Introduction

What other materials can you add to clay?

Another great thing about clay is that you can stick other materials to it to create interesting textures and colors. You can create a monster and stick some googly eyes into it to make it silly! Or you can create a beautiful bowl and push pony beads, sequins, or craft jewels into the surface. When the clay dries, the things should stay put if you pushed them in far enough.

In this lesson, you are going to mold a small decorative dish. Be careful NOT to get the dish wet because you are working with air-dry clay. Clay is waterproof only when it is glaze fired (when the clay gets hard and shiny) or when it is sealed.