth. Slice into even slices.
Curl the
edges of the flowers, if desired before placing on the clock.
Measure
and put the first flower in the center of
clock. Make a hole with straw for the clock works to come through.
Place flowers in the 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’ clock positions.
Roll skinny snakes of #022 green and place randomly on the clock.
Make leaves and place as shown. Use the needle tool to make veining
in the leaves. For the leaves, roll a ball of clay and flatten,
shape into a leaf by pointing one end. I like to add some white
or off white clay to my green when I make leaves for interest.
Begin molding
the “critters”.
The colors are your choice. For the inchworm I used #323 emerald
green so he would
show up nicely. For the butterfly, I mixed colors and the lady
bug is the standard black and red. Follow the picture of the
package for color choices.
Add seed beads to the critters for their eyes. On the butterfly
I also added seed beads to her wings. A toothpick helps with
this. Add critters to the clock. I also added slices of the small
cane around the edges of the clock in order to tie it all together
and added a seed bead in the center of each slice. Now bake the
entire piece according to manufacturer’s instructions.
After completely cooled, add clock works. Follow instructions
on package. The last Walnut Hollow package that I bought included
a self hanger built into the clockworks on the back. You may
either hang your clock using this or place in an easel. Look
on the package for instructions.
Finished clock: You may desire a finish on your clock. This
is a personal choice. Sculpey glaze is a great choice. |
