Primitive Clay Doll

Emi Fukushima demonstrates how to make this primitive clay doll.

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Thanks to Emi Fukushima for this project.

Materials and Tools:

white, yellow, blue, red Hearty Clay
36" yarn
bamboo sticks
beads
24-gauge wire
glue
leather/any texturing tools
roller
lace

Steps:

1. Soften clay until pliable. Make a 2-inch ball with white clay for the head. For the body, make an oblong shape with the white clay.

2. Cut the bamboo stick into two 2-inch pieces for the arms and two 3-inch pieces for the legs. Stick the arms and legs into the body and secure with glue.

3. Texture a sheet of yellow clay with leather tools.

Wrap a small piece around the leg sticks for the bloomers.

4. To make a shawl: Mix one part white clay with 1/8 part of yellow and 1/4 part of blue. Flatten with a roller to about 1/8" x 1-1/2" x 5". Texture the shawl with the lace.

5. Snip the edges with scissors to make the fringe.

Wrap around the neck area of the doll, covering the stick arms.

6. To make a skirt: Mix one part yellow to 1/2 part red to make orange. Flatten the clay to about 1/8-inch thickness and make it large enough to wrap around the bottom part of doll covering the bloomers.

Texture the hemline of skirt before you wrap it around the bloomers.

7. To make the apron: Mix one part blue to 1/2 red. Flatten to about 1/8-inch thickness, a little smaller than the skirt.

Scallop the hemline and texture with tool. For the belt in the back, flatten the clay in a strip and loop the ends to make the bow.

8. For hair: Take 36 inches of yarn and loop it over your fingers, making 2-inch loops. Twist about 2 inches of wire in the center to tie the loops of yarn together. Snip the ends of all the loops to make hair. Push the wire ends (with a little glue) into the top of the head and fluff out the yarn.