Friday, December 30, 2011

Faux Redware

Alright, I know it's late for the reveal because I normally post in the morning.  I started painting then stopped to make a faux Roman Shade panel for my nephew's room when my sister came over.  Anyway, my experiment... you all know I LOVE redware, yellowware, and blackware.  Most times it's too expensive for me to purchase.  What's the next best thing? Of course, Make it yourself!!!!

The experiment was which did I like better... salt dough or clay...

Salt dough...

So, let's start with the salt dough... this was my first attempt as an adult.  I found that I'm not good at rolling out my dough evenly. LOL.  It was really easy to work with, however.  It dried quickly in the oven.  Downfall I guess if you want to call it.  I don't think it's bad because it makes them look more like crazed clay is that I think my dough may have been to dry because I got very small cracks.  BUT the stain went down in them and like I say made them look crazed.  I have 10 more to paint. LOL.  The recipe I used left my circles flat.  They didn't "puff" up.  This is from my dear friend Geesha  "Hey Mary I will tell you this what ever flour you use in your salt dough mixture it will effect the shape if you want a more flat use all-purpose if you want it a more 3-D or texture like use the self-rising."  Thought I'd pass it along :-)  The flat look is what I wanted. 

Sculpey clay...

Well, let me say that these take a LOONNGGG time to dry in the oven.  These ones are still not completely dry because they are flexible.  They should be rigid when "cooked" completely.  I had them in for like 4 hours.  It is suppose to be 15 minutes for 1/4"  uh huh right....   Needless to say I'm impatient.  The clay models a little better to make bowl shapes.  It takes more coats of paint to cover the white clay.  It's a flatter surface to paint on.  So, all in all they are ok... at best.  I wasn't going to scrap them yet.  I may give it another try.  OH the biggest problem is sculpey clay is way more expensive than salt dough :-)


There you have it.  Was it worth the wait???? I think they turned out pretty good if I can toot my own horn. LOL.  Anyone want be to post a tutorial for these? Leaving it open for discussion... just let me know :-)
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Posted by Gettysburg Homestead at 5:58 PM

11 comments:

  1. GayleDecember 30, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Absolutely we want a tutorial - I think they're totally awesome! I guess you could just do a Google image search for design ideas? Love it!

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  2. Susan At Glen Oaks PrimitivesDecember 30, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Of course we want tutorials!
    These look very much like redware.
    We could do the sponge over redware and the scrzaffito (I didn't spell that right, I know) squiggle lines.
    See, I'm with Gayle, I love it.

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  3. SheilaDecember 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Aren't you clever?! Sleeplessness is what brought these about? AWESOME, Mary!
    TFS

    Happy New Year to you and yours~

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  4. PrimsueDecember 30, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Mary, they turned out great. You are a very talented lady.
    Have a blessed New Year,
    Sue

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  5. Lil Raggedy AngieDecember 30, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    Mary I love them all , sculpey is very expensive unless you go to art store and buy the large blocks of the original sculpey . I prefer salt dough but rolling evenly takes lots of practice either way YOU DID A FAB JOB , thanks for sharing ! hugs lilraggedyangie

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  6. simple~needsDecember 30, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    great job!!!

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  7. Never So SimpleDecember 30, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    I think they look great!

    Donna

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  8. SandyDecember 30, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    I LOVE both and may give it a try with both. I bought some clay from the Dollarstore. I was suppose to use it to make things for my Christmas Show but I had too many things on my 'To Do List'...LOL

    When I can get some free time...doesn't look like till the end of Jan :( So many things to do, at least I can say I don't have time to get into trouble...hehe. But anyways, I will let you know how they turn out :)

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  9. nancy hugginsDecember 31, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    They are really cool..you did great..I would love to try salt dough but I have some bowls I got from someone and every time it gets a little humid they start to collapse..I love them and I hate it when they get wacked out of shape? What temp do you bake them at. I don't know if it would be worth it to have to run the oven for a long time with expensive bottle gas :)
    Thanks for sharing :)

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  10. NancyWDecember 31, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    They are so nice and you are too modest, keep going they are great! Please do share a tutorial.
    Nancy

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  11. forever growingJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:49 PM

    Do you think you could put the dough through a pasta machine?

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