I love this technique by
Tonja Lenderman! It's a fantastic way to use up your scrap clay.
Here's how I do it:
Bits of leftover clay, including a a cane end and a couple of slices. I chose mostly purples and greens rather than random colours. A little metallic and/or glitter clay looks really good.
Flattened and rolled. Looks pretty already!
Impressed with rubber stamps - slightly experimental because some stamps seem to make better patterns than others. I also added detail with a knitting needle.
Raised parts shaved off and pattern revealed! I especially like the dove.
The hardest bit - smoothing the surface. I used a roller, rubbed gently with cornflour then put it through the pasta machine to get the sheet even. Not shown, I added a scrap clay "backing sheet" to make the whole thing thicker.
Pendants and disk beads cut from the sheet, edges rounded off, waiting to be baked. I also used the shavings to make round beads which I'll show once they're finished.
Here are some finished pendants using this technique - I just need to add a cord and they're ready to go.
The bit I really like? You never know exactly how it's going to turn out and how the colours will distribute themselves, but it always looks pretty.
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