https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/polymer-clay-covered-flatware • Posted by lindarose92
Polymer clay allows you to make almost anything you want, and creating patterns with it can be fun and useful. I decided I had to try this even if it looked complicated, but I found out it's much easier than I thought! I decided to cover some old cutlery I had (knife and teaspoon), but you can cover anything you want with this techinique!
Polymer clay allows you to make almost anything you want, and creating patterns with it can be fun and useful. I decided I had to try this even if it looked complicated, but I found out it's much easier than I thought! I decided to cover some old cutlery I had (knife and teaspoon), but you can cover anything you want with this techinique!
Take 2 little pieces of clay: white and red. They need to be about the same size. Pass both pieces, one at a time, through a clay (or pasta) machine. Start from its thickest level and keep passing the clay through the next ones, until it's about 1,5 mm thick (0.05 inches).
Cut both pieces into identical rectangles then divide both of them in 2 triangles, making a cut on their diagonal.
Place one of the 2 triangles on the other one of the same color to obtain a thicker triangle. Do the same for the other 2 (the red ones).
Join the white thick triangle with the red one forming a new bicolor rectangle.
Pass the new rectangle through the machine.
Fold it in half.
Pass it through the machine and fold it again. Keep doing all this until the 2 colors create a good shade from red to white. Make sure to always fold your clay on the same side. You need to do this at least 20 times to obtain this result.
Roll your clay rectangle starting from the white side. This way you'll obtain a cylinder.
Make a cut into the roll that goes from the longest side of the cylinder to its middle.
Make other 2 cuts that start from the same cut you made previously: one must end on its right, the other on its left. This way these 3 cuts will look like an M.
Take a piece of blue clay now and flatten it passing it through the machine to create a rectangle. Divide the blue rectangle in 3 strips, making 2 cuts on the longest side.
Insert each of the 3 blue strips into the 3 cuts you made in the red cylinder.
Press the side of the cylinder where the blue strips touch each other with your fingers to obtain a petal shape.
Make 2 thinner cylinders using blue clay. Make them as long as the red one and give them a triangular shape with your fingers. Place the blue pieces on the petal's base: one on the left, one on the right. The base of the petal is where the red part is thicker.
Press all the pieces together always keeping a triangular shape. Gently pull it to make it longer and thinner. It needs to be about 1 cm thick (0.39 inches). Divide this long piece of clay into 6 equal pieces.
Place 3 pieces side by side to form a semicircle and do the same with the other 3 pieces.
Take a little bit of white clay and make a very thin cylinder with it. Make it as long as your semicircle and place it in the middle.
Compose the circle adding the other semicircle on top. This new cylinder is the flower!
Press the cylinder with your fingers to make sure that all pieces stick together, and gently pull it to make it longer and thinner (about 5mm - 0.19 inches).
Cut out the beginning of your cylinder and slice the remaining part. These thin slices contain tiny flowers in them.
Cut a new piece of blue clay, pass it through the machine and create a rectangle. Place all of your flower slices on the blue rectangle, one next to the other.
When your rectangle is finally full of flowers, pass it through the machine again, making sure to always start from the thickest level.
Lay your clay upside down on the table and place your piece of cutlery's grip on it to cut the amount of clay you'll need to cover it.
Cover the grip with your piece of clay and smooth it with your fingers. Finally, place your clay-covered grip in a way that it doesn't touch any surface, and bake in the oven at 110/120C - 230F for 15 minutes (or follow the instructions on your clay package). Take everything out of the oven when the time is up and let the clay cool down.
After a few minutes your clay grip is finally hard and dry. Your brand new flatware is done!
I had a piece of clay left so I decided to cover a key with it. Do you like it? :)