Making Cold Porcelain Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums come in many types and colours, but here is a good starter.  Margaret shows you how to make a fairly simple white flower!   You will need cold porcelain paste, Chrysanthemum cutters, wires, glue and basic tools.   See yesterday's post for making your own cutters.  

You'll also need a colorant.   This tutorial calls for oil paint, but you can also use acrylic paint or paste and powder colorants found in cake decorating stores.

Making Cold Porcelain Chrysanthemums

How to make your own clay cutters

Rubina of Gemina Arts and Crafts shows us how she makes her own clay shape cutters. Rubina says:

"When we work with cold porcelain,  the essential tools and cutters are always needed. But sometimes we are unable to get accurate cutter according to the project. I have faced this situation many times then got idea to make homemade cutters....first we need Aluminium sheet or tin sheet, scissor, pen, margin scale (ruler), steel bond (glue) and... most important is the wooden block...(with) nails will help to get shape and curves of cutter."
Homemade Cold Porcelain Cutter Making

How to Make Play Clay for the Kids

Here's a video demonstrating how to make a 'Play-Doh' type clay (similar to the kids clay recipe in the last post).

Kid's Clay Recipe

Here's a home recipe from Martha Stewart for making modeling clay for the kids.   Simple to make using  flour, salt, cream of tartar, cooking oil and food coloring.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/colorful-clay

How to Make Hydrangeas with Air-Dry Clay

In this video, Diane Phillips of DK Designs shows Martha Stewart how to make Hydrangeas out of Claycraft clay by DECO. Claycraft is a very soft, polymer based air-dry clay similar to Hearty, Makin's and Model Magic.

Each of those brands is available pre-colored, but you may also use white clay and tint the clay yourself.  Other brands of SOFT air-dry clay could be used to create these Hydrangea flowers, as well as homemade cold porcelain..

This flower-crafting video refers to the book Clay Art for All Seasons: A Guide to Soft Clay Art.
Click here for our review of the book.