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Posted by: Diane B. on 2010-01-06, 09:43:53
You should be able to but they might be breakable if too thin. I'd suggest putting the clay over an armature of some kind instead to give them strength and stiffness... for example, an existing stiff plate, or even a round disk of wire mesh. Even a piece of wood or cardboard could work for the center part, then the smaller lip area around the plate center wouldn't need as much support... I'd paint any bare wood or cardboard, etc., though since they're porous, with a permanent paint or even permanent white glue or polyurethane. (Of course, air dry clays will also need sealing after they dry since they're susceptible to water/ humidity damage.) If you're interested in making them out of polymer clay instead of an air-dry clay, no sealing would be necessary, and you could paint over the baked clay plate (generally, use acrylic paints or gesso then acrylic), or you could build in part or all of the color/ design with colored polymer clays. You might want to check out some plates which have been made that way with polymer clay on this page of my site (sometimes we also use armatures underneath, or just apply the clay to the back side of a glass plate as with the 2nd link below): glassattic.com/ polymer/ vessels.htm (...click on the category called *Bowls, Plates, Trays*) (fancy one) craftster.org/ pictures/ showphoto.php?photo= 107764 &ppuser= 126038 HTH, Diane B. |
