Polymer Clay Jewelry

 

 

I wanted to share my process in making some jewelry for myself. I have lost several of my favorite pairs of earrings these last few years. So, I decided why not make a some of my own.

 

A little over twenty years ago I was first introduced to polymer clay at my local art store. I decided to give this medium a try. I loved the fact that you could bake the clay in your oven. I had not worked much in clay before really since grade school. I never thought I would be any good at three dimensional work.

 

Many years had passed since I used the clay again. I started using Sculpey again about five years ago.

 

 

 

 

Both of my necklaces were made with a mold.

 

 

 

 

 

I usually work with white Sculpey, but I decided to use terra cotta for a nice effect.

 

 

 

 

First I condition the clay with my hands to soften it up.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I use my pasta machine to get the clay nice and smooth.

 

 

 

 

Then I press the stamp into the clay, then cute out my shape.

 

 

 

 

 

For my flower, I used an x-acto blade to cut out the shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The necklace and earrings were cut out with the circular cut outs. Then I inserted the jewelry findings into the clay. I baked the clay according to the instructions on the box.

 

 

After the clay had dried I applied acrylic paint. I used a lighter purple, then a darker purple for the flower. For the earring set, I just brushed some gold paint over some areas of the pendant and earrings. The final touch was to seal the jewelry with an acrylic varnish.

Concentric Circles

I decided to do a painting exercise of the famous painter Wassily Kandinsky's Concentric Circles.

I used a ruler to create the boxes.

I started painting the circles in each square using acrylic paint.

Here is a completed square.

Just a few more finishing touches.

It was fun replicating this famous painting. This is a good excercise to better understand color and improve your painting ability. You should try to reproduce one of your favorite works of art.

Personalized Tutorial

I wanted to share with you my creative process of personalizing this wooden letter.First I lightly sanded the wood.

I added brown acrylic paint as my base color.



I started to add slash marks of dark and light pink in different directions.




Simple and ready to add a little flair to any room!

Tutorial and Blog Winner!

I decided to add a little flair to this white t shirt with the stamp I made a few weeks ago. Come take a look on how it was done.



I carved out a drawing that I had made before. I reversed the image on some parchment paper before tranferring onto the stamp block. I used a pencil to draw all over the back of the paper the image so I could transfer the image. Then I carved out my stamp with Speedball carving kit.

I placed a piece of chip board in between the shirt, so to protect the back.

After I finished carving out my stamp I used acrylic paint with Delta Creamcoat Textile medium. The textile medium transforms the paint to become a textile paint. I randomly placed the flowers down the shirt.

I added a second row of flowers and allowed the shirt to dry. I let the shirt cure for seven days before steam heating on medium on the back of the shirt. That's it, simple and unique fashion tee for the summer!

The winner of the tote bag is Little Sistah Studio. Congratulations!