To make your own clay oil lamps that really work you ll need oven bake clay and a candle wick.
How to make clay lamps. Air dry clay mini orange cones pendant lamp shades. For this 31daysofdiy we decided to take a stab at air dry clay. Roll the clay into a ball about the size of your fist or a little smaller. Take a small amount of clay no more than 1 3rd of a cup and knead it until it is soft.
Begin flattening the shape with your hands defining the fish shape a bit. Using your thumb press an indent into the middle of the ball. Once completely dried its time to. We just used toothpicks.
Form the clay into the shape of an oil lamp with a small spout for the wick and a hole in the top to add oil. Let s start making the lamps. It should not be too soft. Diy how to make a clay oil lamp 1.
Bake according to package directions. Choose a good quality clay for this project. This will make a hollow. These are the clay and the tools i used for this project.
We love pottery and ceramics but it s not the easiest medium to play around with since you need access to a kiln. Using underglaze i chose deep blue the brand of underglaze i use looks mauveish in the jar but once glazed and fired it is a beautiful deep blue paint each section of the lamp base when dry sponge the excess underglaze off each piece leaving the paint in the textured areas. I absolutely love it. When the clay pieces have dried throughly and been bisqued in the kiln paint the pieces.
Create a rim. Before adding additional water each time mix the water and wheat flour with your hands step 3 keep adding water until the wheat flour takes on the consistency of dough. Homemade clay oil lamps diya step 1. Listen up diyers because we are about to bring the weirdest two materials together to make an awesome diy.
The dough should be slightly tight. Take a small lump of clay and warm it in your hand. I also made a peacock shaped lamp.