Father's Day Glasses Holder

Instructions

With a slab roller or rolling pin, roll clay out to approximately ¼” thick.
Using a ruler, cut a 13” x 4” rectangle slab of clay.
With another piece of rolled out clay, cut a 4” circle with a pre-made template or a 4” cookie cutter.
Score and slip the outside side of the circle and inside bottom of the rectangle. Attach rectangle to outside of circle. Score and slip edges of rectangle together to form the cup.
Let clay harden for a little bit to make it easier to work with.
Cut 2 half circles to the front of the cup, spaced about 1” apart.
Attach triangle shaped nose made of clay 1” down between the 2, half circles.
With the back of a needle tool, indent 2 “eyes” under the half circle cut outs.
With a texture tool or needle tool, create texture all over the body of the piece.
When completely dry, fire to cone 04 bisque.
After bisque fire, moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust. Do not oversaturate the bisque with water.
With a #4 Fan Brush apply 3 coats of FN205 Saddle Brown to the bottom half of the piece along with the bottom of the base and 3 coats of FN239 Spiced Cream to the top, ombre where they meet in the middle.
Using a #4 Fan Brush apply 3 coats of CG1008 Blue Guppy to the inside of the cup.
With a RB100 #0 Detail Liner fill in the eyes with SC015 Tuxedo and create 2 little nostril dots on the under side of the nose.
Place piece on a stilt in the kiln
Fire to cone 06

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