I wrote a very similar post on Dec. 28, 2014. It can be found here. It provides more photos and details for this technique.
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Yesterday, I
crafted some pendants that will be displayed during a trunk show hosted
at a friend's home next month. If you have been reading my blog, you
will notice my brand is creating asymmetric jewelry using warm tones.
Now,
on to the pendants. The polymer clay colors chosen were all Premo
Accent colors of 1oz size bars. The colors used are Red Glitter, Bronze, 18-karat Gold, Copper and Translucent.
All
bars were chopped into little pieces and conditioned. I find chopping
them up first allows the conditioning process to go a little faster.
Some people use a food processor for this step. I just use a sharp
blade.
This year, I am committed to participating in as many Crafting Fairs, Bead Shows, Flea Markets and Swap Meets that I can. I am enjoying the contacts I'm meeting from my jewelry business and website so much that I feel it's time to spread my wings to the max.
When I expressed my plans to a friend, he told me about the Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show. So, we made plans and attended today. My friend is very familiar with the event since he use to bring cars and parts in as a vendor for many years.
This photo is an example of inserting my handmade findings into my polymer clay pieces before baking them. My usual method was to make a hole for the finding and then bake or make no hole in my pieces and wire wrap after baking.
This simple set was completed in less than 2 hours. No need to wire wrap the pendants or the earrings.
Since I have begun using suede lace in place of chains or nylon string on some of my pieces, this technique is turning out to be quite useful and a great little time saver.
Making a dream catcher has been very relaxing. The technique is quite easy once you get the hang of it.
To date, I have made 5 and given 4 away. Now that I've decided to add dream catcher's to my inventory, I wish I had taken photos or created a tutorial before giving them away. Oh well.
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This morning my goal was to get up really early and start working on the pendants I wanted to create today. I must admit, I did not get up as soon as my alarm went off but I only hit the snooze button a few times.
I have a craft fair quickly approaching in January 2015 and need some more jewelry pieces for my display table.
Now, on to the pendants. The polymer clay colors chosen were all Premo Accent colors of 1oz size bars. The colors are Bronze, Peacock Pearl, 18k Gold and Navy Blue.
Recently, I was sent an email asking what brands of polymer clay I use when making the jewelry displayed on my website.
That's easy to answer. My all time favorite is Sculpey III. Next on the list would be Premo and Fimo.
I will list a few of the pro's and cons I've encountered. Although there are many polymer clay brands available, I can only comment on the one's I've actually worked with.
