2. Place sheet of Silver Leaf on clay sheet and send through
pasta machine again.
3. Continue to fold clay onto itself and send through pasta
machine until Silver Leaf is evenly dispersed into clay.
4. Paint inside of paper mache box.
5. Make pattern pieces for clay by placing box on clay and
cutting around it.
6. Apply light layer of glue to outside of box, then press
clay onto box, pressing seams together for smooth edges.
7. Bake box bottom.
8. For top, take box and place upside
down (lightly) on a single layer of prepared clay. With a
craft knife, cut around box to create your top piece. Set
aside.
9. On a fresh sheet of clay, again
lay the box upside down as you did in the last step, only
this time, push right through the clay to form the inside
of the lid (which you need or it'll never stay on).
10. Press these two pieces together
to form your lid.
11. Take a wad of excess clay and
roll it into a ball for lid handle. Bake lid and handle.
12. Glue your baked handle onto the
lid and voila, You're done!
