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How To Make A Wild Flower Power Air Dry Clay Tile
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Take a 25lb brick of Laguna Mexo-White Self Hardening Clay and cut a 1″ x 12″ x 12″ thick slab of clay.
1. Place the clay on a slab roller canvas or on newspaper to be roller out to a 25” x 30” slab.
2. Roll the clay through the slab roller or under the rolling pin.
3. Slab the air dry clay until you get to ¼” thick.
4. Once you have a slab ¼” thick you can place a slab mat on top to erase the canvas marks or you can leave them.
5. Please your slab of clay on a clean piece of paper or clean work area.
6. Take a square cookie cutter about 2” x 2”. (If you want larger tiles you can use standard sizes such as 4” x 4” or 6” x 6” or a 8” x 8”.)
7. Cut as many tiles as you can from you 1st slab of 25” x 30” clay.
8. Please your stamp or stencil on top the tiles you have cut out to create the imprint you are creating. Make sure to spray the tile with vegetable oil or talc powder for quick release from the clay.
9. Press down on the stamp evenly or etch out the stencil at this time.
10. Pull back the tile or stencil carefully.
11. Examine the impression.
12. Once you examine the impression, continue stamping.
13. After the tiles have been cut and stamped, designate someone to smooth the edges.
14. You can smooth out any wrinkles or creases on the sides or top at this point.
15. Place tiles on a board to dry for the next three days.
16. Once dried, you can apply acrylic paints, spray paints, glitter, cork, rubber, or any other multi-media material to jazz up the tile.
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