Polymer clay tangerine. Polymer clay tangerines. Master class on creating a playful cat with plastic sausages

Polymer clay, or as it is also called thermoplastic, is an elastic mass, convenient for creativity. It gives you a lot of freedom to use it in a variety of ways. And today we will tell you how to make mandarin beads from polymer clay.

The main property of such clay is plasticity and softness due to plasticizers in the composition. And it solidifies at a temperature of 100-130 ° C, after which it becomes solid and does not change its shape. In addition to colored, there is thermoplastic with sparkles, liquid, translucent, imitation of stone, etc. The resulting products are durable and not afraid of water.

So, to create tangerines from polymer clay, we need:

Thermoplastic translucent orange and ordinary white, orange and green;

Pin or needle;

Plastic knife or stationery knife;

Clay rolling device;

Acrylic white paint and brush;

Toothpicks;

Fine-grained sandpaper;

Liquid plastic (gel);

Edible salt (not coarse);

Plastic varnish

Work order:

First, we will knead the translucent orange plastic. You can take the finished one from the pack, or you can literally add a drop of ordinary orange plastic to the colorless plastic with the PP (translucency) effect and mix thoroughly. The process of kneading the material is very important - thanks to it, the plasticizer will be evenly distributed over the material, and the product will subsequently be more durable. Therefore, even if the plastic turns out to be soft, fresh and, at first glance, immediately suitable for use, it is necessary to "knead" it for at least 1 minute.
Form a “sausage” from the crushed piece (just roll it with our hands on the table) and cut it into small pieces, preferably of the same size. Use our fingers to shape each piece into a tangerine slice, and from them we will already assemble a whole "tangerine". On average, I get 7 slices for one mandarin.

Immediately, I note that it is better to work with PGs with gloves, since there are no fingerprints on the product, and it looks an order of magnitude more accurate. But in this case, the bead will still go through the grinding stage, so it is here that the presence of prints is not so critical.

As a result, I plan to use tangerines as beads, so using the same needle I pierce a hole in the middle, and then send the blanks to the oven for the first baking. At the same time, it is very important to observe the temperature regime indicated on the plastic packaging. If the temperature is exceeded, then the product can simply burn out, and with the release of very harmful substances. If the temperature is insufficient, the polymerization process will not go as it should - the plastic can become brittle, start to crumble or stick. But the duration of baking at the first stage can be short - about 5 minutes, because this process will be repeated.

After baking, cover the beads with white acrylic art paint. Perhaps other types of paint will work, but I have not experimented with them, so I cannot recommend. It is convenient to do this by placing a bead on a toothpick, even on a warm workpiece - this way the paint will dry faster. It is important that the paint enters all grooves.

We are waiting for drying, and then with the help of fine sandpaper we remove the layer of paint, leaving it only in the depressions.

Now let's prepare the "peel" for our fruits. We knead a piece of white and orange plastic, roll each into a layer, put it together and roll it again so that the thickness is about half a millimeter.

We tear the resulting layer into pieces a little larger than the size of "tangerines", wrap them in a "peel". In this case, it is better to drop a little gel inside the place of attachment of the "peel" to the fruit. Here's what it should look like:

To give "roughness" each bead is dipped in fine salt and rolled in hands so that the grains stick to the "peel". At this stage, I made a few more beads in the form of unpeeled tangerines, I need them as planned. I rolled up several orange balls, rolled them in salt, rolled them in, made grooves with a toothpick, pierced a hole.

We send the beads back to bake for 5 minutes. After baking, throw it into water, the salt dissolves in it, and traces remain on the peel. It remains only to add green plastic "stalks" to the beads. They also need to be attached to the baked gel. Do not forget to pierce the hole.

The last bake, now it is better for 10-15 minutes. In this case, we will be sure that the beads are baked accurately. If the temperature is set correctly, then there is no danger of spoiling the work, even if we leave the tangerines in the oven for more for a long time... Then we varnish the beads (except for the rough "peel"). This will give them a shine and also keep the paint from rubbing off.

With the help of various metal elements, mandarin beads can be assembled, for example, into such a set of jewelry (here, in addition to them, leaves and flowers were used, also made of polymer clay):

Delightful hello from summer! You can make such tangerines yourself from polymer clay. What's the beautiful! Just like the real ones!

We will need:

self-hardening polymer clay;
thin wire;
leaf mold;
oil paints: yellow, red, green;
stacks for rolling;
flat brush;
pVA glue;
a ball of foam or similar material in the form of a mandarin;
scissors.

First, let's make the polymer clay orange. Take a mass, knead in your hands and add two paints: red and yellow. Stir in thoroughly until smooth. Then, right on the palm of your hand, roll out a thin layer with a stack. Apply PVA glue to it and wrap a foam ball.

