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Materials
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- Sculpey III
- Beige 093
- Stonewash 1668
- Black 042
- Gold 1086
- Tan 301, or Chocolate 053
- White 001
- Clay Blade
- 4 black seed beads (To give color to the eyes use opaque seed beads in Brown and Royal, Bead Treasurers by Crafts Etc!)
- Pastel Chalk(Use Mini Tip Applicators, used by Scrapbookers, much smaller than a cotton swab to apply chalk)
- Needle Tool
- Pasta Machine
- Baking Sheet lined with Parchment Paper
- 1" heart, circle and flower cutter
- 1 ¼" x ¼' rectangle cutter
- Kemper Clay Punches:
- 5/8" and ¼"square
- 3/16" circle
- 3/8" teardrop
- 1 ¼" pin back
- E-6000 Glue
Directions:
- Condition clay by rolling thru the pasta machine several times or by rolling and squeezing in your hands.
General Directions for both pins:
- Roll two 17/32" balls of beige clay. Flatten into a ¾" circle. Roll two 1/16" balls of beige clay for noses.
- Hair is tan or chocolate clay rolled out at #3 setting, using 3/8" teardrop punch. NOTE: You may create sheets of clay with an acrylic roller or clay dedicated rolling pin. A #1 setting on a pasta machine is about 1/16" thick, a #2 on a pasta machine is about 3/32" thick and a #3 on a pasta machine is about 1/32" thick.
- Working with white clay, rolled out at #2 setting on pasta machine. (Working with white clay make, sure your hands and punches are clean. Use baby wipes to clean with) (Some pasta machines the numbers are backwards, #7 is the thickest. These directions are #1 thickest down.)
- Cut out two 1" hearts from white clay rolled out at thickest setting on pasta machine. Trim off the pointed end, approx. ¼".
Man Pilgrim
- Working with black clay rolled out at thickest setting on pasta machine, Doubled, punch out 5/8" square, reshape by making one end narrower (see Photo of parts). Cut out a strip of black with rectangle cutter, this makes the brim of the hat.
- Roll Stonewash out at #3 setting on pasta machine, cut a strip with the rectangle cutter, for the hat brim.
- Gold clay rolled out at #3 setting punch a ¼" square, with 3/16" circle punch, punch circle out of the middle, which you will use as the button on the collar. Punch one circle for the Lady Pilgrim.
Assemble Man Pilgrim
- Press head ¼" down on the upside down heart (See Photo of Parts).
- Press hat on top of head. Wrap hat band around the base of the hat, pressing ends on the back.
- Press hair on to the sides of the head. Add brim of hat over part of hat band and over part of the head.
- Press in seed beads for eyes, using needle tool, add details to the eyes and eyebrows.
- Press noise in middle of face.
- Draw a smile or you can use a straw and press it half way into clay. Dot corners of mouth and add pink chalk to the dots.
- Press the 3/16" circle in the middle of the collar. Dot with needle tool to make button holes
Assemble Lady Pilgrim
- Repeat Step number 1 of Man Pilgrim
- Hat is cut from white clay rolled out at thickest setting on pasta machine, using the flower cutter, cut in half. Round out the petal on the hat. Cut a 1" circle, using the same cutter, cut again ¼" from the edge (See Photo of Parts). Press on top of the head. Using needle tool add detail (Wrinkles) to the hat.
- Add hair on the sides of the head.
- Press the brim of the hat over the base of the hat and top of head; wrap ends to back of head.
- Repeat steps 4 thru 7 of assembling Man Pilgrim.
Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake according to manufactures directions. Let completely cool.
Glue pin back with E-6000.
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