You will need:
■ A sheet of stiff card, ruler, craft knife, pencil, cutting mat if you have one
■A small wooden stamp – the example shown is available from MKM tools
■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware
■ Rolling pin, 3-5mm thick roller guides, plastic sheet
■ Glaze to fit clay type
■ Underglaze
■ Jewellery cord – can be thin leather or other
1
Working on a cutting mat and beginning at a corner of your sheet of card, measure and draw a line 1cm in from both edges. The lines don’t have to be any particular length at this stage.
2
Sit your chosen stamp into the angle 3-5mm from the pencil lines and draw in the position.
3
Measure and draw in the remaining two sides to form a box frame around the stamp detail, making sure the template is a perfect square.
Mark the template as the ‘lid/base’.
4
Continuing the pencil line from the lid section, measure and draw the side panel to your chosen height. Carefully cut both templates out.
5
Prepare a block of clay large enough to accommodate your templates in multiples of two for lid and base and four for the sides, plus a little extra for added details like feet etc.
Working on the sheet of plastic, reduce the bulk of the
