MENUMENU
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Favourite Tools
  • Get In Touch

Little House On The Corner

DIY & Home Improvement

MENUMENU
  • Blog
  • Projects
    • Our Favourite Projects
          • Favourite Projects
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence

          • Floorsanding In Progress - 16 Grit Paper | Little House On The Corner
          • What No One Will Tell You About Sanding Your Floors (+ How We Did It!)

          • How To Plan And Install Panelling | Ultimate DIY Guide On How To Install Panelling Yourself | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Plan & Install Panelling

    • Home Improvement & DIY
          • Home Improvement Projects
          • DIY Thin Floating Shelves | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build Super Thin Floating Shelves

          • DIY Log Store | DIY Guide: How To Build A Log Store | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build A Log Store

          • HOW TO LAY A PLYWOOD FLOOR

    • Craft & Art
          • Art & Craft Projects
          • DIY Pegboard
          • DIY Pegboard

          • DIY Framed Instagram Photo Display | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Frames Instagram Photo Display

          • DIY Guess Who Game - Setting Out Board | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Guess Who Game

    • Painting & Decorating
          • Painting & Decorating Projects
          • What To Do When You've Chosen The Wrong Paint Colour (& How To Fix It!) | Little House On The Corner
          • What to do when you’ve chosen the wrong paint colour (& how to fix it!)

          • Kitchen Makeover | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Paint Laminate Kitchen Cabinets

          • DIY Geometric Painted Walls | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Geometric Painted Wall

    • Free Printables
          • Free Printables
          • House Cleaning Checklist | Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Cleaning Checklist – Free Printable

          • Halloween Book Covers - F0ree Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Halloween Book Covers – Free Printable

          • DIY Halloween Treat Boxes | Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • Halloween Treat Boxes – Free Printable

    • Furniture Upgrades
          • Furniture Projects
          • DIY Herringbone Desk | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Herringbone Desk

          • DIY Wooden Bench
          • DIY Wooden Hallway Bench

          • DIY Copper Towel Ladder | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Copper Ladder

    • Outdoor & Garden
          • Outdoor & Garden
          • DIY Slatted Garden Fence | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Build A Slatted Fence

          • How To Lay A Gravel Driveway

          • DIY Logstore
          • How To Build A Log Store

    • Cleaning & Organizing
          • Cleaning
          • Cleaning Checklist - Free Printable
          • Cleaning Checklist + A Free Printable!

          • Ultimate Guide: How To Clean Brass - Ketchup | Little House On The Corner
          • How To Clean Brass

          • DIY Floating Spice Rack | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Floating Spice Rack

    • Holidays & Festivities
          • Holidays
          • The best mulled wine! (click through for the recipe)
          • The Best Mulled Wine Recipe Ever!

          • DIY Christmas Napkin Rings - Free Printable | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Christmas Napkin Rings

          • DIY Dowel Tree Advent Calendar | Little House On The Corner
          • DIY Wooden Dowel Advent Calendar

    • Travel
          • Travel Posts
          • Szechenyi Bridge
          • A Weekend In Budapest

          • Riesenrad im Prater Wien | Little House On The Corner
          • A Long Weekend In Vienna

          • Lake Bled
          • 72 Hours In Ljubljana

  • House Tour
        • Our Edwardian House
        • Our Edwardian House (1st Home)
        • Our Berlin City Centre Apartment
        • Our Berlin City Centre Apartment (2nd Home)
        • Take The Tour | Our Art Nouveau Apartment | Little House On The Corner
        • Our Berlin Art Nouveau Apartment (3rd Home)
        • berlin riverside apartment house tour
        • Our Berlin Riverside Apartment (4th Home)
  • Shop
    • The Little Corner Shop
    • Shop Our First Home
    • Shop Our Current Home

How To Make A Clay Box | A Crafty Treat To Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

If you are following us on Instagram, you may have already noticed that we’ve recently been working on a few crafty projects.

We still have a few to finish, so watch this space, but one project that is already completed is our new clay box. It seemed a perfect workshop to go on, as it was Jan and my anniversary recently and pottery just happens to be the traditional gift for a 9th anniversary.

