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Make a Clay Damp Box for less than $20!

Sidenote: Do you do ebates? I have earned over $300 (you just put a button in your browser and shop online). You get $10 to sign up and it's free: Sign up for ebates I'm a mom of two young children. Finding time to work on my pottery is tough. These damp boxes keep my pots leather hard for months at a time if needed! I used 50 pounds of plaster (about $18) and 2 plastic totes ($9 each) to make two damp boxes. This was enough for a 3'' slab of plaster in the bottom of my totes. I probably could have gotten away with half as much because the totes are sooo HEAVY now. You can add water as needed to the plaster to create a humid environment to keep your clay moist. Materials: plastic totes, water, pottery plaster, scale, drill to mix with 1.) Figure out how much water you need. For USG pottery plaster #1, the ration is 70 parts water to 100 parts plaster. For 25 pounds of plaster, you need 2.25 gallons of water. The water should be room temperature. Here'...

Stencil Resist and Underglaze Inlay on Leather-hard Clay

Materials: Post-it notes (or paper), sponge, towel, water, scissors, underglaze, wax resist, needle tool 1.) I cut all of my stencils from Post-it notes. The paper is thin and works really well for this! Put a towel down and wet the stencil with a clean sponge. 2.) Lay the stencil onto leather-hard clay. Go around the edge with your finger to make sure it's completely adhered to the clay. 3.) Brush a coat of underglaze onto the stencil. Let it dry and brush another coat on if needed. 4.) When the underglaze is completely dry, brush a coat of wax resist over it. 5.) When the wax is completely dry, use a needle tool to carve into the clay. 7.) Paint underglaze colors into the carvings. 8.) When the underglaze is dry, use a sponge to wipe the excess color away.

Oaxacan Animals with Foil and Cardboard

Sidenote: Do you do ebates? I have earned over $300 (you just put a button in your browser and shop online). You get $10 to sign up and it's free: Sign up for ebates Materials: cardboard, pencil, glue, foil, spray adhesive, cotton swabs, permanent markers 1.) Students drew a simple outline of an animal on paper, then transferred it to cardboard. 2.) They divided the animal into sections and drew a simple pattern in each section. They covered every pencil line with glue and let it dry. 3.) When the glue was dry, I helped them spray the animal with adhesive, then attach foil. They pressed around the foil with their fingers, then used an exacto knife to cut around the edges. 4.) The students used a cotton swab to press around the glue designs. 5.) They used permanent marker to color around the glue designs, then thin black permanent marker to add patterns on top of the color.

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