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Lesson Plans


Paper casting over clay?

From: Sharon Barrett Kennedy (sharonbk)
Date: Sat Jan 01 2000 - 21:39:29 PST

Hello all, and happy New Year!

In planning things for the second semester, I'd like to try paper casting
over clay to create bas relief sculptures. I've never tried this before and
I'm basically clueless.

Is there some trick to keeping the layer(s) of paper (pulp? strips?) even
over the clay? Should the clay be allowed to dry, first, before applying the
paper? And then would you use Vaseline over the clay to prevent the paper
from sticking? Would this (Vaseline, Pam, etc.) make the clay unusable
afterwards?

We may also make bowls at some point (using strips of paper over
Vaseline-coated bowls), but I really like the idea of allowing the kids to
have more opportunities to be creative with a design.

Any and all suggestions welcomed and appreciated!

Sharon

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