You have got this orange ball. To give it the texture of a tangerine skin, take a needle and poke holes. Then wet your hands with water and smooth the surface.

Now take a coarse sandpaper and run it over the surface, just don't rub, just press down. This will give us a porous skin surface. Then we take a stack with a ball at the end and make a depression in the center on both sides symmetrically. Make rays around one groove. The tangerine is ready.

Now let's make the leaves. Take a piece of plastic and stir in the green and yellow. Mix thoroughly. Roll up a small sausage. Also on the palm of your hand, roll it into a thin sheet-shaped layer.

Using a mold, add texture to the sheet. Roll out the edges so that they are slightly wavy.

Dip a piece of thin wire in PVA glue and put it in the central vein of the leaf. Pinch the center with your fingers so that the wire sinks into the clay.

Bend the top of the sheet outward. Roll up another sausage and stretch out the ends as in the photo below.

Then, using nail scissors, cut into five petals from one end. Turn them out.

Roll each petal in a stack. Make a depression in the middle.

Drop the glue into the center of the fruit and glue the green flower with the convex side out. Then roll another sausage from the green mass, roll it into a layer and wrap a piece of wire. Smooth the joint.

Take a leaf, bend the lower end of the wire and insert it into the inside of the stem. Then brush with green paint dry and highlight the veins. Leave to dry.

For work we need:
1) polymer clay is translucent orange and ordinary white, orange and green;
2) a needle or pin;
3) a blade for plastic or a stationery knife;
4) a rolling pin, something for rolling out clay;
5) white acrylic art paint and brush;
6) toothpicks;
7) sandpaper (finest);
8) gel (liquid plastic);
9) fine edible salt;
10) plastic varnish.
First, we will knead the translucent orange plastic. You can take the finished one from the pack, or you can literally add a drop of ordinary orange plastic to the colorless plastic with the PP (translucency) effect and mix thoroughly. The process of kneading the material is very important - thanks to it, the plasticizer will be evenly distributed over the material, and the product will subsequently be more durable. Therefore, even if the plastic turns out to be soft, fresh and, at first glance, immediately suitable for use, it is necessary to "knead" it for at least 1 minute.
Form a “sausage” from the crushed piece (just roll it with our hands on the table) and cut it into small pieces, preferably of the same size. Let us shape each piece with our fingers into a tangerine slice, and from them we will already assemble a whole "tangerine". On average, I get 7 slices for one mandarin.

Immediately, I note that it is better to work with polymer clay with gloves, so there are no fingerprints on the product, and it looks an order of magnitude more accurate. But in this case, the tangerine will still go through the grinding stage, so it is here that the presence of prints is not so critical.
Further, using a needle or a pin, we apply grooves to each lobule - one vertical in the middle and several short ones at different angles:

As a result, I plan to use tangerines as beads, so using the same needle I pierce a hole in the middle, and then send the blanks to the oven for the first baking. If you are planning to make just tangerines, then you do not need to make a hole.
At the same time, it is very important to observe the temperature regime indicated on the plastic packaging. The duration of baking at the first stage can be short - about 5 minutes, because this process will be repeated.
After baking, cover the beads with white acrylic art paint. Perhaps other types of paint will work, but I have not experimented with them, so I cannot recommend. It is convenient to do this by placing a bead on a toothpick, even on a warm workpiece - this way the paint will dry faster. It is important that the paint enters all grooves.

We are waiting for drying, and then with the help of fine sandpaper we remove the layer of paint, leaving it only in the depressions.

Now let's prepare the "peel" for our fruits. We knead a piece of white and orange plastic, roll each into a layer, put it together and roll it again so that the thickness is about half a millimeter.

To give "roughness" each tangerine is dipped in fine salt and rolled in the hands so that the grains stick to the "peel".
We send the beads back to bake for 5 minutes. After baking, throw it into water, the salt dissolves in it, and traces remain on the peel. It remains only to add green plastic "stalks" to the beads. They also need to be attached to the baked gel.

Last bake, now it is better for 10-15 minutes. In this case, we will be sure that the beads are baked accurately. Then we varnish the tangerines (except for the rough "peel"). This will give them a shine and also keep the paint from rubbing off.

This sculpting workshop focuses on making thermoplastic figurines. There are many courses and lessons you can take to learn this exciting business, but why not try to figure out the intricacies yourself? This article will definitely help you with this, and at the end we have prepared for you a selection of video lessons on modeling for beginner craftsmen from polymer clay. We hope they will be informative!

We make tangerines from polymer clay with our own hands quickly and easily

For this master class, we need polymer clay of the required shades, a thick needle, a stationery knife, a rolling pin, artistic white acrylic paint, toothpicks, fine sandpaper, liquid plastic, fine sea salt and varnish.

