{"id":14115,"date":"2016-09-19T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/?p=13976"},"modified":"2016-09-26T10:23:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T17:23:28","slug":"diy-clay-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/diy-clay-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Clay Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"diy-pinch-pot\"<\/p>\n

I learned about pinch pots in pottery class, which are an easy way to make clay bowls in\u00a0the sense that\u00a0they don’t require a lot of skill or materials, but to bring this craft home where most of us don’t have a kiln, air dry clay is the best option though it can be finicky. \u00a0It has more of a putty texture and doesn’t smooth as easily, but this can be handled\u00a0by frequently\u00a0wetting your hands as you work with the clay to keep it moist, so keep that in mind for this DIY. \u00a0It\u00a0takes patience and a lot of love, but it’s equally cool and\u00a0an easy first step in hand building clay projects!<\/p>\n

Materials:<\/strong>
\n–air dry clay<\/a>
\n–clay rib<\/a>
\n-water
\n–paint<\/a>
\n-paint brush<\/p>\n

\"clay-ball\"<\/p>\n

Use both hands to roll the clay into an orange sized ball.<\/p>\n

\"pinch-bowl\"<\/p>\n

Press your thumb into the center of the ball and pinch the clay while rotating it with the other hand. \u00a0Start near the bottom then work your way up with the pinching as you rotate. \u00a0Pinch in a more upward pulling motion for added height to the bowl.<\/p>\n

\"clay-rib\"<\/p>\n

Use a clay rib to smooth out the inside and the edge of the bowl. \u00a0You might also want to use it to remove excess clay in some parts that are thicker or come up higher than the rest of the bowl.<\/p>\n

\"clay-smoothing\"<\/p>\n

Set the bowl down on a flat surface to flatten the bottom. \u00a0My set-up here is a cake stand on top of a lazy susan (resourceful!) \u00a0Any\u00a0surface that\u00a0rotates will be the most helpful, though not entirely necessary if you can deal with manually rotating the surface when neeeded.<\/p>\n

\"smoothing\"<\/p>\n

Continue smoothing out all the surfaces of the bowl with your fingers,\u00a0making sure that your hands and the clay are especially wet\u00a0for easier smoothing. \u00a0Once smoothed, let the bowl dry completely for at least 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\"paint-1\"<\/p>\n

The fun part is always personalization, meaning paint that thing however you want. \u00a0I used a dry-brush technique to make streaky brush strokes.<\/p>\n

\"paint-2\"<\/p>\n

After dipping the brush into the paint, I wiped off\u00a0the excess paint with a paper towel.<\/p>\n

\"paint-3\"<\/p>\n

I brushed horizontal strokes onto the bowl all the way around without caring about being neat. \u00a0I’m having a moment lately with that organic look and texture. \u00a0It not only looks very cool but helps me get away with being\u00a0messy on purpose, success!<\/p>\n

\"clay-bowl-diy\"<\/p>\n

\"diy-clay-pinch-pot\"<\/p>\n

\"diy-clay-bowl\"<\/p>\n

\"clay-pinch-pot-diy\"<\/p>\n

Clay trinket dishes and bowls have and always will be\u00a0my jam<\/em>. \u00a0It’s no wonder\u00a0I\u00a0have an immense love for pottery, and while this DIY couldn’t replace the thrill of throwing on a\u00a0wheel, it’s cool to be able to do this at home. \u00a0Naturally the dream is to get a wheel at\u00a0home… \u00a0That’s more likely\u00a0for whenever we get more space, my\u00a0favorite\u00a0solution for getting more stuff, ha.<\/p>\n

Have you made pinch pots before? \u00a0Do anything\u00a0with clay in general? \u00a0I think I’d say clay is my favorite material to work with!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I learned about pinch pots in pottery class, which are an easy way to make clay bowls in\u00a0the sense that\u00a0they don’t require a lot of skill or materials, but to bring this craft home where most of us don’t have a kiln, air dry clay is the best option though it can be finicky. \u00a0It … Continue reading “DIY Clay Bowl”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14119,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions\/14119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}