Home Do-It-Yourself Clay Modeling Love Paperweight

Love Paperweight

Feb. 4, 2020
You Will Need:

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Black 02, Crimson 04, White 27, Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic Silver 351, Fevicryl Mouldit, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, Fine Art Brushes, Rolling Pin, Paper Cutter, Metal Wire, Clay Carving Tools, Pencil, Colour Palette, Water Container.

Description :
Isn’t this the cutest way to declare your love? A love paperweight! It can be customized with the name of your loved one too. Go make one now!
STEP 1 : Mixing Mouldit
• Take Mouldit resin base and hardener; mix it thorough to make even dough.
STEP 2 : Making a slab
• Take the dough; roll it to make the slab with a rolling pin.
STEP 3 : Moulding the parts
• Mark and cut the small rectangular piece from the slab approximately 2 ½” x 1 ½” in size. • Similarly mark and cut the shape of the Heart out of it. Take some clay and make the round beads out of it. Pierce a hole in the bead. • Take the metal wire; cut the wire and insert a part in the slab. Let it dry completely.
STEP 4 : Attaching the parts
• Attach the heart along with the clay bead towards the end of the wire using little amount of the clay and Fabric Glue. Let it dry. • Your heart paper weight will look like this. • Paint the heart paper weight using Acrylic Colours Black 02, Crimson 04, White 27, and Pearl Metallic Silver 351. Leave it to dry completely.