Polymer Clay Mosaic
This was a project we did at United Artisans Shop and Studio in downtown Fort Mill, SC during our Summer Art Camps with the 10-16 year old group. I think it would be fun to do at home or school, but it would be hard without a bunch of pasta machines=)
Necessary Tools:
Would be nice:
To start have a clean workspace and tile, cleaned pasta machine
Make sure your hands are clean and warm up the clay in small increments and run through the pasta machine on "9". Ball up and run through again on "9".
Put your flattened sections on your workspace. Cut out squares, triangles, circles, etc...with your dull knife. If you have craft cookie cutters, those work great.
Carefully arrange the Clay cuts on your large tile, and Repeat steps for different colors. (It will be important to keep a paper towel on hand to wipe the pasta machine in between colors.)
Student keeps arranging until they are satisfied leaving about 2-3mm or 1/8" in between. Make sure they gently press the edges down so that the appearance is like flat tiles, don't press too hard to make it smash.
Note: In the design below some of her "tiles" were too close and did not fit into the final design... Make sure to leave space in between the clay pieces.
Bake the Polymer Clay on the large tile in a normal oven what the directions tell you. It will vary in the type of Polymer you get. I like Sculpey premo myself. Do not over bake !!! Toxins released= bad times! Trust me!!!=) Make sure you have the right temperature too! =)
Let the hot clay sit for a half hour and cool.
Choose a surface: a pot, wood, glass- whatever the grout and adhesive will stick to=)
Get a spoon and gloves and spread across the surface.
Remove your gloves and place the Polymer Tiles( on the large tile) you have created on your surface=) Fun fun fun!
If you do this please, please please post pictures so I can see the beautiful things you have made!!!! Have a blast creating!
Also, if you have any suggestions or questions, don't hesitate to ask=) Thanks for reading!
This was a project we did at United Artisans Shop and Studio in downtown Fort Mill, SC during our Summer Art Camps with the 10-16 year old group. I think it would be fun to do at home or school, but it would be hard without a bunch of pasta machines=)
Necessary Tools:
- Polymer Clay - varying colors - Any
- Pasta Machine (To only be used for Polymer)
- Dull Knife
- Grout and Adhesive
- Surface to put the mosaic on
- non-food spoon
- gloves
- 2 Tiles (the size you want to make your design on) or Clean workspace and 1 Large Tile
Would be nice:
- Cookie Cutters (To only be used for Polymer or crafts)
- A pretty Frame and Backing to Seal it
To start have a clean workspace and tile, cleaned pasta machine Make sure your hands are clean and warm up the clay in small increments and run through the pasta machine on "9". Ball up and run through again on "9".
Put your flattened sections on your workspace. Cut out squares, triangles, circles, etc...with your dull knife. If you have craft cookie cutters, those work great.
Carefully arrange the Clay cuts on your large tile, and Repeat steps for different colors. (It will be important to keep a paper towel on hand to wipe the pasta machine in between colors.)
Student keeps arranging until they are satisfied leaving about 2-3mm or 1/8" in between. Make sure they gently press the edges down so that the appearance is like flat tiles, don't press too hard to make it smash.
Note: In the design below some of her "tiles" were too close and did not fit into the final design... Make sure to leave space in between the clay pieces.
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| Rachel's finished design before grout=) |
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| Rachel's Finished Polymer Mosaic |
Bake the Polymer Clay on the large tile in a normal oven what the directions tell you. It will vary in the type of Polymer you get. I like Sculpey premo myself. Do not over bake !!! Toxins released= bad times! Trust me!!!=) Make sure you have the right temperature too! =)
Let the hot clay sit for a half hour and cool.
Choose a surface: a pot, wood, glass- whatever the grout and adhesive will stick to=)
Get a spoon and gloves and spread across the surface.
Remove your gloves and place the Polymer Tiles( on the large tile) you have created on your surface=) Fun fun fun!
If you do this please, please please post pictures so I can see the beautiful things you have made!!!! Have a blast creating!
Also, if you have any suggestions or questions, don't hesitate to ask=) Thanks for reading!
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