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 It
is easy to change your furniture or the mood of a room by changing
the knobs on your furniture or cabinets. Here we used ceramic two-part
knobs, but metal knobs are also available. Avoid using any plastic
for replacement knobs because of the oven baking.
Materials:
General Instructions:
- Knead the
clay for your selected knob until it has a smooth texture.
- Roll clay
to 1/8" (3 mm) thickness. A pasta machine, PVC roller, or brayer
can be used.
- Place the
sheet of clay over the top of the knob and press it down to remove
all air. Using an X-Acto knife or Sculpey Super Slicer, cut away
the excess from the base of the knob, leaving a 1/8" (3 mm) border
of ceramic free of clay.
- Cover the
back plate (escutcheon) with clay, trimming out the opening where
the pull knob fits through. Then, trim at the edge of the ceramic
plate as well.
Football Knob:
Materials:
- Oval shaped
ceramic two-piece knob
- Premo!
Sculpey in the following colors:
- Green
5323
- Raw
Sienna 5392
- White
5001
Instructions:
- Cover
back plate with green following General Instructions.
- Cover
knob with Raw Sienna following General Instructions.
- Cut very
thin strips of white and place on handle for lacings and stripes.
- Indent
and texture football with the rounded handle end of a thin paintbrush
or use a ball stylus.
- Bake in
a calibrated oven at 275 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes.
ABC
Knob:
Materials:
- Oval shaped
ceramic two-piece knob
- Premo!
Sculpey in colors of your choice. (To mix pastels, add small
balls of white to the Premo! Sculpey colors, and mix well.)
- Kemper
cutters in star and heart motifs
 Instructions:
- Cover
the knob as in General Instructions.
- Roll out
little logs of clay about ¼" (6 mm) thick. Shape into letters
and cut with an X-Acto or craft knife. Apply to top of oval
knob.
-
 Cut
out hearts and stars colors of your choice. Apply evenly around
the backplate.
- Roll out
a long coil of another color about 1/8" (3 mm) in diameter.
Fold in half and twist together to create rope border.
- Apply rope
border around edge of knob and edge of backplate, pressing firmly
to adhere.
- Bake in
a calibrated oven at 275 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes.
Materials:
- Oval
shaped ceramic two-piece knob
- Premo!
Sculpey in the following colors:
- Cadmium
Red 5382
- Ecru
5093
- Fluorescent
Green 5521
- Ultramarine
Blue 5562
- Verdi
Gris Embossing Powder
Instructions:
- Mix
about ½ teaspoon embossing powder into 1 oz. of Ultramarine
Blue Premo! Sculpey. Mix well and knead to fully intermingle
the embossing powder.
- Cover
the knob and the back plate as in the General Instructions.
- Prepare
the Apple Cane as explained in an earlier project, Faux Enamel
Ware with Apple Canes. Click
here to view the project.
- Slice
your apple canes about 1/16" (1.6 mm) thick with a Sculpey
Super Slicer tissue blade.
- Cut
canes in half and place around the base of the back plate,
overlapping slightly. Refer to photo for placement.
- For
the top of the knob, slice off full apples and place around
the top of the knob. Have them nearly touching.
- For
the leaves, pinch off tiny balls of clay about 1/8" (3 mm)
in diameter. Roll into a little teardrop shape.
- Wipe
off the lead from the end of a pencil and place the leaves
on by putting the lead into the fat end of the teardrop.
- Pinch
off little balls of raw sienna. Also roll into a teardrop
shape and place the pointed end into the indent of the apple.
- Bake
in a calibrated oven at 275 degrees F (165 degrees C) for
25 minutes.
Rose Decorated Knob:
Materials:
- Oval
shaped ceramic two-piece knob
- Premo
Sculpey in colors of your choice. You will need a base color
for the knob itself, a color for the roses, two colors for
the small flowers, a green for the leaves, and a bit of
raw sienna for the vines.
- Small
circle and leaf shaped Kemper cutters
Instructions:
- Cover
the knob and backplate in the color of your choice as per
the General Instructions .
-
 Roll
the green clay to a thin sheet, roughly 1/16" (1.6 mm)in
thickness. Cut out ten or more leaves with the Kemper cutter.
- Using
a needle tool, vein each leaf.
- Place
the leaves on the backplate, with the point facing the edge
of the backplate. Set aside.
- Randomly
place 3 or more veined leaves on the covered knob.
- Roll
a thin sheet of your rose color, roughly 1/16" (1.6mm) in
thickness. Cut out ten or more circles with the Kemper cutter.
- Building
Roses:
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Take one of the circles, and roll up to form the rose
center. Taper one end and leave the other end more open.
-
 Take
a second clay circle, and while holding the "rose center"
secure the second petal around the center. Bend the
top of the petal down slightly. Continue in same way
two more times to complete rose.
-
Make a total of three roses. Carefully trim the tapered
bottom with flat with X-Acto knife or Sculpey Super
Slicer. Press onto leaves.
- Making
tiny flowers:
-
Pinch off small balls of clay about 1/8" (3 mm) in diameter.
Roll into a little elongated circle. Roll into a little
teardrop shape.
-
Wipe off the lead from the end of a pencil and place
the tiny flowers on by putting the lead into the fat
center.
-
The flowers should have 5 petals.
-
Roll tiny balls of yellow for the center of the flower.
Place in center of petals.
-
Roll a thin snake of raw sienna. Drape in curlicue fashion
around the tiny flowers.
- Bake
in a calibrated oven at 275 degrees F (165 degrees C) for
25 minutes.
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