Complete Starter Kit To Make Your Own Fairy House

Description

This listing is for an item(s) that is printed with PLA filament using a 3D printer.  The photos alongside the main photo will show you bisque fired earthenware clay pieces made with the cutters / stamps and also some painted pieces for inspiration.  You will also find extra inspiration in our gallery.

This item is perfect for making your own bisque to sell in your PYOP studio, for use within a pottery studio, or for your own handicrafts…. the only limit is your imagination!

The colour of your cutters and stamps may vary from those shown in the photograph.

After use, rinse in cool water (never use hot water and do not soak) and dry immediately.  Store in a cool, dry place.

Intstructions to make your fairy house…

1.  Roll out clay to approx. 6mm, large enough to fit all of your cutters.
2. Add texture to your walls however you wish. You may want to do this before cutting out your clay.
3. Use your cutters to cut out a base, the wall and the roof
4. If you’ve added texture to any of your pieces, flip them over so you are now working on the ‘back’
5. Score all around the side of the base, score the 2 straight edges of the roof, and score 3 sides of your wall piece, leaving the ‘top’ edge unscored
6. Apply slip to the areas you have scored
7. Roll out 3 sausages of clay – 1 the length of the long edge of the wall piece and 2 the length of the shore edges
8. Stand up the wall piece and start shaping around the base. Use the long sausage of clay to line the join as you go.
9. Smooth the sausage of clay into the wall and base to seal the join
10. Continue all the way around until the 2 short edges of your walls meet. Firm these edges together
11. Smooth one of the shorter sausages of clay into where the edges meet on the inside and outside of the house
12. Roll out some more clay to approx. 3mm thick. Stamp in the door texture then use the cutter to cut it out
13. Score and paint slip on the back of the door and the area you want to attach it on the fairy house. Attach and seal the edge with a slightly damp paintbrush
14. Stand up the roof piece into a cone shape until the 2 straight edges meet
15. Roll out 2 more sausages of clay to smooth the join inside and outside of the roof piece – blend these in
16. Smooth and shape the roof as you wish to add character
17. Add the roof to the house and use a damp paintbrush to seal the join
18. Decorate however you wish! Add bunting or windows, whatever you’d like. Just remember to score and slip everything you add.
19. Now you have your finished fairy house! Add a couple of small holes somewhere so it doesn’t explode in the kiln then fettle all over with a damp paintbrush