How to use geometric shape cutters to color clay

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Cover an aluminum square with a sheet of 1/8" thick clay.	Trim clay to size of the square. Cover the clay with plastic. Plastic deli sheet paper works well.	Cut shape you wish to use. Press hard, through the plastic.

Remove plastic from clay.	Remove excess clay.	Set a cutter over a portion of the shape. Apply pigment powder inside the cutter with a soft brush.

Move the cutter and color inside the cutter with powder.	Continue moving the cutter, change colors as desired.	Overlap other areas as desired.

You can turn the cutter upside down and press into the clay just to leave an imprint.	Continue to use either edge of the cutter to add texture for interest.	Coloring and texture complete.

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This is a chart to convert inches to millimeters. Click for larger image

Inch	Inch	Lenght
Decimal	Fraction	In MM's

0.10		2.54
0.125	1/8	3.17
0.15		3.81
0.20		5.08
0.25	1/4	6.35
0.30		7.62
0.35		8.89
0.375	3/8	9.52
0.40		10.16
0.45		11.43
0.50	1/2	12.7
0.55		13.97
0.60		15.4
0.625	5/8	15.87
0.65		16.51
0.70		17.78
0.75	3/4	19.05
0.80		20.32
0.85		21.59
0.875	7/8	22.23
0.90		22.86
0.95		24.13
1.00	1 Inch	25.