Air dry clay Birds and Butterfly

Fell in love with these birds. Hand cut and handmade these different sized birds are fun to have around. Hang it to strings and make a bird mobile or hang them in different areas in the house.
Fun home decor :)

 Some more birds. I applied 3d dimensional magic modge podge to each of these tiny birds. give a plastic shine to the birds.

 

I used a plastic mold for the butterfly.  :)

Cabbage art and broken leaves on clay

During one of my clay obsessions I chose to use any leaf, plant, twig as imprints since I love the natural effect. As a result I ended up imprinting parts of red cabbage which is not cooked and and removed layers and imprinted them onto clay. It was fun but one must keep on mind that all leaves and stems do not look beautiful. The top 2 stem parts were not my favorites but the golden leaf part of the cabbage was really good.

I messed up a beautiful leaf that I had picked up on the street. Felt miserable after having broken the clay piece because it was too thin. One must take utmost caution while sanding the clay especially near the thin areas. If anybody has some ideas about sanding thin areas please let me know.
:)

Air dry clay Indian lady doll

 An Indian lady in saree doll with air dry clay. I made this using a plastic bottle as base for the body and run a stick through the head and fixed it to the bottle. Wrapping an air dry clay saree around the doll was easy.

The toughest part of the process was ......The WAITING PERIOD. This seems to be the most challenging thing for me since I am too impatient to wait for the clay to dry and want to get to the result.

So I had to wait for each part to dry , then assembled each of them and again waiting till they finally dried till I could paint. It is tricky to paint faces on clay but I guess practice makes a man perfect...:)
 

Pink Clay dish

 My pink clay dish was simple to make. Just rolled out a thin layer of clay cut out a round chunk of clay and then slowly using a cylindrical object made circles on the clay.

 It was fun. Once dried, I used a pink nail polish and painted it. it did not even need a glaze but applying one would seal the piece and make it more vibrant.
I love the effect of nail polish on clay. Despite the fact it stinks while application and till the whole piece dries completely, it is worth all that.

Simple home decor , jewellery dish or just something to spice up your room.

Alpona on air dry Clay

Alpona is a famous floor design in West Bengal, a state in India. Having grown up with it, my natural instincts made me try the same on clay.

I used a knife to carve out some alpona designs. Was not completely satisfied with the outcome. I will be trying with normal paint later.

My first air dry clay jewellery dish

Using a slab of clay, i just imprinted a leaf on it and painted it white. The brushed off some grey and pink on it. Was not a complete winner but I use it as my jewellery dish.

My first trial at air dry clay

These were some of my first mold articles with air dry clay. The mold was made of plastic and I got it with a gypsum mold making kit. It was interesting to see how the clay worked. Usually I could not contain my enthusiasm and removed the clay from the molds very quickly. Later I realised that it needed minimum one day to dry up and then came out beautifully all by itself. The roses were made separately.

Earthly air dry clay decorative dish

Perfect imprint of the leaf I picked on the streets. Was extremely satisfied with the outcome.

A tinge of brown colour and sponged off the colour all around to get the texture and look to this piece. Loved the entire experience and the final result!!

Clay Krishnas

I had got a Krishna key chain which I loved and after getting the silicone putty, the first thing I wanted to duplicate was this. It was a bit tricky to get the mould done in the right way but surprisingly it came out pretty well. I was lucky, that the putty was not wasted even though it was the first thing I tried.

 The details are pretty good, which I really did not expect. I painted some with acrylic paints and some with nail paint. I liked the acrylic paints since I could remove some parts of it to make the face more visible.

Silicone putty

I was really skeptic about buying this one, but must say it was worth a buy.. It works amazingly for what it is built for.

You get two containers consisting of a blue (silicone) and a white (hardener) substance. Until you mix them it does not dry up. You take equal quantities of both and squish them together till all the blue striation vanish.Then you place it on the object you want to duplicate.You get an ample time to work on it, that is about 8 to 10 minutes if you want the best results.

I made tons of jewellery shapes with this putty.

Air dry clay jewellery dish, ring holder, prop

A round dish carved around the edges by placing it on an object. I used natural leaves as embediments.
Brown and ochre paints were used with an acrylic glaze to seal the piece and bring out the lovely colours.
I had fun painting this piece. Using the sponge I scrapped out the extra brown colour from the piece and added ochre colour to it.

Gives a nice Autumn feel !!!

The holes are for earrings or rings.It can be used as a gift, for carrying rings in a wedding, used as a prop to showcase your projects, home decor, jewellery holder, etc..

If you want to have one, you could also buy at my etsy shop :
https://www.etsy.com/listing/179591745/autumn-air-dry-clay-dish-home-decor?ref=shop_home_active_1

Air dry clay mango dish

I wanted to make a mango dish since ages and finally, here it is . I deliberately turned the edges so that it could hold something within.
Place jewellery on it, or business cards,  stretch your imaginations and it can be used in several ways.