
How to make your own hands a necklace of polymer clay with floral elements, step-by-step photos and a description of the work, an image of a finished necklace
People all over the world sometimes choose the most diversehobby. Some people collect matchboxes and stamps, others put together puzzles. But among all the exciting hobbies, there is a special one – handicrafts. Creative people create amazing things with their own hands, the ideas for which they draw from their imagination and creative outlook on life. They knit, weave, embroider, sculpt and make jewelry. And if you combine the last two options, you get polymer clay jewelry. Among the most diverse options for such jewelry, in this article we will offer to create a polymer clay necklace. Very often, women find it simply impossible to find the right jewelry for a dress they like so much. This one is the wrong color, the second one is the wrong size, and the third one does not match the event at all. And here handicrafts come to the rescue. Craftswomen who handle polymer clay will be able to create a necklace on their own that will match this particular outfit. We will tell you in detail how to make a flower necklace from plastic. Once you learn how to handle polymer clay, you will be able to create even exclusive original works.For the necklace you will need the following materials:
- Plastic (beige, white, light and dark chocolate);
- Tool for rolling (paste-machine can be replaced with acrylic or glass rolling-pin);
- Stack with a ball on the end;
- Needle (or toothpick);
- Blade from a clerical knife;
- Blade with a wavy edge;
- Liquid plastic and brush for it;
- Shaped flower and five petals;
- The line;
- Lock-carbine;
- Beige beads + rondeli with beige rhinestones;
- Pins with a hat on the end;
- Wire: 1 mm in diameter;
- White satin ribbon;
- Glue is transparent and fast drying;
- Scissors and round pliers.
Flowers and buds.It is necessary to thoroughly knead beige and light chocolate (brown) polymer clay to obtain a soft and plastic mass. Now we make 2 triangles from these pieces. There should be 2 times more beige plastic. We connect them to obtain a square. Now we roll out this square (see photo), using a rolling pin or pasta machine to obtain a smooth transition of colors. To do this, the workpiece must be rolled out several times, each time folding the resulting layer in half. Now we cut the resulting workpiece with a blade (brown on one side, beige on the other). We cut across the color transition. We need strips about 3 cm wide.Now we put these strips one on top of the other.as follows: the first one is straight, the second one is shifted forward by 1-2 cm, the third one is shifted back by the same amount, etc. The order of shifting is arbitrary. We form an even rectangle from this blank. The edges can be cut off. We press it a little with our fingers. Now we cut the blank in half across the gradient. We turn the halves with the cut side facing us and fold them. The resulting rectangular blank needs to be compressed into a sausage with a diameter of about 1.5 cm (see photo). Now we cut the resulting cane into thin layers. These are future petals. The thinner you cut, the smaller the petals will be and vice versa. Since we need petals of different sizes, we need to cut at least two options. We thin each petal (flatten it a little) with our fingers. Using a wavy blade, we make the petal blanks wavy along the light edge.
Now we place the petal blank on the palm,take a stack with a spherical end and start rolling the petal in different directions. Roll only the beige part. The necklace will have 1 large flower (central) and two smaller ones. We place the large one in the centre precisely because the necklace differs from the necklace precisely by its large central element.
Each flower will have three tiers of 5petals in each. In the first (lower) tier, arrange the petals overlapping. Smooth out the middle with a stack and a ball. The next row is formed in a checkerboard pattern. We move the petals closer to the center. With a stack and a ball, it is necessary to smooth out the places where the petals are connected in the middle. In each tier, the petals move closer and closer to the middle.
We carefully iron each flowerthe middle. It should have a depression, which we coat with liquid polymer clay. For the cores, we roll balls from white plastic. The diameter of the balls should be from 3 mm to 5 mm. We pour the balls into the core coated with liquid plastic.
Now we need to bake the blanks.To do this, carefully read the instructions on the clay package. Since unbaked products will be fragile and will crumble very soon. If you keep the plastic in the oven for too long, harmful substances will be released into the air, and the craft itself will be hopelessly ruined. It is better to ventilate the room well during the baking process. While the flowers are baking and cooling, we will sculpt the buds. For the core of the bud, we will need the clay scraps that were left over from forming the rectangle before we began to press it into a cane. We form droplets. For ease of work, they can be strung on a toothpick (the sharp end of the droplet will be the top of the core). Now wrap the droplet with two overlapping petals and turn their edges outward. For the necklace, you will need 2 large buds with a through longitudinal hole and 2 small buds with a transverse through hole at the base.
Now we will prepare the fastenings for ourflowers from dark chocolate clay. We roll it out to a thickness of about 2 mm and cut out 12 leaves about 3 cm long. There will be 3 leaves for each bud. We attach them to the buds and draw veins with a needle or toothpick. Here it is important to press the grooves, not cut them.
Now we move on to the flower mounts.They are already baked. We make them from dark chocolate thermoplastic. We attach small balls to the back side of the flowers. Now you need to roll out a piece of dark chocolate plastic 3 mm thick and cut out flowers with five petals with a mold. We attach these blanks on top of the balls on the back side of the flowers. We draw veins, like on buds and make through holes (see photo). We start assembling the necklace. On a piece of wire about 20 cm long, string: 1 large, 1 small bud, a small flower, a large flower, a small flower again, a small bud and finish everything with a large bud. Make loops at the ends of the wire. Now, on a double-folded fishing line, we string beads and rondelles alternately. The ends of the blanks must be well fixed. The rondelles should be at the ends. We insert pins into them. Cut off the unnecessary and make a loop at the ends. To prevent our flowers from moving and to keep them in place, we wrap the blank with flowers and buds with satin ribbon.
All that's left is to secure both parts of the blank with loops and attach the clasp for the necklace. You have a wonderful floral-themed necklace ready.