A draped, pinch-pot ghost. |
This simple clay project is made with four sculpture methods: rolling a slab, pinching a pot, scoring a surface and draping a pot. All four are required methods for primary school sculpture standards.
Make sure to leave a large enough opening in the ghost's back for a tiny battery operated light. You would need to make the same project with high-fire clay in order to safely burn a candle in the figure.
Supply List:
- newspaper
- acrylic white paint
- small soft brush
- shallow dish of water
- air dry clay or paper clay
- acrylic varnish
- tiny lights or battery operated votive candle
- flower cookie cutter
- paper bowl
- plastic fork for scoring
- plastic butter knife for cutting into the clay
- Shape this Halloween ghost first by rolling a ball between the palms of your hands.
- Now insert your thumb and position your five other fingers outside the surface of the ball.
- Pinch and turn the ball clockwise. Soon the clay will open up to shape a small pinch pot. Set aside.
- Roll out more clay and use a flower shaped cookie cutter to make the base of the ghostly figure. This base should be 1/2 inch thick or more.
- Score the bottom of the pinch pot and drizzle a little water in these scores to help them attach to the flower base.
- Now position your pinch pot over the flower shaped base. Pinch and pull the ghost's walls to fit the flower cut base. (see below)
- Cut a mouth hole and two eye holes into the front of the ghost's head.
- Cut a large hole into the backside of the ghost's body so that you may insert twinkle lights or a battery operated votive inside the ghostly figure after it dries.
- Smooth the holes of the face and the rippled walls of the ghost's sheet with a bit of water on your finger tips.
- Let the ghost dry.
- Paint the ghost with white paint.
- Varnish the draped ghost figure with clear acrylic.
Use a large flower shaped cookie cutter to press a base shape for your ghost. |
Placing the ghost into a paper bowl allows the student to move the project around without damaging it. |
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