How to Make a Christmas Tree Brooch from Polymer Clay - Tutorial and Master Class
What person doesn't like gifts?During the New Year holidays, each of us wants to be involved in the celebration of magic and be one part of the great magic that revolves around us. Using modern handicraft methods, we can also give warmth and joy to our loved ones, it is not so difficult to do, especially if we have the necessary techniques and methods of work in the field of handicrafts. Modern solutions can help us in the implementation of our skills.
How to Make a Christmas Tree Brooch from Polymer Clay - Tutorial and Master Class
The main symbol of the winter holiday is the Spruce orPine, or in common parlance "Yolochka", which is especially popular among all people. We love to give gifts to our loved ones and therefore, we are also ready to spend our own time to present an unforgettable souvenir to a loved one. Making a brooch for him is a very unique and special choice that can be made using polymer clay. Materials for creating a DIY Christmas tree brooch - what do you need? The special properties of a viscous material that is easy to bake are that it can recreate any shape and a variety of objects. Clay can be processed in various ways, so creating a brooch from polymer clay will not be too difficult a task for us. How to make such clay? You can buy it or make it from improvised materials for home use (dough, for example). Let's consider the list of necessary components, as well as clay processing tools:
- Take the polymer clay in green color design
- Prepare liquid clay in the form of gel
- It will take a brush
- Also need to have acrylic paint
- bouillon with different shades
- scalpel
- rolling pin
- Basis for brooch
- Glue gun
- Glue type "thermo"
So, we have collected all the necessary material andNow we are ready to start the main work related to creating the frame of the future craft. The work will consist of three stages. Stage one - creating the base. Stage two - decorating the base with needles. Stage three - decorating and finishing our craft.First of all, we carry out all the actions to ensure thatto soften the plastic composition with a green tint, to prepare the necessary layer in a thickness of 1 to 1.5 millimeters, using a pasta machine, as well as a rolling pin. Then, we draw the surface using a needle. We draw the silhouette of the future spruce to cut it out with a scalpel. Next, the process of the main work begins - it is necessary to make needles on the future Christmas tree. To begin with, it is necessary to make a blank of thin strips, using green shades. Needles for the Christmas treeThe formation of these stripes occurs in such a way thateach end of such a strip created a narrowing effect and looked like needles. They need to be cut using the main strip and ends with a point at a length of 5-7 millimeters. They are laid in a random form on the shape of the spruce. The needles are laid along the edge, and then moved to the central part.Next, you need to place the needle in this wayin such a way that the upper parts cover the bases of the lower needles. But, this must be done in such a way that no voids or gaps are formed that may be noticeable. The places for the junction of the upper needle with the base must also be hidden by proper overlay. When these works are finished, we place our craft in the oven until the complete firing process. After the firing is complete, the needles must be decorated. The process of decorating a Christmas tree is a completely creative process that must be monitored by a handicraft master. We offer our own solution, which is perfect as a decoration for this frame. However, you can supplement it with your own idea or solution. Decorating a Christmas tree We decorate the needles using white acrylic paint. This will allow us to imitate light snow. Afterwards, we take liquid plastic and a thin brush to randomly apply small drops of gel to our tree, so that one broth is added to each drop. We try to have a large number of broths, but in different shades. Afterwards, we re-fire our tree, in accordance with the instructions from the polymer clay manufacturer.After all firing work is completed, on the backparts of the product we fix a metal base so that we can use the product as a brooch. Epoxy glue or a glue gun will do the job. You will get a beautiful craft of a winter Christmas tree that can be worn or used as a New Year's decoration!