Nefertem Perfume Bottle: God of Perfume with Holly Gage
August 28 - September 25 • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
5 - 1 hr sessions live and interactive online on Go to Meeting
Intermediate to Advanced
The earliest use of perfume bottles is credited to the Egyptians, with Nefertem being the god of perfume, beauty, and healing. Our lesson will focus on creating an original bottle design by using radial symmetry and balance concepts in our planning. We’ll start with a combustible core in which to form our hollow construction, apply a foot to the bottle, and a flange at the top. Repetitive design elements of varying sizes will be used in dry-to-dry construction techniques to decorate the surface of the bottle, and an ornamental bottle stopper and stem will finish it off elegantly. I think you will be surprised that you can achieve complex construction with step-by-step instructions and proper planning.
Skills you will learn:
- Design concepts include repetition, form, function, radial symmetry, and balance
- Proper use of a combustible
- Creating a flange, foot, and dauber
- Dry-to-dry construction
- Firing concepts using a combustible and for dimensional items while preventing distortion
Holly has won several awards from the International Perfume Bottle Association for her design
Nefertem Perfume Bottle: God of Perfume with Holly Gage
- 50 g Art Clay 950 (I was mixing PMC Sterling with Art Clay 999 to make 960, but since PMC is no longer making their brand, we are replacing it with this)
- Texture sheets
- Wood or cork clay
- Elmer® Gel glue
- 3M polishing papers
- Eve® Rubber polishing wheels and knife edge for Silver, blue (medium), pink (fine) for rotary tool
- 3M Radial Bristle Brushes 400 grit to fine
- A block of polymer clay to make "props" for dimensional forms
- Basic Tool Kit
- Kiln