Unique decorations for the interior, created with your own hands and to your taste, are always valued more than any, even the most expensive, purchased products. Gypsum stucco is a huge field for creativity. Many people think that only professionals with special equipment can work with gypsum, but this is far from the case. A master class on creating a beautiful plaster vase quickly and easily with your own hands will help even beginners to start working in this technique without any special knowledge and skills.
This is not a difficult and exciting activity, the main thing here is desire and accuracy. In the future, you will be able to perform beautiful products of any complexity.
Do-it-yourself gypsum vase master class under an old stone
This master class describes one of the simplest and most understandable techniques for making a vase, and the result will be gorgeous!
To make a vase you will need:- Two packs of plasticine (color is not important, plain color will do)
- Two paraffin candles
- About 20 g of liquid soap
- Small bottle with a medium neck
- Dry gypsum (500 - 1000g)
- Food wrap or plastic bag
- Cotton fabric
- Any dry herbs with stems, ears of wheat or oats
- Baby powder
- Bituminous wax and brushes
To begin with, we roll out 5 layers of plasticine: 2 wider, 2 narrower and one oval for the bottom.
Lubricate one side of the plasticine blanks with soap and lay out dry plants. We press them so that the contour is printed, forming a clear pattern.
We collect the blank in a vase with prints inside. The main thing is to pinch the edges well so that the plaster does not subsequently leak out.
We wrap the bottle with a cloth and 5-6 layers of cling film and place it in the center of the vase.
Gypsum powder is diluted according to the instructions. Holding the bottle, fill it to the middle of the vase. When it starts to harden slightly, fill the rest to the brim. The gypsum setting time is usually indicated on the package, but if it is not available, it is better to wait 3 hours before pulling out the bottle. After that, we leave the vase for another 2 hours and remove the plasticine.
The vase is ready. Now you can decorate it.
- Wearing gloves, apply bituminous wax with a brush. The rest is carefully removed with a napkin.
- Sprinkle the surface with baby powder, distribute it with another brush.
- Having melted the candles, we apply paraffin with a brush.
- We wait until the vase dries, and polish with a soft cloth.
Making a vase made with a box and plaster bandages
- Juice box or other well-shaped vessel
- Plaster bandage
- dry gypsum
- Acrylic white paint or enamel
- Vessel for mixing mortar
- cling film
- Paints and brush
We cut the box to the height of the future vase plus 1.5 cm. In the upper part we make cuts 1.5 cm deep, bend the edges, press it to the front side and wrap it with threads.
We put the box on food captivity so as not to stain the surface with plaster.
In a suitable container, we prepare a gypsum solution. You should get a mass of medium density.
We cut the bandages into strips of 40 cm and lower them into plaster.
Let's start sculpting. We wrap the prepared bandages on the walls of the box. We start working from the top, gradually dropping down. Then leave the vase to dry.
Then we apply white acrylic paint and enamel.
After that, the base box must be removed. Now you can start decorating the vase.
You can paint the vase with colors of your choice, or use a variety of beads, buttons, scraps of fabric, shells, and ribbons.
From a liter plastic bottle, cut off the neck and bottom.
We roll out a layer of plasticine and insert bottles into it.
Pour gypsum into the bottle, but not to full height. We wrap a bunch of wooden skewers with film and tape to make it look like in the photo:
We insert the bundle into the bottle, holding if necessary for a couple of minutes.
When the plaster hardens, cut the film and tape and remove the skewers.
We take out a vase from plasticine. Cut and remove plastic.
When the vase is completely dry, smooth the surface with sandpaper, cover with a layer of PVA glue and decorate the vase in any way you like.
Video on the topic of the article
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Sculptural and decorative items, various vases and other beautiful things can be made from plaster. This material is very easy to work with, takes on a different shape and is painted without problems. This construction material has been used by humans for a very long time. How to make a plaster vase Simple enough. In general, making products from gypsum is very exciting. Moreover, gypsum, as a material, is absolutely safe.
To create decorative products, you need a lot of imagination and imagination. But first, you need to understand how to realize your fantasy. This technique can be learned by molding the bodies of gypsum vases. Do-it-yourself gypsum vase is made as follows: a sheet of aluminum foil is laid between polyethylene sheets.
All this must be put on matter, which is folded into several layers. With a sharp object, a pattern is squeezed out on the foil. The foil with polyethylene must be rolled up and the joint glued with tape. This roll should be fixed on a sheet of cardboard. At the base, around the roll, it is necessary to make a thick and durable plasticine roller.
