I made Fairy Teacups from Polymer Clay
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Ever wanted to make your own miniature Fairy Teacups? In this tutorial I show you step by step how to make some using Polymer Clay. So, sit back, relax, and watch as the process unfolds. Then have some fun and make your own.
The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the CZcams Free Audio Library.
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I used FIMO Soft Polymer Clay, but all well-known brands of polymer clay will work well for this project.
I used 1/8 oz (3.5g) White and Lemon Yellow + 1/16 oz (1.75g) of Tangerine for the cups, then 1/8 oz (3.5g) White and Apple Green + 1/16 oz (1.75g) of Tropical Green for the saucers, with an additional 1/16 oz (1.75g) of White for the undersides.
I used about ½ oz (14g) of Scrap Polymer Clay at various stages in the project. (Scrap clay is simply left over, mixed up oddments of clay colours from other projects.) You could also make stands for the cups while they bake, by taping thick corrugated cardboard together to make a square about 2 inches (5cm) wide and 1 inch (2.5cm) high.
Polymer Clay is oven baked, always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the brand of clay you are using.
Other equipment you need is:
A polymer Clay Blade
Craft Knife
4mm Cable Needle - or something similar
Cocktail Sticks
2 part moulding compound to make moulds - this is optional - I used Siligum from Pebeo but there are many different brands available. You could make your cup moulds using scrap polymer clay instead, adding it to the cocktail sticks in the same way. You would need to bake the moulds before using them for the first time - and use some Cornflour/Corn Starch rubbed on it, as a release agent, before adding the petals.
2 x real leaves to create a texture sheet - this is optional. (I show you how to make one in the video, or use what you may already have)
Small round cutters - the White one I use is 5mm (1/5 inch) diameter, the Black one is 7.5mm (1/4 inch)diameter, and I used a 15mm (1/2 inch) one to draw around for the saucer size.
Small sheet of Baking Parchment or something similar
Biodegradable wet wipes, or wet cloths to clean your hands as you work
Small Tile to bake on.
Aluminium foil to cover the clay while it bakes.
Pasta machine dedicated to polymer clay use.
If you do not have a pasta machine you can roll a sheet of clay between two even stacks of playing cards. Settings 8 and 9 on my machine are 1 playing card thickness, setting 7 and 6 are 2 cards thick, setting 5 is 3 cards, setting 4, 4 cards, setting 3 is 5 cards, setting 2 is 6 cards, setting 1 is 7 cards and setting 0 is 8 cards thickness.
For the saucer moulds, Sculpey have a hollow bead maker which is available from many outlets - Sculpey® Hollow Bead Maker | Sculpey.com . Asda have the measuring spoons which have a good dome on them. You can use the old fashioned round topped spent lightbulbs instead. Put a little scrap clay at the bottom to hold it upright and use the top of the spent lightbulb as your rounded mould. As an alternative, you can carefully cut off the bottom end of a used drinks can, and masking the cut edges, use either the inside or the outside as a gently domed mould, (if there is printing on the bottom, sand it off first). Finally, if you have none of these, then a nice rounded spoon can act as a good mould.
I drew up my own small template, due to the size it is easier to work in mm. The cup is 5mm wide at the bottom, 10 mm high and 10 mm wide at the top. The saucer is 15mm diameter, and I marked it into 6 equal segments. The line for the handle is 20mm long.
Hopefully that gives you everything you need to know to make some of your own. Have fun.
Thank you so much for watching. - Jak na to + styl
I was so hoping that you would put the little cups on the table. They are just too cute.💜
So glad you like them, thanks so much Cherry 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals Yw.💜
Oh I am so in love with these little fairy cup and saucer creations! The cane variations opens up so many possibilities. These are truly inspired, thank you once again Fiona for sharing your amazing creativity and talents with us, it is greatly appreciated by all of us with that inner little girl who still believes in fairies. 🧚❤💜
You are very welcome, thanks so much Gemmy 🙂
So cute and tiny. all you need now is a teapot with the lid that comes off and works.
🤣😂🙃 I'll bear that in mind 😉 Thakns so much 🙂
I love the cups and the mould for shaping the cups, one way of ensuring they are all the same size. When I was making a dinner set at a Barbie doll size I bought a handful of different sized washers from the hardware store, this enabled me to make plates with the shallow depression as well as other sized plates. I used what is called a coach bolt for making different sized bowls.
I love looking at shapes all the time to see what can be used for something totally different.
