ANIMAL PRINT PUMPKINS
Designer: Elizabeth Carey
SUPPLIES
Form
- MB-1567 Tall Knit Pumpkin
- MB-1568 Round Hammered Pumpkin
- MB-1043 Squatty Pumpkin
Colors
- Tall Knit Pumpkin (giraffe)
- SC-5 Tiger Tail
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-46 Rawhide
- Round Hammered Pumpkin (leopard)
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-25 Crackerjack Brown
- SC-46 Rawhide
- Squatty Pumpkin (tiger)
- SC-5 Tiger Tail
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-46 Rawhide
Decorating Accessories
- RB-144 #4 Soft Fan
- RB-106 #6 Script Liner
Miscellaneous Accessories
- Sponge
- Water
- Pencil
INSTRUCTIONS
Tall Knit Pumpkin (giraffe)
- Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- Using the Soft Fan SC-46 Rawhide, apply 3 coats to the pumpkin. Do not glaze the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Use the pencil to draw the giraffe spots. They are just closely fitting irregular shapes. Try to make them a variety of sizes.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-5 Tiger Tail, apply 2 coats to each spot. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 3 coats to the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Stilt and fire to cone 06.
Round Hammered Pumpkin (leopard)
- Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- Using the Soft Fan SC-46 Rawhide, apply 3 coats to the pumpkin. Do not glaze the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-25 Crackerjack Brown, apply large dots (around the size of a dime) to the pumpkin. Space them out so they will not overlap.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, make an irregular outline around each dot. Try to make them different so they do not look the same.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 3 coats to the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Stilt and fire to cone 06.
Squatty Pumpkin (tiger)
- Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- Using the Soft Fan with SC-5 Tiger Tail, apply 3 coats to the pumpkin. Do not glaze the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Use the pencil to draw the tiger stripes.
- Using the Script Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 2 coats to the stripes. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Using the Script Liner with 46 Rawhide, apply 3 coats to the stem. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
- Stilt and fire to cone 06.