Sarahi's+Nautical+Project

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Created by: Sarahi McDowell



__ Materials: __


 * 2 18” Styrofoam discs
 * 1 Styrofoam ball
 * A 18x20” cardboard base with a handle
 * 2 clamps
 * Elmer’s Carpenter Glue
 * 1 straight edged knife
 * A pack of 4 medium sized sponge brushes
 * A laptop cardboard box
 * An x-acto knife
 * 4 sheets of 16x17” paper
 * 2 bottles of Delta Creamcoat Paint(North Sea)
 * 2 bottles of Delta Creamcoat Paint(Pearl Finish)
 * 2 bottles of Anita’s Acrylic Glossy Paint (princess pink)
 * Brown painters paper
 * A hot glue gun
 * Putty Knife
 * Sand
 * Sparkly letters

__ How to Make a Clam and Pearl __ To make a clam and pearl you need to gather the materials. The materials are 2 18” Styrofoam discs, 1 Styrofoam ball, an 18x20” cardboard base with a handle,2 clamps, Elmer’s Carpenter glue, 1 straight edged knife,1 serrated knife,1 putty knife, sparkly letters, a pack of 4 medium sized sponge brushes, a laptop cardboard box, an x-acto knife 4 sheets of 16x17” paper,2 bottles of Delta creamcoat paint (north sea), 2 bottles of Delta creamcoat paint ( pearl finish), 2 bottles of Delta creamcoat paint (gp purple),2 bottles of Anita’s acrylic paint (princess pink)and a hot glue gun. Wow that’s a lot. The first step is taking the Styrofoam discs and shaping them in to a clam. Then you paint the inside of clam purple, pink and blue with the sponge brushes. While you wait for that to dry you can start the pearl. You take a clean sponge brush and paint it pearl finish or you can take the pink and the pearl finish and mix them. Either way you can paint the pearl and wait for the drying time. (optional)During that time you can take your cardboard base and your painter’s paper and lay them out. (This is only if you have words or something you want to cover up) you roll some out and center the base in the middle and cut it off from the roll. Then you fold one side and hot glue it down. At the corners you have to cut out a rectangle to make the corners go up without folding it. After you do that side you do the same to the other two without a handle. The one with the handle you fold up, feel where the handle is make a crease and pull it down then you fold the paper on the sides of the crease you take scissors and make a snip to get then scissors able to cut the crease. Then you cut along the crease, fold up and hot glue. Then you take your laptop box and cut of the lid with the x-acto knife. Once you have your lid there are two flaps on the sides (a big one and a small) one you flip it around there is a crease in the box fold it to a 90 degree angle. Then take the small flap and take the carpenters glue and glue it to the second flap. Use the clamps to hold it together. After that dries completely take your 16x17” paper and glue it down on all sides. Then you take your blue paint and make waves towards the bottom to the middle. Once you have done that you take that brush and lightly paint the rest. Make a blue rectangle near the top. On top of that glue your sparkly letters spelling pearls. After that you take more carpenters glue and spread it around the base with a putty knife and sprinkle sand over it. Finally you take your clam and glue it down. Don’t forget the pearl inside!

Pearls My project is on pearls. I want to tell you all about them. Pearls are formed inside of a mollusk shell. A mollusk is a animal that lives in a body of water with two valves (the shell) and the inner tissue. A pearl starts as a little irritation. An example is a grain of sand. When the grain of sand settles inside it irritates the tissue so out of an instinct it secretes a substance called nacre. They do this over and over for years, eventually forming a pearl. Most people think that pearls are mainly one color, a creamy color. That is not true they come in colors such as white, pink, cream golden, green, blue, black and even rainbow! Pearls also have luster. This is caused by the translucent layers of nacre over the pearl creating a shine. It is possible to make a pearl in a way, but not in a lab. People called pearl farmers catch any types of mollusk and slip the irritation in a wait a few years because it take a while to grow. To be a pearl farmer you might want to be patient or that is not a very good skill for you. A few of the main uses for the pearl are for jewelry and for cosmetics. If you see pearls in a jewelry store they are perfectly rounded right? Well not all pearls are that way. The deformed pearls are called baroque pearls. Thank you for listening.

Pictures of the Process!

Bibliography


 * //Aquatic Life the World series 7-8//
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