Next, prepare a solution of gypsum. Add gypsum powder (350g) to water (120ml). Wait a minute and mix thoroughly. It turns out a creamy thick mass. After, the infusion must stand so that air comes out of it. This solution is carefully and slowly poured onto the bottom of the mold made with a layer of three centimeters. And leave to dry for half an hour.
A jar or glass is placed on the foundation obtained, the diameter of which should be no more than 6 centimeters. This glass will be the inside of the vase. The glass should be exactly in the center. Inside it put a few pebbles or another heavy object. This is ballast. The gypsum solution is poured into the space between the glass and the outer wall using a funnel.
The solution should not get inside. To do this, you can fill the glass with paper. In order for air bubbles to come out of the solution, the structure must be slightly shaken. In half an hour the vase will be ready. It remains to free her from the outer shell. In order to decorate a vase, you should first process its edges with fine sandpaper. And then you can use all your imagination to decorate it.
Sometimes tin cans are used instead of a glass. You can simply wrap it with an old knitted fabric or thick crumpled paper. This material is attached to the bank and several layers of gypsum mortar are applied to it. It is better to use decorative gypsum, but building gypsum is also suitable. In such vases, you can put both dry flowers and live ones. After all, their base perfectly holds liquid for flowers.
No matter how exclusive designer home decorations are, we value homemade decor items much more. This is easily explained by the fact that the process of creating crafts is directly related to creativity and one's own ideas about beauty. It's never too late to start creating, especially if you have plaster on hand. This material is easy to process, perfect for products of any size and any complexity. Nevertheless, it is better to start mastering gypsum stucco with a simple but remarkable object - a vase.
For a plaster vase you will need:
Juice box or glass (plastic) vessel;
Plaster bandage or plasticine;
Gypsum powder;
White acrylic paint and enamel;
Container for mixing the solution;
Food oilcloth;
Paints, varnish, three-dimensional ornament.
Two ways to create a plaster masterpiece with your own hands
Method 1: box + plaster. An ordinary juice box with regular geometric shapes often becomes the basis for plaster products. And so, the first step is to measure the height of the future vase from the bottom of the box up and add 1.5 cm in reserve, and cut off the remaining upper part. In each of the corners of the form, make cuts 1.5 cm deep, which subsequently need to be bent to the front side, pressed and wound with threads. Put the prepared base on cling film (so that when applying plaster, do not stain the surface of the table).
Next, prepare a gypsum mortar. To do this, take any suitable container, pour the powder into it, gradually add water and stir until a mass of medium density is obtained. In the prepared solution for a few minutes, place the bandages, cut into strips of 40 cm.
After that, you can start sculpting. We begin to wind the bandage one by one on the walls of the box, removing excess solution from the surface. Wrapping should start from the top of the folded edges, slowly going down. After complete wrapping, the product must be allowed to dry. Apply acrylic paint to the finished surface, and after it dries - white enamel.
The final stage is the excavation of the box base and the decoration of the finished vase. You can decorate gypsum decor items with your own hands both with ordinary paints and with more sophisticated ornaments (for example, scraps of patchwork fabric, buttons and beads, ribbons, twigs, shells, etc.).
Method 2: plasticine + plaster. Plasticine is an ideal material for creating the basis of a future vase. Due to the soft structure and plasticity, you can easily give the product any shape, not necessarily with the correct geometry. Plasticine must be divided into 5 pieces and rolled out into layers: one rounded (for the base), two smaller layers and two larger ones (for the walls). Please note that the base should not be very thin.
Lay out an ornament on the prepared layers - dry herbs, flowers or leaves. Roll the dead wood well to get a distinct relief, and then remove it. Next, we collect all 5 layers into a single form with a printed relief inside; at the joints we create thick seams to prevent deformation of the base. In the middle of the workpiece we place a vessel (glass jar or plastic bottle), after wrapping it with oilcloth or a napkin.
Holding the vessel strictly in the center of the mold, pour the gypsum mortar and leave for several hours until completely dry. As soon as the solution dries, remove the plasticine ball - you will be surprised at the elegance of the relief pattern on the plaster surface! At the last stage, you must carefully remove the vessel and allow the vase to dry from the inside.
To emphasize the beauty of the relief of a vase, a simple technique of applying bituminous wax will help. It gives decor items a vintage look, creating the illusion of a stone surface. To decorate, take bituminous wax and apply it to the walls of the vase with a brush. Immediately after application, remove the resulting film with a paper towel. Next, sprinkle the surface with talcum powder, and fill in the relief crevices with ordinary wax. Thus, the vase will acquire a stone texture with a “centuries-old” talc coating.
You can make beautiful vases from almost anything. Therefore, today we bring to your attention a master class on a do-it-yourself plaster vase.
