Homemade Embellishments with Cold Porcelain Clay

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Sharing some embellishments I made with some homemade Cold Porcelain clay and a small tutorial today 

I used easily available stuff in the house to make the clay and some sugarcraft/ terracotta plunger tools to make these , have a look at my plunger tools and my ball of clay wrapped in some cling film...

and have a look at a mixed media piece using my clay birds after being painted with Acrylic colors in black and pearl colors 

Cold Porcelain Clay Recipe : 

Cornflour : one cup

PVA Glue: one cup ( I used Fevicol MR )

White vinegar : one TBS

Baby oil/cooking oil : one TBS

Hand Lotion

Add all except hand lotion in a microwave safe bowl and mix well. Put in the microwave for 10 secs bursts on medium three times. Take out between intervals and mix well every time. cooking time may depend on your particular machine so it is better to start with shorter duration. Do not overcook and take out when the mix starts to get lumpy. Dust your kitchen counter with a generous amount of cornflour and take out the clay mixture while it is hot and knead well. If you find the dough dry then add some glue and if it is runny then add some cornflour. It is easy to adjust the mix while it is hot.Knead till smooth and forms a tear shape when pulled.coat generously with Hand Lotion and wrap tightly in cling foil. Rest for a day at room temperature and then use whichever way you plan to. As this is an air dry clay, keep tightly wrapped in cling foil and then in a zipper bag. It took me about half an hour to make the clay and another half hour to make all these embellishments. These are very strong after they dry and can be painted, sprayed, glittered to use on paper, metal, wood or 3-D panels etc. 

I really enjoyed making these, hope you will give it a try !! You can also see this link for more information. 

linking to http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2015/05/bgc68-make-your-own-embelishments.html

This post was published on Totally Tutorials

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Lavender Fields and Ink Sprays

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Another Mixed media piece with ink sprays for the PaperArtsy Challenge : Sprays. I was inspired by this post on the paperArtsy blog.

I started off with heavy watercolor paper, have used diluted inks in mist bottles to spray and create a background

Stencilling with the Tim Holtz stencils and texture paste. the doodled flowers in both the corners are Image transfers using Gel medium, followed by white Gel pen detailing and a bit of stickles.

The birds are handmade embellishments made with homemade porcelain clay and painted with black and pearl acrylic colors.....

 sentiment is computer generated and the tiny flowers are again made of cold porcelain clay ....finishing off with some splatters in white and black ink .............

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