How to make a ring made of polymer clay with a decorative element in the form of an orchid flower, step by step photos and description

December 4, 2017 handmadebase

Orchid – amazing flower.According to the beliefs of the Maori tribes, the orchid was made from small fragments of the rainbow. It is thanks to this that the petals have such a rich and bright color. The ancient Greeks believed that the shoe of the goddess of love Aphrodite, overcome by passion, turned into this flower. In this article we will create this tropical beauty from polymer clay as the centerpiece of the ring. Plastic – wonderful material for creativity. It has a wide color palette, which is perfect for creating such a capricious and bright beauty as an orchid. Hand-made jewelry and jewelry are now on the wave of popularity. Therefore, such a ring will be especially relevant. Ring "Orchid" made from baked polymer clay.Necessary:

Thermoplastic medium and dark purple, yellow, pink;
Stationery knife;
Toothpick;
Acrylic violet paint;
Stack on the end with a ball;
Pasta machine or acrylic rolling pin for plastic (you can take a glass bottle);
Preparation of a ringlet made of metal;
Mold petals of orchids;
Varnish for plastics.

Petals. First, let's draw patterns for the petals on paper. Cut it out. We need samples of a large round petal, a smaller oval petal and a shaped core.Take dark purple (lilac) clay andpink flowers. Knead each one separately and form into small cubes. Now we cut it diagonally, but not in half, but somewhere at an angle of 60 °. We take dark purple pieces and combine them with pink ones. Now we have two bars that contain both colors. We place them with the dark side facing each other (see photo) and roll them in a pasta machine several times to ensure an even transition of colors. We have a ribbon with a beautiful gradient. Pink edges and purple middle. Fold the workpiece like an accordion. Using your fingers, gently press it into a drop-shaped cane so that the pink outer sides touch along the sharp edge. The wide base turned purple.We cut our cane into pieces. Need 5.We take our patterns and use our fingers to align the shape of the cut with the shape of the petals. The orchid has two large round and three small oval petals. Now we place our blanks on the mold and roll them, creating the texture of the veins of an orchid petal. If you don't have the mold you need, you can simply press the grooves with a needle or toothpick.We bend the petals like a real orchid.We fold them as follows: first, three small oval petals. On top we place 2 large round ones in a checkerboard pattern relative to the first layer of petals.Core. Take equal amounts of yellow and light purple clay and make a gradient. Our yellow gradually turns into purple. We place the core pattern on this layer and cut it out with a knife.Roll some pink thermoplastic intothin flagellum. We fix it along the contour of our core. We do this with a ball at the end of the stack. The edge is formed wavy. We bend it a little and draw veins using a needle or toothpick. It is best to press them through rather than cut them, this way the grooves are more accurate.We fix the center on the petals and makeStack a notch in the center. We take yellow plastic, a piece smaller than a pea, press a groove and attach it to the recess in the center of the flower. We finally adjust the waviness of the petals and send them to bake in the oven. The temperature and baking time are indicated on the packaging. After the orchid has cooled, take a toothpick and blue acrylic paint and draw dots in the middle of the orchid.Cover with varnish and let dry. We glue our orchid to the ring base using instant glue. This is what happened.

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