Bisque Pendant Light Kits

Bisque Pendant Lights are an ideal way to add a personal touch to your home or studio decor while using the bisque and color that you work with every day. To create these Pendant Lights, we used a Flower Pot in an innovative way. Simply flipping it upside down turns your everyday Flower Pot into an attractive lamp shade for your pendant light.

MATERIALS WE USED:

Bisque: #615 Flower Pot

Duncan Colors: #CN511-8 Sunflower Yellow,
#CN512-8 Green Apple, #CN302-8 Bright Caribbean,
#CN122-8 Bright Nautical, #CN232-8 Bright Briarwood,
#CN253-8 Black

Tools: Pendant Light Kit, #ST332 1-1/8” Diamond Drill Bit, Drill, Sponge, Detail Brushes, Craft Yarn, Scissors, Tape
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
1. Drill a hole in the bottom of your Flower Pot using a 1-1/8” drill bit.
 
2. Clean off the Flower Pot with a damp sponge to remove dust from drilling.

3. Sponge base color(s) on your Flower Pot.

4. Wrap your pot with craft yarn. Tape yarn to the inside of your pot to get started. Wrap yarn tightly. Tape the end of your yarn in place on the inside of the your Flower Pot.

5. Sponge over the yarn with colors that are darker than your base color(s). If desired, use a fan brush to add splatters.

6. Unwrap or cut the yarn off to reveal your design. If desired, use detail brushes to add finishing touches.

7. Fire and hang using one of Bisque Imports easy-to-install Pendant Light Kits.
 

Hoppin' Ideas for Easter

Paint Your Own Pottery Studios all know that samples sell! If you paint a great sample, your customers will recreate it time and again. The trick is to create an eye-catching design that inspires the customer, but is not so complicated that it scares them off. Often times design templates, simple tricks of the trade and common art tools will help your customers achieve professional looking results with minimal effort. Here are some Easter-themed designs that we created using templates and a few clever tricks of the trade.

EASTER BUNNY PLATE

The Easter Bunny Plate was created using a template that is available to download and print for free from Bisque Imports. Using templates makes creating complex designs a breeze. Once you have printed out the template, trace it onto a #295 Athena Charger. Using Detail Writers, outline the design in black. Then fill in the design with Duncan Concepts color using your choice of detail writers or paint brushes.

Download and Print Easter Bunny with Egg Platter.

COLORFUL EASTER EGG

Show your customers how simple this Colorful Easter Egg is to create using a few tricks of the trade.  Pull out a few everyday items like tape, stickers and contact paper, and like MacGyver use them to magically create this Easter Egg. 

Thin pieces of tape can be used to section off each color block.  Apply circle and heart-shaped stickers on the plate to mask off those areas.  If you don't have stickers, you can cut your own from contact paper.  Add three coats of paint to each section.  When the paint is dry, peel off the tape and stickers to reveal your Colorful Easter Egg!

For more assistance, use our free template as a guide for where to apply the tape and stickers.  Download and Print Easter Egg Template. 

EASTER MUG

Watch your thumbprints come to life when you add a few simple details with common studio tools.

Using a Detail Writer bottle filled with black Duncan Concepts, outline your thumbprints to transform them into baby chicks and Easter eggs.  Add a medium gauge tip to your detail writer bottle to create an even, thin line. 

Add fluffy clouds using a small Paint Dotter or sponge.

Use a wide Fan Brush and watered down light blue paint to create the sky background.  Create multi-colored grass using simple brush strokes with a round brush and two shades of green paint.

 

BUCKO THE EASTER BUNNY

When creating your Easter samples display be sure to include designs for a variety of skill levels.  This Bucko the Bunny sample is super easy to create and requires no special tools or techniques.  Plus, having a painted sample of Bucko will ensure that he hops right off your shelves and into your customer's hands! 

When you're creating samples for your studio, remember to K.I.S.S (keep it simple, silly)!  When you see a sample design recreated over and over by customers, you will know you have a winner!

Paint Me 101

I love Paint Me! It is so easy to create instant, pressable art onto t-shirts, tote bags, picture frames, dog tees and more! BI has a huge variety of “pressables” for your customers' original artwork! The printing process only takes 30 seconds and the items are ready to go! From handprint art and doodles to intricate designs, Paint Me is fabulous fun for all ages!

Watch Paint Me in action!



Bisque Imports is the exclusive North American distributor for Paint Me.  To find out more about Paint Me, visit our online Paint Me Resource Center.  We have an extensive Paint Me Resource Center which includes product information, marketing materials, design templates, customer comments, Facebook group link and project gallery.  Plus, all this information is free!  We will be adding more Paint Me videos with valuable marketing and technique tips soon!

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