Dutch Accent Polymer Clay Rings

Toine's Polymer Clay Rings

Rings are quick, easy, and inexpensive. They are not as durable as gold or silver rings, but they are fun to make many in different sizes, shapes, and colors, and they are fun to wear. I find rings made with SculpeyFlex stronger and more durable.

Materials List

Premo and/or SculpeyFlex - well conditioned
Clay extruder (also called a clay gun)
Heavy duty caulking gun (to use with clay gun)
Mandrel (copper tubing or rolled-up paper)
Pearl-Ex or Fimo metallic powders
Future Floor Polish (or finish of your choice)

Basic Wrap Ring
Condition the clay well. Extrude strands of clay with the glay gun, using the disc with the largest of the tiny pin holes. Gingerly, wind a clay strand around the copper tubing. Go around the tubing exactly two, three, or four times. Brush with metallic powder before baking. (I bake my rings at 275 degrees for 45 minutes). Finish with Future or finish of your choice.

Stone Ring
Create semi-precious gemstones or fantasy stones in different sizes. Bake them. Make a basic ring. Do not bake yet. Press the baked stone onto the unbaked ring. Use TLS (Translucent Liquid Sculpey) as a glue for better adherence. Create a bezel from a strand of clay. The stones of the two rings in the foreground were shaped on top of a spacer bead prior to baking. The result is a more professional look.

Basic Knot Ring
Bring a strand of clay around the mandrel, leaving 1/2 inch of the strand hanging lose. Go around the mandrel twice. Cut off the strand, leaving approximately 1/2 an inch. Wrap beginning and end tip around each other. Tuck the ends in. Another way is to make a knot, or a double knot, in a strand before winding it around the mandrel one or more times. Finish ends off neatly.

Fancy Knot Ring
Wind the clay strand around the mandrel a few times, while leaving a few inches hanging lose. Make a knot, using the lose end and the working strand. You can add a few tiny pieces of strand to the knot to make the knot look more complicated. Or start with a basic ring and make a separate knot and place it on top of the ring. This is how the fourth ring was made.

Free Form Ring
Wrap a strand of clay around the mandrel in a random fashion, zigzagging, making letters, etc. and flatten the clay carefully. It makes the ring thinner, and consequently, a little bit more vulnerable, so make a few extra! Form several rings, half an inch apart, on the mandrel. Brush all rings with metallic powders. I bake them for 45 mins at 275 degrees. Finish with Future Floor Polish or your preferred finish.

This page was revised on:
May 21, 2007