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Clay
Knobs
Switch Plates
Dimensions
Styles
Unusual Combinations

Care & Durability
Glossary - Color Matching Terms

Clay
  • I use polymer clay; trademark brands FIMO ® and Sculpey ® for my designs.
  • Both clays are certified non toxic products by the Arts & Creative Materials Institute.
  • Each design is individually created using cutters, templates or hand cut, then baked on the knobs, switch plate or chain pull.

Knobs

comparison photo of knob sizes

photo comparison of knobs in side view
Knobs designs are glued after baking and cooling using high strength two part epoxy in clear.

Switch Plate Dimensions

plate size tall wide
single 5 inches 3 1/2 inches
double 5 inches 4 5/8 inches
triple 5 inches 6 1/2 inches
quad 5 inches 8 3/16 inches
5 gang 5 inches 10 inches

Switch Plate Styles

wall cover with small rectangular opening wall cover with large rectangular opening wall cover with 2 oval openings wall cover with 2 small rectangular openings wall cover with 4 oval openings wall cover with 2  large rectangular openings
single toggle single rocker or gfi single outlet double toggle double outlet double rocker
wall cover with small rectangular opening on left, 2  oval openings on right wall cover with large rectangular opening on left, small rectangular opening on right wall cover with small rectangular opening on left, large rectangular opening on right wall cover with three small rectangular openings wall cover with three large rectangular openings
toggle & outlet - toggle right toggle & outlet - toggle left toggle & rocker - toggle right toggle & rocker - toggle left triple toggle triple rocker
wall cover with two oval opennings on the left then 2 small rectangular openings center and right wall cover with 2 small rectangular openings  left and center with 2 oval openings right wall cover with large rectangular opening left, 2 small rectangular openings center and right wall cover with 2 small rectangular openings left and center, large rectangular opening right wall cover with 4 small rectangular openings wall cover with 4 large rectangular openings
double toggle & outlet - toggles right double toggle& outlet - toggles left double toggle & rocker - toggles right double toggle & rocker - toggles left quad toggle quad rocker
    wall cover with 5 small rectangular openings wall cover with 5 large rectangular openings    
    5 gang toggle 5 gang rocker    
 

Unusual Style Combination Switch Plates

CEILING FANS or DIMMERS

  • Slide controls use ROCKER styles
  • Rheostat or dial controls use TOGGLE styles

 

 

wall cover sample with small rectangular opening left and dial knob over a small rectangular opening right

OVER - UNDER SWITCHES
  • use OUTLET styles

 

 

wall cover with two oval opening with horizontal light switches in each opening

CABLE - PHONE CONNECTIONS

  • Cable, phone or cable/phone combination plates are not available in the brand plates I use.
  • If you wish to put a decorative plate on any of the above connections you will need to purchase a jack (cable/phone combination is pictured on the right) and install it. The combination jack is covered with a ROCKER style. Installation notes in Decorating Tips & Ideas.
sample jack with cable connection above a phone connection outlet

 

Care & Durability

  • Designs can be cleaned using warm soapy water.
  • Stubborn dirt and grease can be removed with a gentle spray cleaner and light scrubbing with a soft brush.
  • Some designs are more fragile than others. I would not recommend those with more beads (such as flip flops) or those with thin appendages (such as crabs, octopus and turtles) for installation on frequently used cabinets or doors.
  • Colors will not fade in exposure to sunlight.
  • If designs come off a knob you can reapply them yourself (Decorating tips & ideas - trouble shooting) or return the knob for replacement.
  • Beads can be reglued (Decorating tips & ideas - trouble shooting)

Glossary - Color Matching Terms

If you have doubts about the color match of the knob or any design to your decor based solely on its name and photo; you can send a paint chip, wall paper sample or fabric sample to me so I can insure a match or custom blend the colors for a near exact match.

These terms may help describe a background or technique seen in the products for sale:

single toggle wall cover with sky blue and white marbled background with 2 samples of clay in the process of marbling MARBLED - the blending of two colors or shades of color to create a marbled effect.
stack of pink and white clay layers in half circles that resemble fish scales with a teardrop shaped cutter used in making fish bodies SCALED - the blending technique used to suggest scales on a fish; the semi circle of colors used in fish, turtles or flip flops
2 rectangles on clay - one half white, half turquoise along the diagonal and the other shaded from light to dark turquoise SHADED - coloring that goes from dark to light, either top to bottom of a piece or inside to outside of a circle.

 

All products, images and text © Dana's Enterprises, 2011
6/29/2011