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Skill Level - Hard
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Supplies:
* Makin's Clay®
  • 20g Blue Clay
  • 20g Green Clay
  • 20g White Clay
  • 20g Neon Pink Clay
  • 30g Red Clay
  • 30g Yellow Clay
  • 40g Brown Clay
  • 60g Terry Cotta Clay
  • Any Favorite color / colors
  • Recommended Makin's® Tools:
  • Chisel
  • Mallet
  • Roller
  • Rasp
  • Roller & Cutter
  • Clay Mixing Ruler™
  • Push Molds (Leaves)

  • Other Materials:
  • Clip with wire
        (Approximate length: 90mm)
  • Ruler
  • Clay pusher
  • White glue
  • Scissors
  • 20mm long #20 Wire
  • Acrylic Paint
  • Toothpick
  • Brush
  • Method:
        1. Roll three 4mm diameter red balls into12mm long teardrop shape with finger. Fix them together with the 3 round ends at the same horizontal line. Indent each round end center by a toothpick. Repeat to make 4 more sets. Leave to dry.
    2. Roll a 6mm diameter yellow ball and roll into 15mm teardrop shape with fingers. Indent with a clay pusher and open into a trumpet shape. Cut the trumpet edge to equal strips, and then drop a tiny brown ball at the center. Texture it with a toothpick. Repeat to make 4 more flowers. Leave to dry.
    3. Roll a 4mm diameter purple ball, and then roll into a 20mm long rope with index finger. Flatten the rope and coil the strip. Elongate at one side to make stem. Flatten 3 small pieces of clay one by one. Fix them on the side of the coil to make a rose. Make 4 more roses with the same steps. Let to dry.
        4. Push a 5mm diameter green ball on Makin's Push Molds (Leaves). Take it out, coil the stem and curve the tip with fingers. Repeat to make 9 more leaves. Leave to dry.
    5. Roll a 4mm thick terra cotta sheet by Makin's Roller, cut one 65mm x 15mm rectangle and three 40mm x 15mm rectangles by Makin's Mallet. Cut one end of the 3 shorter rectangles to arrow shape by Makin's Rasp. Then texture the surface by Makin's Chisel. Stick to a fence shape after dried.
      6. Roll a 8mm diameter brown ball into a 20mm long rope with finger. Slightly mark around the rope by Makin's Mallet to make the body of butterfly. Curve and cut a gap on the back of body by Makin's Mallet. Add eyes and mouth on one end.
    7. Roll two 10mm and two 8mm diameter pink balls and roll in short teardrop shape. Put one larger and one smaller teardrop pointed ends together. Then flatten it with palm to make right wing. Make left wing. Decorate the wings by clay with any favorite colors and pattern. Stick on the back of the body inside the gap.
      8. Choose 3 colors for making vases. Roll three 12mm /15mm / 20 mm diameter balls. Tilt a ruler sideway and roll the ball to a blunt end teardrop shape. Place it upwards and press on the top slightly by the ruler. Hollow the center of the larger blunt end by the clay pusher and enlarge the hole. Make some patterns for the vase by Makin's Rasp. For the yard stake, cut a 5mm x 15mm rectangle by Makin's Mallet from a clay sheet. Pin words on by Makin's Chisel. Stick a wire underneath.
    9. Roll a 7mm thick light brown sheet by Makin's Roller. Texture the surface by a brush. Cut a 70mm x 40mm rectangle by Makin's Roller & Cutter. Mark brick pattern by Makin's Roller & Cutter, Makin's Rasp and ruler. Stick the fence on the back of the brick.
      10. Drill through the bottom of a vase with a wire clip. Add some brown clay to fill the vase and flatten it by clay presser. Stick the stems of 5 leaves to the mud and then the flowers. Stick the rest two vases with flowers in front of the fence. Stick the butterfly on the fence. Paint with acrylic color for better contrast.
     
    Designed by - Dorothy Chan, MAKIN'S CLAY® Design Team