Day of clay / Mera lera

It has been some time since I updated this website and we are now facing a time where people are at home a lot  and finding ways to be creative. Some time ago I bought an air-drying clay at a local store. I don't really remember having used clay since my junior years in school. This is a soft clay and easy to mold something with your hands. Just be creative and try to form something that comes to mind. I myself got some inspiration from our cheese plant at home. I really love its leaves, so that is what my aim was, to make a leaf or a form of candlelight holder. The air-drying clay dries after a day or two and you can then paint it with some acrylic paint if you like. Mine is painted with white acrylic paint. Maybe it ends up on your shelf or  why not a little homemade present for someone, a one of a kind present. 🙏

Det har gĂ„tt ett tag sedan jag uppdaterade denna websida och vi befinner oss nu i en tid dĂ€r mĂ€nniskor Ă€r hemma mycket och hittar sĂ€tt att vara kreativa pĂ„. För en tid sedan köpte jag en lufttorkande lera i en nĂ€rliggande butik. Jag minns inte att jag anvĂ€nt lera sedan jag gick i tidig grundskola. Denna lera Ă€r mjuk och det Ă€r lĂ€tt att forma nĂ„got med hĂ€nderna. Bara att vara kreativ och prova att forma nĂ„got som du kommer pĂ„. Jag sjĂ€lv fick lite inspiration frĂ„n vĂ„r monsteravĂ€xt hĂ€r hemma. Jag Ă€lskar verkligen dess blad, sĂ„ det fick bli mitt mĂ„l, att göra ett blad eller en ljushĂ„llare. Den lufttorkande leran torkar efter en dag eller tvĂ„ och du kan sedan mĂ„la den med akrylfĂ€rg om du vill. Min Ă€r mĂ„lad med vit akrylfĂ€rg. Kanske hamnar den pĂ„ din hylla eller varför inte en liten hemmagjord present till nĂ„gon, en unik present. 🙏

My cheese plant leaf made out of clay / Mitt monsterablad i lera 

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