There’s nothing quite like breaking pottery in the Zelda
games. The urge throw them or slice them follows me. I see pottery and I just wanna
shatter it! If you’re here, maybe you suffer with the same burden.
While walking through the thrift store I came across some
little vases. Naturally I wanted to break them but, I purchased them instead. A
plan formed in my mind to repaint them and it couldn’t have been simpler.
You’ll notice I have two pots in the original picture. I’m saving that short fat one for a more involved project that I just haven’t finished yet. It's top secret, but I can tell you it is definitely going to have a million layers of paint by the time I show it off.
What you’ll need:
Vase/pot
Light Blue paint
White paint
Paintbrush
Step 1
Locate your pottery. It doesn’t have to be the perfect size
or shape. My vase isn’t quite the right shape but I just decided to go with it.
Step 2
Paint it blue! Trial and error reveals the right blue. I
just dumped a glob of blue onto the vase and then added some drops of white to
lighten it up. Paint the pot in nice vertical strokes and add as many layers as
it takes to fully cover it.
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| Spoiler alert on that short fat one. :P |
Step 3
This is the tricky part and it is really very easy. We need
to paint that white squiggle around the pot but we want it to be relatively
even. Perfection isn’t necessary of course, but we don’t want to look like we’re
in 3rd grade. (Unless you are in third grade, then I’m sure it’s
beautiful. And you had better have your parent’s permission to be online.) To
achieve even squiggles I put a dot on one side of the pot, then one at an equal
height exactly 180 degrees from the first dot. I held my wrist against the
counter and spun the pot to add each mark. Then I put dots exactly between
those first dots and so on. Depending on the size of your pot will determine
how many dots you need. I needed 8 dots.
These dots mark the midline of your squiggles. Pick a dot to
be your first dot. Paint up a little ways then come back down on the next dot.
Now paint down a little ways and come back up on the next dot. Its like a sine
wave people. Once you have that first pass around the pot done you can touch up
a bit and add as many layers as it takes to be solid.
Step 4
Let it dry and set it somewhere where everyone can see it!
Make sure you let me know how it goes. I’d love to see your little Zelda
pottery collection.
Disclaimer: I am not
Nintendo and this is just fan art. If having Zelda pottery lures a boy clad in
green wielding a legendary sword to your house, I am not liable for the damage
he causes. Don’t paint family heirlooms, and don’t go to the thrift store and
smash all the glassware. Bad idea.
