Brushes ans Patterns

The photo above belongs to my make-up brush that lives with me inside my purse. I decided to put a make-up on it by applying the polymer clay pattern that I used before to decorate a switchplate. I think this will be a good example to the use of clay guns.

Pick three or four colors and put the square disk on the clay gun.

After softening the clays, place them in the clay gun as shown. A word of caution; you will either need to use soft clays or have very strong hands for this application.

After extrusion, you will obtain fine patterns with varying colors throughout the cane. Cut the cane into six equal length pieces and stack them as shown below.

Apply slight pressure with your fingers and slice the stack. Place the slices on the surface that you wish to cover and use hand roller to merge the patterns. Then you are ready to bake.

Lastly, put the clay gun in the oven at 130C (260F) for ten minutes and it will be much easier to clean it up.