Hello everyone! So I hope all is well with my readers. I am so happy that spring is coming.Spring is my favorite time of year. I have been having fun with clay lately making roses and such.
I want to take some pictures of my new pendants made from clay but they are still curing.I wanted to talk about working with clay.
There is a lot to learn with this medium.The possibilities are endless!!! You can make anything and cover anything in clay. Well just about anything lol. I need a lot of practice to become really good at sculpting.
I am sure I need to get back to my wire work (for practice) but it is easy for me to get side tracked on a new kind of medium to make jewelry. Clay is so fun and interesting to play with. I picked up a polymer clay magazine that has several projects in the magazine. I have made 2 of the projects so far. Above is the first project I made which is still not baked. I need to make the top part for hanging and then I am done. I also added earrings to match the necklace. I have some pictures of the second project but they are from my phone and the picture is not so great.
I will have to take some and post soon.
Oh, first here is a pendant I made. The picture is horrible but I will post some better ones when I have time LOL. The colors are black and pearl red. I used the printer and printed out the tower and the word Paris.
I wanted to list a few supplies I use, just in case my readers might want to start creating with clay. I found it helpful to google clay techniques and tutorials on the web. I found many articles and videos using polymer clay for jewelry and embellishments.
Have Fun!
list of supplies. There are many more things to use while creating with clay but I thought I would list what you might need in the beginning.
Cutting Tools
Exacto Knife ( I bought the heavier style for heavy and light duty)
Plastic carving knife or anything you can use to cut the clay.
Cookie cutters ( i use square, hearts, circles, I want to buy more)
Mod Podge for various reasons
Mod Podge Demensional Magic Gloss (You can find this at Joann's Fabric Craft store)
Regular gloss- Floor Wax - Clear Acrylic floor shine (local store)
Liquid Skulpey ( I suggest Fimo brand for glossy finish, Skulpey brand for matte)
Pearl EX is another product that is wonderful for giving that metallic or pearl effect.
Foam Brush
Acrylic paints for aging ( i use black and brown at the moment) You just add water to dilute.
Acrylic Roller
Other carving tools that includes and sharp needle end for poking holes and such
Wax Paper of tiles for working and baking surfaces
You may also want to buy t-shirt transfer paper. I have had fun making pendants with images. Please make sure your are not using copy-written images Using an ink-jet printer, print out images on the transfer paper. Cut out your image and place it on a piece of conditioned clay. Make sure you have set your clay out on your baking sheet or piece of wax paper. You don't want to move it after you have pressed the image down on the clay. Preferably use white Clay. Why clay usually makes a very nice background. Burnish or press your image so it sticks to the clay, making sure to get around the edges. Bake for 5 mins, and then peel transfer backing off. After you have secured the printed image bake per instructions for clay. (about 20 or more mins) After baking embellish, decorate and gloss. I make several pieces and then bake them at the same time.
I am very new at this so I just wanted to share what I have learned with clay and image transfer.
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Well this is all I have for now. Till next time, Have fun creating.
Peace and Love, Shannon
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