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making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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nicethyme (
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Mon, Aug 17, 09 at 19:15
| DD2 wanted a flower shape and she settled on a tulip design I drew up
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 2
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| cut it out and use as a pattern to cut two of the same shape, lay in wire loops or jump rings and "glue" the 2nd piece over top 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 4
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| not pictured I have also cut out a 3rd layer of the 2 smaller petals and stamped them before "gluing" them in place 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 5
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| using tesserae, measure aand cut a strip of clay wider than than the tess is thick. glue along the top edges to form your well 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 7
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| at this point you want to bake as directed on the clay label. after it cools and hardens, sand it upside down on a flat surface to even out the well wall. smooth off and bumps and burrs from the sides and back 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 8
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| LOL I didn't skip a step, just a number! now I make bunches of teeny little balls and worms
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 9
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| "glue" them into place and bake again 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial 10
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| now you can paint it however you like and mosaic it. 
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RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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I am sooooo excited! I just got my clay in and I have to try this!
Thanks sweetie! |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| I should warn ya Fern, its addicting |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| That looks like fun but I have way to much going on in my life right now!I do love it tho!!!! |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| You're an amazing, multi-talented artist, my dear. Congratulations on another facet of your art. I just shake my head w/every one of your projects. Thank you for new inspiration. |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| Oh Candy! This is truly another addiction I am sure!!! And to think you can glue it together like that! LOVE IT!! Thanks for showing us! I still haven't used all the stuff in my last Tesserae exchange, I'll have to go look, I think I got some of this stuff! I already have a pasta machine(never used it yet, I'd be big as a house!LOL!)may have to donate to the experiment! OH heck...I'm skedaddling back to my throne now..Slow.... |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| Nice that is just too clever!!! I have never tried the clay before but this sure makes me want to!!!! Thanks for the info.... |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| oops I never clarified here that "glueing" in terms of polymer clay is using liquid clay to glue with. in the case its liquid sculpy but i think all the brands have a version of this, its also used for transferring pictures to clay. thanks everybody |
RE: making the pendants, pictures and tutorial
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| Thanks so much for sharing your instructions! Something I definitely want to get to ~ after I learn to make a column, or fountain, or something out of mesh and concrete! |
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