Portrait Tiles

We used up some spare clay from another project to make plaster portrait tiles.

Tools:

• clay
• knife
• dolls head
• pointed stick
• textured wallpaper
• plaster of Paris

Method

• First flatten a ball of clay into a flat tile shape, cutting off the edges to make a rectangle.
• Use textured wallpaper to imprint a pattern all over the tile.
• Take a dolls head (Barbie) and push it quite deeply into the clay to give a face impression.
• Use a pointed stick to add hair and other details

L's clay portrait

R's clay portrait

Mum's clay portrait

•  Next use some clay to build a wall around the tile.

Tiles with walls of clay

• Fill the tile with plaster of Paris, we embedded a hanging string into the plaster at this stage.
• Remove the clay wall once the plaster has set.



Our plaster tiles removed from the mold



• Paint the tiles (come back soon to see ours)