Garden Impression Clay Tile Hanging

Diane Emerson impresses garden materials into clay tiles and adds copper highlights to create her garden tile hanging.

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Garden Impression Clay Tile Hanging
Next: Steps 1-5
Materials:

3 pounds of cone 05 white clay
cardboard templates for the 4 large tiles and the accent tiles:
- 5" square template
- 2-1/2" square template
- 1" square template
clay-cutting knife
handmade stamp or stamps
dried weeds or weed-like plants, tree branches
cement rock or broken concrete from a sidewalk
black oxide and container and water for oxide
glazes
10" x 15" piece of 1/2" plywood and jigsaw
36-gauge copper tooling foil
scissors
liver of sulphur and container for mixing water and sulphur
long-handled brush for mixing and agitation of the copper and sulphur
brayer or ceramic roller
hammer and copper nails
clear kitchen and bath silicone and caulk gun
2 screw eyes and wire
felt backing and template
pencil
white craft glue
cardboard squeegee
safety glasses, latex gloves
2 felt pads
kiln and kiln silts
slab roller, clay wire cutter, smoothing rib
paintbrushes
canvas for rolling clay
sandpaper
staple gun and staples
rolling pin
stiff brush
needle-nose pliers
soap and water
steel wool, rags or paper towels, sponge


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