How to create a necklace of polymer clay, detailed step-by-step photos and job description

January 31, 2018 handmadebase

Women have been decorating themselves since the beginning of time.Archaeologists find amazing and original things all over the world. The cities of the Incas, who worshiped the golden god, the Aztecs and Mayans, the tombs of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the palaces of the emperors in China, the Persian and Scythian burial mounds, all contained original jewelry endowed with a special charm and magnetism. It was their originality and attractiveness that created a new wave of popularity and inspired designers to create more and more new collections in the ethnic style. Such jewelry has a completely special energy. Perhaps they do not always have enough elegance compared to the creations of Tiffany and Swarovski, but such jewelry delights will be cold pieces of ice, indifferent to your beauty. Whereas ethnic jewelry will warmly emphasize your features and become an original accent of the whole image. Jewelry in the ethnic style is made from a variety of materials, shells, feathers, beautiful stones and beads. However, there is a material that can easily imitate all these details and will be a real find for fans of hand-made jewelry - polymer clay. A pliable, soft and flexible material, it has a rich palette of colors and a lot of different effects: metallic, glitter and even fluorescence. There are several directions of ethnic jewelry. Today we offer to make a necklace from polymer clay in Asian style.You will need:

Green polymer clay;
Stationery blade;
A tool for rolling (you can use a paste machine, acrylic or glass rolling pin). The main requirement for the tool is an absolutely flat surface;
Toothpicks;
Acrylic paint (gold metallic);
Transparent varnish with a gloss effect;
Fittings for necklaces (pins, connecting rings, small pieces of a chain of bronze color, lock-carbine);
Golden beads of two sizes.

To create a necklace we will need a wholeclay packaging. We make a necklace in green and bronze tones, but you can choose any other colors to your taste. Before work, the clay must be kneaded very well. It is more convenient to do this in several portions. Now we combine them into one piece. Divide it visually into three equal parts. Now we will not need only one. For now, put it aside. Cut the remaining 2/3 of the piece into five parts. 1 slightly larger (this will be the central part of the necklace, 2 slightly smaller, these will be the details on the sides of the main part and two even smaller, these will be the side details.Now all the pieces need to be rolled out. Fold the layers in half and make trapezoid blanks (see photo). A stationery knife cuts polymer clay perfectly. Now we go back to the first 1/3the initial piece of clay. We will make beads from it. We need to mold several different parts from it. We make flat beads from two small balls. We roll the remaining pieces into small cylinders and cut some of them into flat beads. Now we make through holes in each of our beads. We pierce them with a toothpick. If you have a special drill for making holes in already baked beads, you can skip the toothpicks. Trapezoid blanks need to have two holes.Now we start decorating the beads.For this we will use clay scraps from our trapezoids. You will need lots and lots and lots of flagella. Or one long one. It is better to think up the pattern of the ornament in advance. Between the curls place tiny balls, rolled from pieces of flagella. It is convenient to attach them with a toothpick. But try to leave as few traces and fingerprints on the clay as possible. Ideally, it is better to use gloves. Regular latex surgical gloves are suitable for this. Now we begin to make holes in all the decorative elements of the bead. If you have special tools - that is good, but if you do not have them, use a thin knitting needle, a toothpick or even an ordinary hairpin. It has such convenient balls at the ends, with which you can make beautiful holes.When we have made all the trapezoid blankswe move on to two large round and flat beads and cylinders. We also decorate them with balls and cords. We do not remove them from the toothpicks. We simply pierce the flat small blanks with a toothpick. Now we send all the blanks to bake inoven. Strictly follow the instructions on the clay package. If you do not follow the temperature or time conditions, you risk hopelessly ruining the product. After the blanks have dried, you need to cover all those wonderful decorative curls and balls that we attached to the beads. Fingers or a roller are best suited for this, since a brush will paint the entire surface, and we do not need this.Cover the completely dry blanks with a glossy coating.varnish. All that's left is to string our beads, alternating them with the prepared fittings and round beads, attach the lock and the necklace in the style of hot Asia is ready.

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