12/16/2023 0 Comments Light switch plates![]() I avoid warping of the clay slabs by using parchment paper and drywall boards in the rolling and template-cutting process. I spent a good amount of time troubleshooting the process, and have come up with a pretty reliable method to scale up any type of light switch cover using a scanner and photo-editing app. My light switch covers were born from a mix of nostalgia for the funky switch covers I had in my bedroom as a kid and from being stuck at home for over a year, staring at my walls and realizing how much I hated beige plastic light switch plates. This is especially useful for custom projects where finished size is critical. Pottery Making Illustrated Submission GuidelinesĮasily account for shrinkage of clay slabs by using a scanner and photo-editing app to size up templates.Pottery Making Illustrated's Print Mailing Schedule.Ceramics Monthly's Print Mailing Schedule.Workhouse Clay International ICAN Merit Award.ICAN Making a Difference in Ceramics Award.Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Award.Have you sold any of these online? I was amazed at one shop Uno Alla Volta that charges $24.00 for a single switcplate! You should consider selling yours online. Giving up on this I did take up mix media collage art designs on boxes and other flat surfaces which I can say I’m pretty good at and in time hope to open an online shop perhaps on Etsy and sell my one of a kind collages. I can honestly say I would never sell the ones I made in fear of neg feedback. I know it’s not hard to make these but it is hard to perfect the decoupage technique and furn out a product worth selling online. So I bought the others and was delighted with my purchase. It was beautifully made I emailed the seller and asked if all were made by the same person and same quality which she replied yes. Knowing I coudln’t perfect the one’s I was attempting to make I decided to purchase one from the Etsy shop. I tried to make them myself but I will admit mine didn’t even look as good as the ones I was dissappointed in from Ebay. When I saw several designs from the Etsy shop I was hesitant and simply bookmarked them for later not sure if I wanted to venture into hand made again. I left postive feedback suggesting the seller smooth out edges and sand out rough textures and air bubbles on the finish. I was tempted to leave neutral feedback but decided it was my fault for thinking hand made should be perfect. I guess I was expecting them to look factory made but they were hand made and I decided to allow for the imperfections due to that fact. I had purchased others on Ebay and was somewhat disappointed in them. I purchased several crafted(decoupage I would imagine)switchplates on Etsy from a shop Suite Key Studio. I’ve made some nice plates, but not quite what I was going for so…. I’m messing with polymer clay trying to recreate an effect on a plate I bought. You can also glue on little accents from the craft store, things that will lay rather flat and further spice up the paper pattern. So go light and do multiple layers instead of one thick coating. Put more than one coat of final Mod on the front, so that it wears better but realize that when you put the Mod on the front of the paper it will probably pucker a little. You’ll want the front to dry for a couple hours BEFORE your try and glue the back of the plate down.Ħ. Clothes pins are an easy way to keep the edges of the paper pressed down against the back and edges of the plate. the color of the plate WILL effect the end result of the paper once it is wet with Mod.ĥ. Once you put the paper on tacky surface, flip it over and put a book on top of it so it can dry under pressure and avoid the paper puckeringģ) origami paper works a ton better than scrap book paper because it bends easily around the edges of the plate and smoothes easier.Ĥ) use white background paper on white plates. If the glue is thick and wet the paper will wrinkle immediately and you won’t get the bubbles out.Ģ) be patient. Some things to think aboutġ) apply a “light” coat of Mod to the plate. I’ve been playing with this type of decoration for a week. From up close, you see the pretty pattern of the paper.Īnd from the couch, you barely notice the switches. STEP SEVEN: cover front with mod podge to sealĪnd here it is up on the wall. ![]() Once you have cut the paper, add glue, fold and press to adhere. STEP FIVE: trim top and bottom flaps at an angle then fold down and press to adhere STEP FOUR: applying more glue, fold in the sides and press to adhere STEP TWO: apply mod podge to back of paper and front of switch cover and press together STEP ONE: cut paper slightly larger than outlet cover The walls in our living room are this deep slate gray which makes the random white switch plates dotting each wall really stand out When your walls are painted a dark color, what do you do with the white outlet covers that become so obvious? ![]()
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