How to make toys from clay

Modeling clay find in nature to do this, examine the soil of the ravine, or building a brick pit. Scoop out required quantity of the substance, dilute it with water to the consistency of thick cream, and wait for stones and plant roots will settle on the bottom, then drain the clay through a fine mesh and allow to dry in the sun for 12 hours. Or buy in store the clay powder or ground for modeling vacuum-Packed.

Knead the plastic mass by mixing clay with water. Substance for sculpting should be easy to lag behind the hands. Prepare a bowl of water to wet the clay when joining parts and for sealing cracks while drying.

Shape from clay the core part, for example the trunk of the animal, it connect the small parts, such as legs, head and tail. In the joints the stack with a toothpick or knife, make incisions, dampen the parts with water and connect, smoothing the joints with your fingers. The smallest details, such as ears, eyes and nose stick in the last turn. In the process of modeling don't forget to measure the items and make them proportional to each other.

There is a second way to sculpt toys of clay – plastic. It is used for modeling simple silhouette shapes: birds and animals. Take a piece of clay, roll it into a ball and pull parts of the toy, for example, a head with a beak and tail of the duck.

Finished toy moisten with a damp sponge, brush or cloth, plastered small cracks. If desired, the stack, apply the pattern until the clay dries.

Clay leave the toy to dry during the day. After drying, treat the product with skin. You can burn a toy from clay, but during firing, the figure may behave unpredictably and collapse, so dry it thoroughly in a warm place, for example, on the battery, wrapped it in a plastic bag with a hole.

Dried the toy top with two layers of white gouache paint and colored inks. Well dry the sculpture and the transparent cover parquet lacquer using a foam sponge. Leave the toy out of clay to dry for another 1-2 days.