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Spring
Time Picture Frame
Design by Shelly Comiskey
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 Materials:
- Grow a
Garden E-Z Release Sculpey Pushmold
- Sculpey III
or Premo! Sculpey clays in the following colors:
- if using
Sculpey III then use:
- White
001
- Lemon
573
- Dusty
Rose 303
- Blue
063
- Black
042
- if using
Premo! then use:
- White
5001
- Zinc
Yellow 5072
- Alizarin
Crimson 5383
- Cobalt
Blue 5063
- Black
5042
- Canvas covered
cardboard frame (3" x 5")
- Acrylic paints
(blue, white, green)
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USING FLEXIBLE PUSHMOLDS TO
MOLD IN COLOR:
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 Practice
to determine how much clay will fill your selection. It
takes less than you might think!
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When building in color layers, a little goes a long way.
Use a clay shaper, paintbrush handle or a pencil eraser
to pull any excess away from the lower boundaries.
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You want to just fill the lower boundaries, even leaving
them a little shallow. The final layer of color will
fill into the shallow areas, leaving a neat border. But,
if the first colors are "domed" up, the final molding pressures
will force the "dome" out of its boundaries, leading to
a smeared look. LESS IS MORE in this case.
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 When
the lower boundaries are filled with their colors, press
the main clay color into the center of the mold. Gently
press and pat so it flows into the shape. When the clay
is nearly level with the top of the mold, use your index
finger to gently pull any excess away so that you can see
all edge boundaries of the mold. This eliminates a "skin"
that would need to be trimmed away.
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Let the clay "rest" for some time; or, put the mold into
the freezer compartment for 3-4 minutes.
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 Remove
from freezer, and "pop" your molded piece out by pressing
from the backside of the mold. It will come out like an
ice cube.
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If any color residue remains, wipe the mold out with a baby
wipe or a Windex dampened paper towel
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| Directions:
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Blend blue and white paint to make a pale, pale blue. Paint the
canvas frame.
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With a tiny sponge, dip into white acrylic paint and "sponge"
clouds onto the blue.
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Blend green and white paint to make a leafy green. Paint grass
sprigs along the bottom, and some flower stems on the bottom right.
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Using small amounts of your colored clays, mix white into other
colors to make pastels.
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Mold a variety of small flowers with contrasting centers.
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Mold fence pieces and press together.
- Mold the small
bird and the birdhouse.
NOTE: Mix black
and white to form gray for the birdhouse roof.
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Baking Instructions: |
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Bake all clay pieces in a calibrated oven at 275 degrees F (130
degrees C) for 15 minutes per ¼ inch (6 mm) of thickness. (If
you use Premo! Sculpey, bake 30 minutes per ¼ inch (6 mm) of thickness.)
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When clay items are cool, glue them to the frame surface using
a Super Glue Gel.
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Paint grass stems and flower stems where needed on the fence.
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