Colorful Dot Hens

Designer: Elizabeth Carey

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Instructions

  1. Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
  2. Using the Script Liner with SC-16 Cotton Tail, apply 3 coats to each eye. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  3. Use the pencil to draw a pupil in each eye. Using the Script Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 2 coats to each pupil. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  4. Using the Detail Liner with SC-16 Cotton Tail, make a dot in each pupil.
  5. Using the Script Liner with SC-75 Orange-A-Peel, apply 3 coats to the beak. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  6. Using the Script Liner with SC-74 Hot Tamale, apply 3 coats to the waddles and comb. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  7. Using the Detail Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, make a line separating the top and bottom of the beak.
  8. Take the 1” circle punch and punch the paper until you have around 50 circles.
  9. Take a paper circle and trace it onto the hen. Repeat with the same circle, until the hen is covered. Try to evenly space the circles.
  10. Using the Script Liner with SC-6 Sunkissed, SC-11 Blue Yonder, SC-27 Sour Apple, SC-74 Hot Tamale, and SC-75 Orange-A-Peel, apply 3 coats to each circle. Extend the glaze past the outlines of the circles. Try to avoid having the same color right next to each other. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  11. Take a paper circle and dip it in water. Place it over one of the glazed circles from Step #10. Press down with a damp sponge. Repeat, until all of the circles from Step #10 are covered with paper circles. While the paper is still damp, take the Script Liner and apply a line of glaze going around the edge of the circle. It should be the same color as the glaze beneath the circle.
  12. Allow glaze to dry.
  13. Using the Script Liner and Soft Fan with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 2 coats over the entire chicken body. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
  14. Before the glaze is bone dry, take the needle tool and lift up each circle. Make sure you remove every circle. You might want to count how many circles you have, so that you can be sure you have removed them all.
  15. Stilt and fire to cone 06.

Supplies

Form

  • MB-1597 Holly Hen

Colors

  • SC-6 Sunkissed
  • SC-11 Blue Yonder
  • SC-15 Tuxedo
  • SC-16 Cotton Tail
  • SC-27 Sour Apple
  • SC-74 Hot Tamale
  • SC-75 Orange-A-Peel

Decorating Accessories

  • RB-144 #4 Soft Fan
  • RB-106 #6 Script Liner
  • RB-110 10/0 Detail Liner

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Sponge
  • Water
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper
  • 1” Circle punch
  • Needle tool

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