Clay Jewelry Bowls

Good morning to you! Thanks for stopping by today. Since it’s the 9th, that means there is an awesome new release at Concord & 9th and to celebrate, we are hosting a new challenge at Where Creativity Meets C9. It’s Mixed Media! Which, in my books, almost means “anything goes”!

I made some bowls out of air dry clay. Have you seen this all over Pinterest and elsewhere? It seemed pretty cool, and easy, so I thought I’d give it a try.

There are a ton of tutorials for these out there, so I won’t give you any instructions. I will give you some tips though, ha!

• I suggest you find a shallow bowl to use, or if you only have deeper bowls, don’t push the clay all the way to the bottom of the bowl. Let it sort of hover towards the top, that way you won’t have any wrinkles on the sides to smooth out. Ahem. Ask me how I know this. I made six bowls, and am only showing you two. 🙂
• Allow much more drying time than you think you will need. I’m in the desert and this took more than two days to dry. I was shocked, honestly.
• You’ll want to sand these with a fine grit sandpaper. I used 400 grit. This will make a lot of fine powdery mess, so do it over some newspapers or over a trash can.
• I believe you can use any sort of coloring medium on these, I chose watercolors. Since I had “extras”, I used the bottom of one to test the paint colors as I got going. This way I was able to get the shade that I wanted.
• I linked the clay that I used down below, I got mine from Amazon, but I recently saw it at a local craft store, so go to your local store and bring a coupon. 😉
• I sealed these with matte Mod Podge.

For this bowl I used the Lily Stamp. You’ll want to make sure to get a good impression in the clay, I had to press pretty hard. Again, I had a test piece that I sampled this on in order to get the pressure just right. I used ink on some stamps before stamping, but in the end I found that it didn’t really show up the way I wanted it to, so I wouldn’t use ink the next time. Just color in the lines afterward as you like.

For this bowl I used the City Stacks stamp, and I love it. I have a huge love affair with trees, I always have. I admire them from afar, from up close, in real form, stamp form, anything. Trees are my spirit animal (?). I have a friend in mind to send this to, I hope she loves it as much as I do.

I also hope you’ll join us for this month’s challenge. It’s so much fun, and was a real “challenge” to me, but I’m glad I tackled it. I can’t wait to see what you make!

 

Supplies:

City StacksEH | SSS | C9	LilyEH | SSS | C9	Air Dry ClayAZ	Clay RollerAZ
Teflon Bone FolderEH | SSS | AZ	Kuretake Gansai TambiEH | SSS | AZ	Metallic WatercolorsSSS | AZ	Stamp ShammyEH | SSS
Craft SheetEH | SSS