PVC Pipe Candle Holder
Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-544 -- More Projects »
Guest Donna Kato demonstrates how to make one-of-a-kind candle holders using inexpensive pieces of PVC pipe and polymer clay.
Materials:
Fimo in the following colors:
-black, red, orange, light turquoise, blue, magenta
PVC reducer
Porcelaine 150 paint (Pebeo) in gold or copper
cosmetic sponge for paint application
Nublade
pasta machine or brayer
Super Glue adhesive
scalpel or needle tool
Conditioning the clay
Polymer clay must be conditioned prior to use. Begin conditioning the clay by squeezing it on all sides. The clay is very responsive to pressure, and will take on an elastic feel. Roll it into a ball, then a snake. Fold it back on itself and roll a snake again. Repeat a few times then roll a cylinder. Cut 1/8-inch thick slices from the cylinder and roll through the pasta machine on a thin setting. Roll each slice and integrate into the whole. Continue until all the slices are integrated and the sheet feels supple and elastic.
Another way is to cut thin slices from the Fimo block and roll through a thin setting of the pasta machine. Fold and roll until the slice is conditioned, then continue rolling and folding, adding new slices as you go.
Steps:
- Using a sponge, apply paint to the top rim and the base area. Let dry.
- Roll a sheet of black clay through the thickest setting of the pasta machine. Cut a strip the same width as the side of the reducer. Wrap the strip around, trimming neatly. Smooth the joint with your fingers.
- Roll another sheet of black clay the same thickness as before. Apply glue to the bottom of the reducer and then place it on the clay sheet.
Tip: Place the clay sheet on a sheet of paper.
- Using a scalpel or other sharp blade, cut the clay around the base of the reducer (figure A).
- To make a border cane: roll a sheet of blue and a sheet of light turquoise (approximately 1/2 package of each). Place one sheet atop the other (figure B) and trim. Cut in half and stack to make a slab of four layers. Cut in half and stack again two more times to make a finished stack of 16 layers. Trim neatly. Repeat the entire process to make a striped slab using red and orange clay.
- From each slab, cut so that the face of the cane is square. This should yield two rectangular loaves with square faces (figure C).
- Stand each cane up on end and slice diagonally through. Separate the pieces, creating four right angle triangles.
- Reassemble the blue cane by pressing two of the sides together, the diagonal sides out, forming two sides of the reassembled triangle shaped cane.
- Press the diagonal side of one of the orange/red halves onto the diagonal side of the blue cane, and then press the remaining half of the orange/red cane onto the other side (figure D). You now have a rectangular loaf with the blue triangle in the middle and two right angle orange/red triangles to each side.
- Square up the cane by compressing the sides of the cane.
- Cut thin slices and, beginning at the bottom, lay them side by side, encircling the reducer. Repeat until the entire reducer is covered (figure E). Place the pieces one atop the other or offset them to create a zigzag pattern.
- Roll a black snake 1/4 inch in diameter and encircle the top above the cane slices (figure F).
- Roll a magenta snake 1/9 inch in diameter and encircle the top above the black snake.
- Bake in a preheated 265-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before handling.
- Crumple foil and push into the holder. Secure candle in the holder by dripping wax onto the foil and pressing the candle to the foil. Pour sand on the foil and fill the holder.
Resources paint - Porcelaine 150
Pebeo Porcelaine paint is a thermo-hardening, nontoxic, water-based paint that has been designed to produce the look of glazed enamels. It comes in 46 blendable colors. Porcelaine 150 comes in bottles, tubes and felt tip markers, which can be mixed together. Porcelaine 150 can be applied to all heat-stable bases that are able to withstand a temperature of 150-degrees C (300-degrees F), such as porcelain, china, glazed earthenware, terracotta, metal, enameled sheet steel, copper and glass.
Pebeo of America
Website:
www.pebeo.com
The Art of Polymer Clay: Designs and Techniques for Making Jewelry, Pottery and Decorative Artwork
by Donna Kato
Watson-Guptill, 1997
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Prairie Craft Company/Kato Polyclay
Website:
www.prairiecraft.com
or
Website:
www.katopolyclay.com Guests Donna Kato
Artist and owner of Prairie Craft Company
Website:
www.prairiecraft.com
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