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Aug
How to Make a Clay Model of a Pin Tray
Today’s homeschool handicraft project is a clay model of a pin tray. This is model #43 from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin. A pin tray from the early 1900s was a small decorative dish or tray used to hold straight pins, sewing pins, hat pins, hair pins, or other small pins. They were typically very small - only a few inches across - often decorative and ornamental, but also practical. Materials Needed The book, A Manual of Clay Modelling by Hermione Unwin (or free online HERE) Modeling Clay (the book suggests red terra cotta clay) Clay modeling tools (this kit includes many tools, along...