A tutorial on making soft clay dolls

The tutorial for making soft clay dolls is as follows:

Knead the soil. The only way to make soft pottery is to knead the soil. Only by careful and symmetrical kneading can we increase the density inside the soft pottery, drive out the bubbles and cracks inside, and make the soft pottery products easier. Modeling. This is a key step to determine the finished product of soft pottery. Beginners can choose their favorite patterns, starting with simple circles and bars. After getting familiar with it, Keke can freely match it according to his own imagination.

Color matching. Soft pottery is called "painted pottery" because its colors are diversified. The basic colors are red, yellow and blue, and elements of other colors can be added to make the whole work more full. It's on fire. When all the production processes are completed, the next thing to do is firing, and the temperature must be strictly controlled to prevent the appearance of soft pottery works from being affected by excessive temperature. The firing process is divided into: boiling setting method is better than baking setting method, but time factor and temperature factor account for a large proportion.

Key points of making soft pottery:

First of all, before making soft pottery, be sure to wash your hands and clean the operating table completely. Soft pottery needs a clean environment and cannot be mixed with any impurities, which will affect the adhesion of soft pottery. Secondly, in the molding step, it can be completed by means of a mold. In order to prevent the soft pottery from sticking to the mold, a little talcum powder can be sprinkled on the bottom of the mold. Finally, the process of firing finished soft pottery must be patient, the temperature should not exceed 150 degrees Celsius, and it should be adjusted at any time according to the climate.