I bought a aluminium domed painting tray, for making hollow beads a few years back, but I like the idea of the measuring spoons.
Yes, I am just the same, always seeing what I can use in a different way for polymer clay - love your ideas for the plates. Thanks so much 🙂
Just lovely Fiona! Thank you!
I am so glad you like them, thank you Jennifer 🙂
Oh my so sweet Fiona love these so much ❤
Thank you very much Vera 🙂
Omgoodness beyond adorable. Pure art. Tfs
Thanks so much Karen 🙂
Yayyyy, u r making Tinkerbell Tea Party a true event now with this tea set ❤️❤️❤️ all we need now is a fairy garden umbrella 😌
Love it, thanks so much 🙂
Yes, that looks a lot of fun. Thanks again, Fiona!
You are welcome, thanks so much Janet 🙂
Everything is beautiful 💙🥰
Thank you very much 🙂
Absolutely adorable! I can't wait to make a set, my granddaughters will love them. Thank you! ❤
I am so glad, have fun. Thank you so much 🙂
So very cute!👌👍💕💕
Thank you very much Judi 🙂
Oh i wish i could do that. They are so beautiful . I love tiny things like that
Thanks so much Jacqueline, give it a go and see what you can do, but don't stress over it, just relax, enjoy the process and don't be self critical of what you achieve, especially if you're not used to working with clay 🙂
So precious.
Thank you so much 🙂
I love this! I actually smiled through the whole video. You are a very special lady!
That makes me so happy, thank you very much 🙂
I absolutely love this fairy furniture and accessory tutorials.
I am so glad, thank you very much Andrea 🙂
You are amazing ❤ these teacups are adorable 😊 Fiona
awww, thank you so much Jennifer 🙂
❤ adorable
Thank you so much 🙂
Adorable
Thank you so much Denise 🙂
Only hoping that I can get 1\2 as good😍your so very talented and a fantastic teacher 😍 Thank you very much 😍
I am sure you are way more talented than you are giving yourself credit for, thanks so much 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous ,so dainty 🥰
Thank you very much Christine 🙂
These are wonderful. ❤
Thank you very much Jo 🙂
They are fabulous Fiona. What a sweet idea. 💗
Thank you so much Sarah 🙂
De la pâte à rêve😅😊j' adore😅 I love it so soft and so relaxing 😊
Merci beaucoup, thanks so much Marie 🙂
Very sweet, thank you
Thanks so much Leona 🙂
Oh my!!! This is my first time seeing one of your video's. I'm in awe. You are so very talented!! I loved the tea cups & I don't drink tea. Ha! I most definitely signed up to follow you & I can't wait to see what you come up with next.❤😊
I am so glad you like them, and yes they may well not drink tea ! Very british of me 😉Thank you so much I really appreciate that 🙂
Really cute. I'm a miniature fan. I just love your creations. They're always so pretty.
Thakn you so much Beverly 🙂
I've been working on a fairy garden scene that is viewed via 8 × 10 magnified sheet from dollar tree then repeat that scene on a smaller scale so u can look through the scaled down magnified sheet to see the same thing sort of like the infinity mirror effect but the real version not an optical illusion then repeat until I just can't if I had one of those artist microscopes I'd even push the boundaries to include that
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Thanks so much Carol 🙂
We need a teapot
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Sweeeet 🌈
Thanks so much Jane 🙂
Does anyone else experience total hold like giddiness when 9t comes to miniature items rather it b creating them or viewing them . I swear I become an over elated 6 yr old when ever 8 come across a new cool mini item especially like the doll house for the doll house's doll house..... yeah I know I'm feeling it right now
I know exactly what you mean - experienced it the first time I went to a miniature show. I think my mouth was open in an 😲 the whole time I was there 😉🙂
Really enjoyed the video , can't see my big hands being able to do that 😊
Some of the best miniaturists are men 😉 Thanks so much 🙂
and having seen the beautiful pieces you create, your hands are magic, no matter what size 😉🙃🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals thank you I just like to have fun , I can build large items as well though which more suit my size but not my back lol
@@waynebigfootwoodcraft Oh no, I know what you mean, it can be back breaking work at times, just as well we love what we do 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂
Why not just cut the circles out of the molding compound? Why make the mold?
Using a mould gave me a better and flatter finish than I would get by cutting the moulding compound, and less waste of the moulding compound. But absolutely do it as you suggest, there is no 'right' way to do most things, and we all have different approaches. All I do is show how I do it, that doesn't mean it is necessarily the best way 😉🙂