Make earrings with tiny aspic cutters or shape a bangle by rolling out clay and draping it around a glass of the correct size. Achieve a metallic effect by dusting your creations with Pearl-Ex powders prior to baking. Apply Future floor polish or your favorite finish. |
Aspic cutter bracelet. Roll out polymer clay to a thickness of 1/4". Cut crescent shapes. Pierce holes before baking. String on elastic with small beads. In this bracelet the colors yellow, blue, and magenta came right from the package (Premo) and the green purple, and red were achieved by mixing equal amounts of blue and green, blue and magenta, and yellow and magenta. You could also make a bracelet with all the different colors of clay that you have or mixed in certain proportions. Now you can wear your color chart! |
Use clover shaped hole of clay extruder. Twist the "rope," and dust with metallic powder. Form around cylinder, making sure that the two ends are well connected, smooth, bake, and protect with your favorite finish. Use Sculpey Premo or another strong clay such as SculpeyFlex, which has the bonus of giving the bangles flexibility! |
Make your own fantasy gems or imitate real gems. These cabochons were shaped by hand, but you can also make molds from existing cabochons. Use tiny seed beads to make bezels around these cabs to make interesting pendants or pins. |
Rings made from brass wire and polymer clay "stones" Give the "stones" flat bottoms and either eliminate the holes or make one, two, or three holes and place them low. |
Cut two bottoms using cookie cutter. Make one slightly smaller and place on top of first one. Bake. Cut strip of clay long enough to go around. Affix sides and bake again. Use baked box as stamp to cut first shape. Use cookie cutter to cut second one. Place first shape on second one. Lid should now be a tight fit. Test, adjust before baking. Bake. Finish with Future. Needless to say, this box could be made to look like metal or embellished with flowers or canes... anything. I would recommend using Premo or Fimo for durability. |
This page was revised on:
May 21, 2007
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