Dear Chicago House,
Remember these lovely colorful pens that added a pop of color to my desk I shared with you earlier this week.
Well here is a little "how to" on how to make them.
You will need
Here is what you do.
Using half of the clay from each packet, soften it and one roll one piece flat and form the other into a sausage.
Trim the flat piece into a rectangle
Wrap the flat piece around the sausage and cut of excess sausage ends.
On a flat surface start rolling until your new sausage is about 12" long
Then cut it into 6 or 7 equal lengths.
And stack them together like this
Now roll out again to make a a sausage of about 12" again.
Take your knife and slice off the end ... sweet!
Cut the thin slices of the sausage to make tiles. You will need about 30 and will have a lot of sausage left. Store it in air tight container and it will stay soft for your next creation.
Now remove the ink from your pen.
And start sticking on your clay tiles in a brick pattern fashion. Don't worry about spaces.
Once you have your pen covered roll it on a flat surface, hey presto all the spaces disappear.
To harden the clay bake in a 275 deg F ( 13p deg C) oven for about 15 minutes. When cool you can put back your ink.
Aren't they they fun. There are all sorts of techniques you can use to make different tile designs. I will share those another day. ( at last got around to sharing the marble technique HERE)
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XXX
Remember these lovely colorful pens that added a pop of color to my desk I shared with you earlier this week.
Well here is a little "how to" on how to make them.
You will need
- A couple of blocks of oven bake polymer clay
- A cheap bic type pen, the sort you can pull the ink cartridge from
- A rolling pin
- A sharp knife
Here is what you do.
Using half of the clay from each packet, soften it and one roll one piece flat and form the other into a sausage.
Trim the flat piece into a rectangle
Wrap the flat piece around the sausage and cut of excess sausage ends.
On a flat surface start rolling until your new sausage is about 12" long
Then cut it into 6 or 7 equal lengths.
And stack them together like this
Now roll out again to make a a sausage of about 12" again.
Take your knife and slice off the end ... sweet!
Cut the thin slices of the sausage to make tiles. You will need about 30 and will have a lot of sausage left. Store it in air tight container and it will stay soft for your next creation.
Now remove the ink from your pen.
Once you have your pen covered roll it on a flat surface, hey presto all the spaces disappear.
To harden the clay bake in a 275 deg F ( 13p deg C) oven for about 15 minutes. When cool you can put back your ink.
Aren't they they fun. There are all sorts of techniques you can use to make different tile designs. I will share those another day. ( at last got around to sharing the marble technique HERE)
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XXX
These are beautiful! Do you have any other techniques to share??
ReplyDeleteI do have a few more techniques. I will post them soon. Thanks for stopping by and commenting
ReplyDeleteHow did you make the pens that look marbelized?
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial. I knew this could be done but I didn't know how. Thanks! Saw you at Shabby Chic Cottage.
ReplyDeleteOh I love this!! So creative!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Looking forward to seeing your additional designs! The teens I work with are going to love making these!
ReplyDeleteCan you bake the clay so it is hard??? If so what are the instructions for that? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks
KD
Yes bake on a glass baking dish at 275 for 15 minutes
DeletePolymer clay is non toxic
I tried this and they turned out great! I can't wait to see the tutorial for the other designs...
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful :) I'm just starting with polymer clay so any tutorials are helping me understand how to use it.
ReplyDeleteThe instructions for the clay were great, very easy to follow. However, I used a different kind of pen, the kind with the clear plastic barrel. Let's just say it didn't work out lol! The barrel melted. So definitely use the ones specified! Other than that, which was obviously MY fault, it worked perfectly!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to be sure the pen wouldn't melt after reading a few other blogs and it shrunk after 1 min. Will keeping the clay on keep it from shrinking?
ReplyDeleteThe type of pens I have been using for these all have solid not clear barrels ... not much help I know. I am going to do a little more research and see if I can specify exactly the right pens.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comments. I am going to write a tutorial in the next week or so on how to make the marblized version
Ooooo- such a clever idea! Can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeletePleaaaase post the other tutorials!!! :D
ReplyDeleteLadies and gentlemen...there is a new tutorial on how to make the marble version of these pens HERE
ReplyDeleteI used the clear barrel pens with no problems at all. My only problem was when rolling the pen to get out the gaps it made the clay expand and become loose.
ReplyDeleteHow did you fix that?
DeleteI had to squish it back down.... did you experience this problem? And how thick were the slices you did... mine I think are a little thick, and were having a hard time sticking the pen unless I squished them.
ReplyDeleteI haven't really encountered that problem, my slices are a couple of millimeters thick but I do have to squish them a bit to get them to initially stick. I'd love to see then pens you have made!
Deletehiii, this pens are lovely! but i have a problem, do you think i could make them with cold porcelain instead of sculplex which, in my country is reaaally expensive and hard to find, thankss for your help! great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty.
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorials.
~ Dana
I did this with the pens and they turned great! Then we got the idea to do forks and knives. Like on the handle? Perfect! Thanks do much
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea...I wonder how they would hold up in the dishwasher or even washing by hand. I think I will have a go at this. Send me photos and I will include them!
DeleteThose are very nice! Have you ever tried this with air-dry clay? Maybe cold porcelain or a squishy clay, that could work! That is still amazing!
ReplyDeleteHi! I want to stat making clay pens but does papermate White Bros pen work?
ReplyDeleteI just made some, they look really good :D
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I shared your tutorial on my website, here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lescreateliers.com/Les_Createliers/Idees_Ideas/Entries/2012/8/23_Stylos_couverts_de_pate_polymerePolymer_clay_covered_pens.html
Cheers,
Marie-Eve
merci!
DeleteC EST GENIAL JE CONNAISSAIS AVEC LES CRAYONS MAIS LA SUPERBE BIZ
ReplyDeleteCan I put BIC atlantas pens in the oven?
ReplyDeleteOMG. i love you for this , thank you!!!!
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