Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Polymer Potted Plants Tutorial



I had a few of these mini clay pots hanging around and thought I'd like to try and add flowers to them using polymer clay.


I needed a dome shape on the pot to built my plant off of so I started by balling up a piece of aluminum foil and sticking it into the pot so it fit snugly.



Then covered it with brown clay.


I used a push mold to make enough leaves and flowers to cover the entire thing. But if you don't have a mold like this you can easily make leaves and flowers using this technique.


And added brown centers to each flower, which I then textured by poking with a toothpick.


I baked the entire thing (mini pot and all) in the oven according to the package directions for the clay.


You could stop here and have a cute little plant. Or add wire around the lip to fashion this into a hanging plant ornament (I might make a few of these for Christmas to give to the gardeners in my life). But I wanted a plant stake so I used wood glue to attach a dowel into the hole in the bottom of the pot, then I painted the stake green (you could skip this step and leave the dowel natural- it looked nice this way too).



Here's my finished plant stake in a plant on my deck.


I think I'll make a few versions of these with all green leaves- no flowers to mark the herbs. I can write the names on the pot with a permanent marker.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for visiting and taking the time to leave a comment Lauren!

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  2. Hey, that is really pretty! I reckon it would work for other little (oven- proof) containers, too. I gotta get that polymer clay out! Sweet how you use them in planters, I like that idea.

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  3. Thanks lisbonlioness, this was definitely work with any over proof container. Or you could make a container from polymer clay, bake it then do all these steps and bake the entire thing again.

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  4. This looks great. I've got some of those mini pots sitting around doing nothing, so this would be a great way to use them.

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  5. Thank you Crafty-Arty Kid- if you make some I'd love to see the results- send me pictures or a link!

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