The East has been trending lately. Many people have begun to become interested in oriental medicine; oriental motifs can often be found in the interior. Yoga is popular and various types therapy, including aromatherapy. If you are into aromatherapy, then you have probably used incense sticks. These sticks fill the room with pleasant smells, but when they smolder, they fall onto the table or floor in the form of ash. To prevent this from happening, incense sticks are placed on a special stand that functions as an ashtray. You can buy a stand for incense sticks or make it yourself if you want the decor to be original. And in this article we will tell you how to make a stand for incense sticks from polymer or ordinary clay.
Materials:
- clay
- rolling pin
- sheet metal (optional)
- wooden skewer or wire
- spray paint or varnish
- knife or metal molds
Making a stand for incense sticks
Prepare polymer or regular clay so that it has a consistency similar to plasticine.
Roll out the clay on a hard surface flat surface, cut a rectangle from the resulting layer using a knife. Smooth the surface of the clay.
Using a small mold, apply a pattern to the surface of the clay.
Using a wooden skewer or wire, pierce a hole for the incense stick.
From a strip of metal, make a template with which one edge of the clay rectangle can be bent and fixed until the clay dries. Let the clay dry for 24 hours.
The East has been trending lately. Many people have begun to become interested in oriental medicine; oriental motifs can often be found in the interior. Yoga and various types of therapy, including aromatherapy, are popular. If you are into aromatherapy, then you have probably used incense sticks. These sticks fill the room with pleasant smells, but when they smolder, they fall onto the table or floor in the form of ash. To prevent this from happening, incense sticks are placed on a special stand that functions as an ashtray. You can buy a stand for incense sticks or make it yourself if you want the decor to be original. And in this article we will tell you how to make a stand for incense sticks from polymer or ordinary clay.
Materials:
- clay
- rolling pin
- sheet metal (optional)
- wooden skewer or wire
- spray paint or varnish
- knife or metal molds
Making a stand for incense sticks
Prepare polymer or regular clay so that it has a consistency similar to plasticine.
Roll out the clay on a hard, flat surface and cut out a rectangle from the resulting layer using a knife. Smooth the surface of the clay.
Using a small mold, apply a pattern to the surface of the clay.
Using a wooden skewer or wire, pierce a hole for the incense stick.
From a strip of metal, make a template with which one edge of the clay rectangle can be bent and fixed until the clay dries. Let the clay dry for 24 hours.
Divide the stand into sections using masking tape and paint it. Cover the top with spray varnish.
When the coating is dry, the stand can be used for its intended purpose.
Original article in English.
The East has been trending lately. Many people have begun to become interested in oriental medicine; oriental motifs can often be found in the interior. Yoga and various types of therapy, including aromatherapy, are popular. If you are into aromatherapy, then you have probably used incense sticks. These sticks fill the room with pleasant smells, but when they smolder, they fall onto the table or floor in the form of ash. To prevent this from happening, incense sticks are placed on a special stand that functions as an ashtray. You can buy a stand for incense sticks or make it yourself if you want the decor to be original. And in this article we will tell you how to make a stand for incense sticks from polymer or ordinary clay.
Materials:
- clay
- rolling pin
- sheet metal (optional)
- wooden skewer or wire
- spray paint or varnish
- knife or metal molds
Making a stand for incense sticks
Prepare polymer or regular clay so that it has a consistency similar to plasticine.
Roll out the clay on a hard, flat surface and cut out a rectangle from the resulting layer using a knife. Smooth the surface of the clay.
Using a small mold, apply a pattern to the surface of the clay.
Using a wooden skewer or wire, pierce a hole for the incense stick.
From a strip of metal, make a template with which one edge of the clay rectangle can be bent and fixed until the clay dries. Let the clay dry for 24 hours.
Divide the stand into sections using masking tape and paint. Cover the top with spray varnish.
When the coating is dry, the stand can be used for its intended purpose.
Original article in English.
Many people have begun to become interested in oriental medicine; oriental motifs can often be found in the interior. Yoga and various types of therapy, including aromatherapy, are popular. If you are into aromatherapy, then you have probably used incense sticks. These sticks fill the room with pleasant smells, but when they smolder, they fall onto the table or floor in the form of ash. To prevent this from happening, incense sticks are placed on a special stand that functions as an ashtray. You can buy a stand for incense sticks or make it yourself if you want the decor to be original.
Materials:
- clay
- rolling pin
- sheet metal (optional)
- wooden skewer or wire
- spray paint or varnish
- knife or metal molds
Making a stand for incense sticks
Prepare polymer or regular clay so that it has a consistency similar to plasticine.
Roll out the clay on a hard, flat surface and cut out a rectangle from the resulting layer using a knife. Smooth the surface of the clay.
Using a small mold, apply a pattern to the surface of the clay.
Using a wooden skewer or wire, pierce a hole for the incense stick.
From a strip of metal, make a template with which one edge of the clay rectangle can be bent and fixed until the clay dries. Let the clay dry for 24 hours.
Divide the stand into sections using masking tape and paint. Cover the top with spray varnish.
When the coating is dry, the stand can be used for its intended purpose.
Original and simple ways creating holders for incense sticks.
Oriental scents can create a calming and peaceful atmosphere in the home. To feel lightness and tranquility, sometimes it’s enough just to light some incense and relax, inhaling the aroma and watching the thin stream of smoke.
Special stands for placing chopsticks are sold in stores. But if you don’t want to spend money or prefer to create home decor elements with your own hands, then in a few minutes you can make your own holder from available materials.
You will need:
– a round piece of wood,
- hammer,
– a small nail,
- stick of incense.
Wooden blanks can be purchased at hobby stores or cut from wood yourself and processed.
Drive the nail at an angle on one side wooden block. There is no need to hammer the nail in hard - its purpose is only to make a hole for the sticks. 
Then use a hammer to remove the nail. The hole for the incense sticks is ready! All you have to do is place the incense and enjoy the smells. 
The stand can be painted with special paints, varnished or glued with beads and other decorative elements. Together with a set of incense, this will be a great gift for family and friends. 
If you have not found a suitable wooden blank, do not despair. There are many other materials from which a similar stand can be easily made.
Making a holder for incense sticks from clay
Ideally, you can make a decorative holder from clay yourself. Moreover, it can be of absolutely any form, in the form of an animal, a person or a plant. However, in this case, firing will be required to obtain a ceramic product. And not everyone has the opportunity to use muffle furnace. In this case, modern materials will come to the rescue.
So, an excellent material for making decorative stand will be self-hardening polymer clay. From it you can make a beautiful bowl, a statue of a small Buddha or a frog with small holes for incense sticks. Within 24 hours, the polymer clay will dry out and turn almost into stone.
You can also use plastic. This polymer clay needs to be fired, but in order for the material to harden, 200 degrees is enough, i.e. conventional oven.
Incense stands made of plaster and salt dough
The most economical option is to create a stand from salt dough. The ingredients are available in every home, they are inexpensive, and to make an amazing and unique accessory for incense, you only need imagination and a little free time.
To make the simplest stand in the form of a pebble with small holes for sticks, you will need wheat flour (1 cup), salt (1 cup), water (0.5 cup).
First, mix salt and water, then add flour and knead until a thick consistency holds its shape. After this, you can start creating the holder. After drying, the finished product should be painted or varnished.
You can also make a nice, stable figurine from plaster that will hold incense sticks. To do this, just make holes at the top with a toothpick.
Besides, decorative items from gypsum can themselves become sources of aroma if you drop a few drops of your favorite essential oil on them.
The same applies to dough crafts. It will take very little time to do. Previously, we wrote how to create such products.
