Cold porcelain with their own hands. Creating Beauty

The latest fashion trends in decorating our interior with things made by ourselves made us remember traditional Russian crafts. What was created hundreds of years ago, modern masters began to appreciate, to seek technology and restore Russian trades. These include the Kislovodsk porcelain. Invented by Caucasians from the Caucasus 250 years ago, the molding of hand-made, rather than stamping, was always valued and famous for its uniqueness and exclusivity. Now products of this kind cost a lot of money and can not always afford to purchase them.

In fact, such a decoration of the interior can make each of the materials available. Let's try to create cold porcelain with our own hands. The main ingredients are:

- one glass of cornstarch, but you can take and potato;

- one glass of PVA glue, we recommend adding "Moment".

Additional materials: glycerol, petroleum jelly or fat hand cream - 1 tablespoon, citric acid - half a teaspoon, dyes.

The tools will require a minimum set:

- nail scissors;

- A sharp knife;

- wire;

- any needles with rounded ends.

You may need round nose pliers, thin tweezers, a roller knife, silicone molds, depending on how thin the work and what shape of the product you want to get.

We prepare an elastic mass, from which we will make cold porcelain with our own hands. In glass or non-stick cookware, we mix the main ingredients, gradually add additional, with the appearance of bubbles. This citric acid will react with the rest of the ingredients. We put the tank in a water bath. We bring to a consistence of thick sour cream, we mix all the time. The mass should move away from the walls of the dishes and collect in one lump. On the table laid out lay out our "plasticine" and knead it to an elastic state. Remember that when you make cold porcelain with your own hands, they should be clean, as the material absorbs dirt very much.

If you did not add the dye directly before preparing the mass, then there are two variants of its dyeing. The first is to paint the product when it is completely ready and dried up. Fix it with acrylic lacquer. The second option - in the elastic mass, gradually enter the dye, in each piece exactly as much as you need to get the desired shade of the fragment for the future composition. This method is more practical, the colors do not fade and do not burn out in the sun. It should be remembered that the mass when wet with the addition of a dye has a shade more faded than in a dry form.

To create cold porcelain with your own hands is a fascinating, laborious and laborious process, so your "plasticine" can dry up in the process of creativity. Use water to restore the elasticity of the material. In order that it does not stick to your hands, use a simple hand cream.

Creating masterpieces with your own hands, you will not only decorate the interior of your house. They will be a wonderful gift for your loved ones, friends, acquaintances, because the material is only called "cold porcelain". Flowers made of it, look like living, absorbed the warmth of your hands.