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  • Polymer Clay Cemetery Clock
    • From "Crafters Coast to Coast"
    episode HCC2C-133F


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    Project by Heather MacFarlane from New Orleans, La.

    If Heather lived anywhere but New Orleans, some might consider her obsession with cemeteries a bit frightening. But living in a city where tombstones are legend, her polymer clay grave clocks are far from alarming.

    Materials:

    Sculpey oven-bake clay
    design and card for stencil
    utility knife
    rolling pin
    acrylic or watercolor paint
    paint brush
    clock movement kit
    drill

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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 D
    Steps:

    1. Make a stencil from a drawing of a tomb, house, or whatever you want to make (figure A).

    2. Cut out stencil and place on rolled-out sheet of clay. Cut around stencil (figure B).

    3. Roll out thinner sheet of clay to create pillars, doors and architectural details, with sharp point score to create edges, inscriptions etc. Add these elements to the final piece (figure C).

    4. Bake in oven according to package instructions.

    5. Paint as desired (figure D).

    6. Drill hole where appropriate (figure E) and insert clock mechanism according to package instructions.

    Website: www.letsgetup.com

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  		• Bottle Cap and Resin Earrings
  		• Polymer Clay Cemetery Clock
  		• Handmade Love Letter Box
  		• Hand-Carved Block Print