Make a Clay Rose from Modeling Clay
Ever wondered how to make a clay rose? Believe it or not it is quite simple after a couple of tries. People will think that it is time consuming and difficult but really it takes roughly 30 minutes. Use any kind of sculpting clay.
Steps
- Pick a clay of any color to work with. Color choice does not matter if the plan is to paint it later. If the plan is to not paint it then use red and green. (Green for the stem)
- Start by working with the clay to make it softer and more malleable. Sometimes clay can be a bit stiff it is has not been used in a while. This can make the whole process difficult. Also, make sure to avoid working with the clay too much and making it too soft. This can lead having a wilted flower with weak petals.
- Take the clay and work little pieces off of it to create little balls. Try not to exceed a five centimeter circumference. Make about 10 of these. If this is a first attempt to make a clay rose, try to plan for this and make about 15.
- Flatten each of these circles to create pancake looking pieces. These will be the petals so keep in mind that rose petals tend to be flat and delicate. Make them about one centimeter thick because causing them to be too thin can lead them to rip and tear in the construction process.
- Pick up the smallest petal and roll it so that it creates a spiral. This is the center of the rose and is considered to be the base of the flower.
- Pick up one petal and then wrap it around the spiral just created. Do not force the petal to fit completely around the spiral, let it naturally curve around as much as it can. At the bottom where the petal and spiral meet, smooth them together into a round smooth bottom part.
- Pick up another petal and place it on the side that the other petal did not wrap far enough around to reach. Now gently push the top of those two newly placed petals back to form the lip of the petal. This is what gives it the nice effect of growth and the spreading of petals.
- Repeat steps six and seven until satisfied with the size of the rose. Continue to smooth out the bottom. The bottom should be forming a slight dip.
- Take the bottom dip outward and gently roll it so that it extends out as if it were a stem. If using another color for the stem, flatten out a sheet of that color and roll it on top of the stem part of the flower. Cutting the very bottom of the stem at an angle gives the impression that the flower has been cut off of a bush.
- Now the structure part has been finished. If the clay requires so, bake it at what the packaging of the clay recommends for it to become hardened. After it hardens feel free to paint it.
Things You'll Need
- Sculpting Clay
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