Make Your Own Gingerbread House – Complete Starter Kit

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.

Instructions to make a gingerbread house…

1. Roll out clay to 7mm thick. Cut out 1 front, 1 back, 2 walls, 2 roof pieces and a base
2. Stamp whatever design you’d like onto each piece, make sure the wall pieces are in portrait orientation
3. Flip the front, back and wall pieces and score the edges that will join. Score all edges of the base piece
4. Lay a wall piece and the front next to the base and paint slip over the scored areas
5. Stand the wall piece up against the base and secure by blending in a thin sausage of clay along the join
6. Stand up the front piece and attach in the same way
7. Add the second wall and back piece in following the previous steps
8. Blend in and smooth out all the joins on the inside and the outside
9. Score along the pointy edges of the front and back piece where the roof will be attached
10. Paint slip on the score lines and place one roof piece onto the house and take off again. The slip will leave a mark to show you where you need to score on the roof piece
11. Attach the first roof piece and secure with a thin sausage of clay on the inside join
12. Repeat this process with the second roof piece but this time, blend a sausage of clay to the point of the roof where the 2 pieces meet and smooth out the top
13. Score and slip small balls of clay to the top of the roof to add decoration
14. Fettle the completed gingerbread house all over with a damp paintbrush and ta-dah!