Clay Box

My lovely friend Kerryn (who has her own amazing blog which you can check out here) and I recently took part in a clay box making workshop. It was a lot of fun and a great change from our house renovation work.

The workshop was held by the extremely talented ceramist Linzi Ramsden.

As I can’t remember any of the proper terms for the techniques we used when working with clay, I’ll just let the images do most of the talking.

We started by rolling out our clay slabs into squares and choosing the design for our box. There were loads of different samples of materials, fabrics and textures to choose from. You can see that I chose this amazing firefly for one of the sides of the box. After placing the chosen design into position you just roll over it and squash the detail into the clay.

Clay Box

This is what it looks like after removing the fabric.

Clay Box

I love the amount of detail and clear lines that it leaves. After preparing all of the sides of the box it was time to assemble it.

Clay Box

Linzi gave us a demonstration and needless to say she made it look a lot easier than it was. Luckily she was on hand throughout the whole day with lots of help and advice. Then came the hardest bit of the whole workshop… waiting – the box had to be fired before we could start painting it.

So one – very long – week later, this is what it turned out like!

Clay Box

I can’t tell you how relieved I was to find it stayed in one piece!

Before we could start painting the box we applied a coat of a black liquid (can’t remember the name) which fills in all of the lines and accentuates them. You can see that it already looks completely different.

Clay Box

Then we could finally start to paint the box.

Clay Box

And here’s the finished result.

Clay Box

I’m really happy how it turned out, especially considering I’d never made anything out of clay before.

Clay Box

We’re not sure what we’re going to use the box for yet, but I think it’s pretty enough to justify not having a use at the moment!

Have you ever taken part in a craft workshop? Have you ever made anything out of clay?

If you like this project, you will love these ones, too!

DIY Modern Geometric Serving Tray
Easy DIY Modern Geometric Serving Tray
DIY Guess Who Game - Setting Out Board | Little House On The Corner
DIY Personalised Guess Who Game
DIY Poster Hanger
Easy DIY Poster Hangers
DIY Terrazzo Tissue Box Cover | Little House On The Corner
DIY Terrazzo Tissue Box Cover

Christine 6 Comments

the PAST
the FUTURE

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Sign up with your email address for secret projects, DIY advice & lots of fun!

Privacy Policy

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Comments

  1. Amberly Charter says

    10/03/2013 at 02:50

    This turned out amazing!! Wow, I am wanting to see if there is a box-making class in Portland ASAP! If not, I may have to commission you to make me one because it’s SO cool! ;) I love the design and colors you chose, they’re really beautiful and unique. Great blog, can’t wait to read more!

    Reply
    • Christine says

      10/03/2013 at 10:47

      Thank you! The workshop was so much fun, you should definitely try one!
      Cx

      Reply
  2. Kerryn Hewson says

    06/03/2013 at 12:36

    Your box looks so neat! I can’t wait to pick mine up but it might have to be another week or two. I love how the colours have come out. And thanks for linking to my blog! Xx

    Reply
    • Christine says

      06/03/2013 at 13:34

      Thanks Kerryn! I’m really happy with how it turned out and can’t wait to see yours!
      Cx

      Reply
  3. Pam says

    06/03/2013 at 09:41

    Hi Guys!!!!!

    This is my first visit and I really like your Blog!!!!!

    I’ve never made anything out of clay.but, after seeing you make your box, I
    would love to take a class. Yours turned out perfect!!! Love the dragon fly
    and the colors you used.

    Pam

    Reply
    • Christine says

      06/03/2013 at 11:02

      Hi Pam! So glad you found your way over to us! You should take a class – I was a fun day out and learning something new was great, too!
      Cx

      Reply
Painting Checklist

Our Favourite Tools

*Contains Affiliate Links*

Things To Know

ABOUT US

CONTACT US

DISCLAIMER

Privacy Policy

Shop Our Home!

OUR FAVOURITE TOOLS

SHOP OUR HOME

Disclaimer

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Please read our full disclaimer here!

Let’s Be Friends!

Keep Up To Date!

Subscribe for exclusive content and tutorials!

Thank you!

Copyright © 2022 · Little House On The Corner · This Website is powered by Cloudways and the Genesis Framework