- Details
- Last Updated: Monday, 19 June 2017 15:09
Products Used
Mold- CD-777 Oval Slump and Hump
- SC-4 Sunkissed
- SC-5 Tiger Tail
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-24 Dandelion
- SC-42 Butter Me Up
- SC-51 Poo Bear
- SC-55 Yella Bout It
- SC-97 Cant- elope
- SC-25 Crackerjack Brown
- S-2726 Cheetah
Decorating Accessories
- BT-910 Synthetic Sponge
- MT-007 Divots Mat
- MT-009 Scallops Mat
- ST-129 Mini Fern Stamp
- ST-126 Dots and Squiggles Stamp
- ST-113 Circulate Stamp
- ST-116 Floral Flourish Stamp
Miscellaneous Accessories
- Low-Fire Moist Clay
- Circle Templates: ½" through 2"
- Needle Tool
- ¼" Wooden Dowels (2)
- Sandbag
- Rolling Pin
- Copper Wire
Designer: Marcia Roullard
Instructions
- Place clay in between the dowels and roll the clay to ¼" slab. The slab should be wide and long enough to extend slightly beyond the width and length of CD-777 Oval - the slump portion.
- Drape the slab over the mold and lightly pounce a sandbag on the slab until it takes the shape of the mold. Trim away the excess clay using the needle tool.
- Let the form rest for about an hour until it can be handled without losing its shape.
- Create a second slab for the mane. Texture the clay with various stamps and mats listed above in Decorating Accessories.
- Use the needle tool to cut various sizes of circles from this textured slab. You can use paper templates made using a paper punch or things like bottle caps, jar lids, shot glasses, etc.
- Remove the oval shape from the mold, add clay to build a nose, muzzle, ears and mouth. Roll two balls the same size, press flat, score and wet area to fix eyes in place.
- Score clay on the flange around the head, wet, press in the textured circles, layering sizes to keep the look random.
- Use the needle tool to poke holes in the muzzle for copper wire whiskers.
- When dry, fire to cone 04.
- Lions' face is done with a series of washes. Thin slightly SC-42 Butter Me Up brush two coats to the face with CB-604 Soft Fan.
- Use CB-106 Script Liner to shade SC-5 Tiger Tail around the shadow areas, sides of the nose, muzzle, under eyes, and in the ears, do additional shading with SC-25 Crackerjack Brown. Brush parts of the face with SC-24 Dandelion to brighten.
- Tip of nose is two coats of SC-15 Tuxedo, float Tuxedo around the top of the eyes and around the head. Use CB-110 Liner to outline the mouth and muzzle.
- Use the various colors in the product box to brush two thinned coats of color over the textured circle shapes. Brush various circle shapes with S-2726 Cheetah use CB-106 Script Liner, two coats.
- Shade SC-15 Tuxedo under the circle shapes for depth.
- Brush on one coat of S-2101 Clear with CB-604 Soft Fan, make sure to clean out the glaze from the holes in the muzzle.
- Fire to cone 06/05.
- Cut lengths of copper wire glue in the holes of the muzzle.
- When leather hard, remove the piece from the mold, Gently clean edges with a sponge, and when bone dry, bisque fire to shelf cone 04.