How To Make A Ceramic Leaf Bowl

Pull up the clay and leaf before moving to step 3 and then lay them down again on your work surface.

How to make a ceramic leaf bowl.

Roll out the clay to approximately inch thickness. Air dry clay is very sticky and doesn t come up easily. Place your leaf on the glue then mod podge over it again. Use a large leaf with heavy veining.

If you are wanting to customize this diy leaf bowl there are a few things you could do. Use caution so that the leaf does not shift. Using the rolling pin press the leaf into the clay. Use small sharp scissors to trim the leaf edge pattern.

I am sure that for centuries people interested in ceramics have thought about pressing leaves into clay. Use different size balloon. Using your brush brush some mod podge on the saran wrap about the shape of your first leaf. This diy leaf bowl was very simple to make and didn t take much time at all.

Using a small knife trim away excess clay. Use your hands and the rolling pin to gently flatten the leaf against the clay. This is a diy craft for at home decoration. I demonstrate the first step in forming a ceramic bowl using slab method.

As you layer and press the leaves onto each other excess mod podge will squeeze out. Paint mod podge onto a leaf and press the leaf onto the bowl. If your leaves have a softer colored underside be sure to place the colorful side down facing the bowl. A cabbage plant in my garden motivated me to do the.

Lay the leaf vein side down on top of the rolled clay. Use a bowl inside of a balloon for your base this will allow you to make a bigger leaf bowl. The longest part was waiting for the mod podge to dry. Doing this now will make it easier when it s time to transfer your clay leaf to a bowl.

Cover your bowl with a layer of cling film and then paste all over the cling film with a layer of slightly watered down pva glue also known as school glue or white glue. To create your own decorative diy leaf bowl all you will need is 1 balloon your choice of leaves a bowl to hold your balloon in place paint brush or foam brush mod podge matte finish scissors.