Gypsum is a fairly malleable material from which you can make anything. Gypsum vases will look stylish and elegant, decorating your interior, or they will be a wonderful gift for any celebration. After all, as you know, the best gift is a gift made by yourself. And if, moreover, the gift is also as practical as a vase, then there is no need for extra words!
Let's see a few master classes on creating interesting plaster vases with your own hands.
Gypsum vase
In order to make such a plaster vase, take:
- 2 liter plastic bottle;
- gypsum;
- plaster putty;
- bandages.
Getting started, first cover the surface of the table (or other work surface on which you will make a vase) with cellophane or cling film. This must be done in order to make it easier to remove the plaster after finishing work.
Gypsum is diluted with water to the consistency of thick sour cream, wait until it sets a little. Then lay out the circle - this will be the bottom of the vase. We put a bottle on top of this circle and begin to apply plaster.
Note! You will have to work quickly enough, since gypsum tends to quickly harden.
Now we wrap the part of the bottle covered with gypsum with bandages, leave it for 30 minutes so that the gypsum dries. It is necessary to close up with plaster and bandages just above the middle, so that later you can easily pull out the bottle.
Next, dilute the plaster putty and apply it over the bandages. Then again a layer of bandages, and again a layer of putty. The lower part of the vase is ready. For the top, you can take an additional form, for example, a plastic jar.
We form the upper part of the vase in the same way - a layer of bandage, putty, another layer of bandage and a layer of putty. To make the vase strong and stable, you can apply a few more layers of putty on top, and after complete drying, sand it with sandpaper.
We send the gypsum blank to dry for a day in a warm place. To paint a plaster vase, you can use acrylic or lacquer paints.
Carton boxes
Throwing away a juice box, few people think that it can be used to make an excellent vase or flower pot.
We will need:
- juice box;
- gypsum;
- brushes;
- a plastic cup or other container of the same depth that you want to get a hole in the vase;
- acrylic paints.
Cut the box so that you get a cardboard blank of a vase of the height you need. Dilute gypsum to the consistency of thick sour cream and pour into the box.
While the plaster is still wet, place the cup inside the plaster box, forming a hole for the plants.
Let the vase dry completely. Then carefully remove the box and take out the glass. Sand the surfaces with sandpaper. The vase is almost ready, it remains only to decorate it.
We chose the method of applying paint with a lace stencil. To do this, they took lace ribbons and fixed them on a plaster blank.
We cover the entire surface of the vase with spray paint, you can also cover the inside. Let the paint dry completely and remove the lace ribbons.
Such a vase can be used as a pot for succulents or, if you have made a deep hole, put flowers in it.
Another option
This master class is a little more difficult, but nevertheless, it is very interesting to make such a vase, and it will look just gorgeous in the interior!
For work we need:
- gypsum;
- plasticine;
- twine;
- form for pouring (you can use a baking dish of a suitable shape and size);
- shells (you can use any small parts).
Cover the mold for pouring with baking paper. We roll the plasticine with a sausage and roll it out according to the size of the form and, accordingly, the future walls of the vase. We breed gypsum to the state of thick sour cream.
We make prints of shells on plasticine, then place it in a mold. We fill it with plaster by 3-4 cm. In total, 5 walls for a vase are required (you can make both triangular and rectangular shapes).
Until the gypsum has completely hardened, after about 10-15 minutes it must be carefully removed from the mold. We leave the finished future walls of the vase until completely dry.
When the tiles are dry, you need to drill holes on the sides. We connect the tiles and tightly tie them with twine.
Hello!
Now let's make a simple plaster vase. It will not take you much time and materials to make a vase. All you need is the desire to make an interesting craft.
Here are the materials you will need:
- Plaster bandage;
- Balloon;
- Water tank;
- acrylic paint;
- Color;
- Scissors, stationery knife, marker.
Well friends, let's go!
1. Cut the plaster bandage into square pieces.
2. Wet the bandage in water and start sticking it on the ball.
3. After the plaster bandage dries well, draw a line with a marker where we want to cut off part of the vase. We pierce the ball and remove it.
4. Cut off part of the vase, this will be the leg.
5. We cut the plaster bandage into strips 5-6 cm wide and use it to connect both parts of the vase together.
6. We use the same bandage to decorate the vase. A large piece is carelessly glued directly onto the vase.
7. To make the edges even, glue them with bandage strips.
A hair dryer can speed up the drying process. 
8. We mix white acrylic paint with the color you like best and paint the vase.
9. When the paint is dry, you can decorate the vase with small pebbles. It will look beautiful and unusual.
This is the vase we got today. Pretty simple but interesting.
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