DIY Leaf Plate
Make a clever leaf trinket dish for a gift or for your entryway table.
You'll need some air dry clay. My advice go for good quality air dry clay such as DAS. Cheap ones keep cracking & are very hard to work with.
Flatten the air dry clay to around 3-4mm or to your desired thickness. I feel 3-4mm is a good sturdy thickness.
You'll need to find a large Magnolia leaf for this part. Wash and clean the leaf once dry place on the air dry and press it in.
Use a rolling pin to go over the leaf a few times to really get those indentations.
Cut around the leaf using a knife or box cutters leaving a little bit of a gap.
Dip your finger in some water and smooth out the rough edges on the clay.
Place some kind of risers on each side of the leaf. I made mine by rolling up an A4 size paper. Leave to dry overnight
Once dried paint it your desired color.
For the sides I used gold paint for that extra oomph! Once the paint is dry go over with any top coat.
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With this great Georgia clay I might try it .
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Finally a craft that doesn't look like cheap crap!! LOVE it! I want to use a giant oak leaf from a tree out back!
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Oh wow! Id love to see that. Sadly we dont have oak trees in this part of the world but I did think about trying out a monstera leaf
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What a fabulous idea! I don't have any leaves like the beautiful one that you used, but I suppose I could use faux foliage, couldn't I?
In the finished pictures, it looks like the main rib in the middle of the leaf is raised instead of depressed as an impression would be-how is that achieved?
Finally something worth looking at! This is pretty cool!