They are so easy to make and so beautiful hung in a collection on a wall, or displayed with your favorite blooms. It is also a great way to preserve special blooms from bridal bouquets and other special occasions. You can make them tiny for a single petal or bud and wear as a necklace or you can make a big slab and recreate your garden in pottery. There are no limits to the ways this technique can be used to bring lasting wild flowers into your home.
If you are wanting a relief of a flower, lay it down on the clay where you want it to mold and lightly roll over it with a rolling pin to make the indenture. Lift the flower off of the clay and bake at 275 degrees for 15 minutes.
If you want to preserve fresh wildflowers with all their color, pick blooms that are soft and will flatten well. Lay your blooms onto the clay in the place you want them to be and roll over to flatten them into the clay. Use tweezers to position any petals that are out of place and tap lightly into the clay. Pick off any that are standing upright and will not lay down. Heat your oven to 275 degrees and bake for 20 minuets.
Use your finger to lightly brush off any loose petal crumbs or leaves that popped up during the baking/drying process.
To seal your wildflowers, lightly brush over the baked flowers and clay background with the Sculpey Satin Glaze. This liquid is the same component as the Polymer Clay but without the fillers, so just as the Polymer Clay dried hard, this satin glaze dries clear and hard over your clay piece to seal in the petals and other parts that may not have laid perfectly flat.
After you have lightly brushed this over your clay piece, return it to the over for 5 to 10 minutes to bake it clear. Watch closely as you can over bake it and turn your piece brown...(I know). Bring it out of the oven and let cool.
Use the tip of a needle or other tiny sharp object to clear the hole back out and your DIY Wild Flower Pottery piece is ready to hang!
