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  • Clay Box with Flower Lid
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    From "Crafters Coast to Coast"
    episode HCC2C-105F


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    Project by Katie Pell from San Antonio, Texas.

    Katie Pell studied painting in art school but has been making functional clay pieces since she took a ceramics class. She makes a hand-built ceramic box with chunky style. She describes the box as "Fred Flintstone meets Versailles."

    Materials:

    clay
    slip
    fork
    clear glaze
    newspaper
    paintbrushes
    needle tool
    mat cutter
    kiln

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    Figure A
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    Figure B
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    Figure C
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    Figure D
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    Figure E
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    Figure F
    Steps:

    1. Roll out slab of clay and cut out pieces.

    2. Put one piece on clay bump to use as convex lid.

    3. Score leather-hard pieces (figure A) and stick together.

    4. Assemble box without lid.

    5. Push out sides to make the shape fuller and stuff with newspaper (figure B).

    6. Lay lid on top and attach to thinner slab.

    7. Cut out flower petals (figure C). Attach leaves and flowers to lid (figure D)

    8. Cut out lid. Lift lid off dry box.

    9. Paint as desired (figure E).

    10. Fire in kiln.

    11. Glaze (figure F) and return to the kiln to finish.

    Web site: www.odinaempire.com

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  		• Clay Box with Flower Lid
  		• "Flower Power" Woo Doll
  		• Garden Journal Scrapbook
  		• Twisted Bead Flower Ring