Salty dough gives you the widest scope for creativity. You can make wall panels, funny toys, jewelry, souvenirs from it. And professional chefs make complex compositions from this material for culinary competitions.
It is necessary
- Ingredients for the dough:
- - wheat flour - 200 g;
- - fine salt "Extra" - 200 g;
- - starch - 100 g;
- - water.
- Working materials:
- - rolling pin;
- - knife;
- - stacks for modeling from plasticine;
- - cling film;
- - food coloring / acrylic / gouache;
- - various improvised items as a frame (glasses, vases, etc.).
Instructions
Step 1
Combine flour, salt and starch. Add water to the dry mixture, pouring in portions. The amount of water may vary depending on the moisture content and strength of the flour. Knead the mass well until smooth for 10-15 minutes. A properly prepared dough should be plastic, not stick to your hands, but also not crack from lack of water.
Step 2
The finished dough dries quickly in the air, so store it in a plastic bag, and cover the semi-finished products with plastic wrap during use. The shaped blanks are dried at room temperature for about a day or in an oven at a temperature of 100 ° C for 1-2 hours, depending on the size and thickness of the product.
Step 3
You can add color to the product by adding dye to the dough or by painting the surface of the finished figures with a brush. You can use a variety of paints - food, acrylic or gouache. Then cover the crafts with artistic varnish.
Step 4
Or you can leave the natural color and give the products a gloss and ruddy color scheme. To do this, grease the surface of the dried figurines with an egg, loosened with water in a 1: 1 ratio, with the addition of a teaspoon of sugar. Then color them in the oven at 150-160 ° C for 10-20 minutes. The tint time depends on the intensity of the shade you want to achieve.
Step 5
Until the parts of your figure are dry, you can glue them together by slightly dampening them with water. The dried parts are connected with flour glue. To make it, dilute the dough with water until the consistency of thick sour cream. Seams and cracks are sealed with the same putty.
Step 6
The easiest way is to make a panel from salt dough. It is made according to the application principle. Draw a sketch of your future painting on paper. Make stencils for the base and details of the composition. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to the required thickness and cut the blanks according to stencils with a sharp knife. On a baking sheet, dusty with flour, fold the panel, gluing the parts to the base and send it to the oven to dry.
Step 7
Then you can move on to more complex crafts. Use improvised items - glasses, vases of various shapes, bottles can be an excellent frame for obtaining complex, interesting shapes.