We prepare the shape and the desired texture

First you need to thoroughly knead the orange polymer clay for about one minute. This is necessary so that all its components are evenly distributed in the material and when baked, it polymerizes all over. From the plastic that has already become soft, we form a sausage, which needs to be cut into small identical pieces and we sculpt our tangerine slices from them. For one fruit, we need about 7 slices.

Draw grooves on each lobule with a needle, like on a real tangerine. Once you have formed the tangerine and worked out the structure, they must be pierced with a needle in the middle (if you will use them as beads) and sent to the oven for 5 minutes at the temperature indicated on the polymer clay package.

Add realism with paint

Fixing the still warm tangerine on a toothpick, we paint it white acrylic paint, making sure that all grooves are filled with paint. Once the paint is dry, you should take sandpaper and carefully polish the figures so that the white paint remains only in the place of the grooves.

Making the peel and stalks

It is necessary to knead white and orange clay, roll out a thin layer from each, lay on top of each other and roll out again. As a result, you should get a peel about half a millimeter thick.

We wrap the resulting tangerine peel, attaching them with plastic gel.

Then we pour each mandarin duck into salt to create the effect of an orange peel. You can also make some unpeeled tangerines by simply rolling up orange plastic balls and dipping them in salt.

Then we sculpt the stalks from green polymer clay and attach them to the fruits using gel. We pierce a hole in the stalk as well and bake for 10-15 minutes. Our tangerines are almost ready, it remains only to open the slices with varnish, leaving the rough peel intact.

We collect an already finished product

Of course, you can leave the tangerines as beautiful original decoration on the shelf, however, they can be used in so many jewelry, both as jewelry and as a decorative element.

Workshop on creating a playful cat with plastic sausages

And now let's try to mold a wonderful figure of a cat, which will delight both you and your loved ones with their positive. In order to mold such a cat, we need polymer clay, dry pastels, a set of stacks and a fishing line that we use for the mustache.This task is a little more difficult than the tangerines from the first part, however, why not test your strength and give it a try. You will probably be able to sculpt it even prettier!

First, we knead the plastic qualitatively and form two balls different sizes, then we attach them together with a toothpick, and give the desired shape to the body of the figure. With the help of sculpting stacks, we make recesses for the eyes and draw a mouth.

From white and rose mastic we make eyes, muzzle and nose. We make holes for the mustache with a needle - after baking, the prepared fishing line will need to be glued into these holes with glue. We sculpt ears from gray and white plastic.

The next step is to blind his legs and tail. And connect all the parts of the body together, and gently smooth out all the irregularities.

We cut out the mustache from the fishing line and proceed to the small chicken sitting on the cat's head. To do this, take the yellow (for the chick) and red (for the beak) plastic and sculpt a tiny bird.

Now we form sausages from thin sausages. We connect all the elements together and send them to the oven "until cooked", as indicated on the packaging of polymer clay. After baking, the cat will need to be decorated a little with dry pastel, glue the mustache and varnished.

A selection of videos for beginners

Try, experiment and creative success to you!

We present a master class on making tangerines from polymer clay in a fairly simple way.

To create a tangerine from polymer clay, you will need:

1 piece of orange plastic;
- 1 piece of plastic in a lighter orange shade;
- various tools (in Figure 1)
- 1 PC. old toothbrush;
- real tangerine.

Polymer clay tangerines step by step:

Roll a ball of lighter plastic and flatten it on both sides (Figure 2). Using the appropriate tools, begin dividing the former ball into future slices (Figure 3). First into two parts, then into four, etc. Use a toothpick to make a hole in the center (Figure 4).

In the hole formed in the center (and it can form independently in the process of dividing into slices), put a small piece of white clay (Figure 5). Use the same toothpick to "structure" the mandarin duck (Figure 6). Fill the cavities between the lobules with thin white plastic flagella (Figure 7). Place in the oven for 15 minutes.

Roll out the orange plastic, about 1 mm thick (Figure 8). Do the same with the white plastic and lay them on top of each other.

Press lightly, roll in (Figure 9). Take a toothbrush and walk on both sides, pressing, you can unevenly (Figure 10). Tear off strips of peel from the "pancake", start with a small piece for the back of the tangerine (Figure 11). Attach the peel to the already baked tangerine (Figure 12)

Make a stalk of brownish-green plastic (Figure 13). Send to bake (time, temperature - look at the plastic packaging).

At the end, the tangerine must be varnished in two layers, the peel in one layer. Polymer clay tangerines are ready! Compare the finished result with a real tangerine. From such tangerines, you can collect a set of earrings or a necklace.