Center Table Plate with Shilpkar Flower

Center Table Plate with Shilpkar Flower | Clay Modeling

By Hobby Ideas

Difficulty Level Beginner

Center Table Plate with Shilpkar Flower | Hobbyideas

Make this floral pattern on a ceramic plate to make a centre table piece or hang the decorated plate on the walls. A basic technique of hand forming clay is used to make this beautiful flower and coloured with bright colours.

how to do it yourself

STEP 1

Take a ceramic plate (quarter plate)
You may recycle if you have any left over from a set

STEP 2

Take Shilpkar Resin Base and Hardener in equal proportions and mix it evenly into a white dough
Leave it aside for 10-15 mins for it to harden a little
Roll small coils of about 1 and 1/2 – 3 inches long, thick in the centre and narrow towards the ends
You will need about 25 – 30 such coils to form the petals of the flower

STEP 3

Arrange the coils in a floral pattern on the plate, little off the centre and stick them using No Stitch Fabric Glue
Roll few tiny balls of dough for the centre of the flower

STEP 4

Colour the tiny balls in Acrylic Colour Pearl - White and the petals in a gradation of Acrylic Colours from White to Yellow, Orange, Red, Brown to Black

you will need

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours – Black 02, Crimson 04, Dark Brown 05, Golden Yellow 09, Lemon Yellow 11, White 27, Pearl White 351, Fine Art Brushes, Colour Palette, Fevicryl Shilpkar, Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue, Water Container, Ruler, Ceramic Plate