Jewelry made of polymer clay with your hands

All women love jewelry. Once Coco Chanel said that the jewels created for those who have no sense of style. Those who understands fashion, choose jewelry. But how difficult it is to find the right decoration to an outfit in the store. But in this situation there is a way to do it yourself, especially because of the materials and techniques now there are many.

In recent years, popular jewelry from polymer clay. It is sold at fairs and in stores handmade. In this article we will learn how to do it with their hands.

Unusual stuff

Polymer clay is a plastic mass, from which you can sculpt different things. For the polymerization it is used heat treatment. The material solidified, the desired temperature is 100-130 °C. After that the product becomes solid.

Polymer clay make different models and products for decoration. This is due to the fact that the material is not exposed to high and low temperatures, resistant to moisture and its color does not fade in the sun.

One of the areas of application of this material - creating jewelry from polymer clay. With your own hands is not difficult to do, because it is molded like clay.

Colors as the basis jewelry

A Large number of jewelry is created on the basis of floral motifs. Dazzle not so difficult if you try a little. For example, luxury bracelet, as pictured above, will make for a couple of hours. For this you will need:

• Pink and green polymer clay;
• Rolling pin;
• Toothpicks;
• Small round shape to cut out (you can take the cap from the adhesive pencil, for example);
• Thick round pencil;
• Jewelery accessories: animately beads, rings, pins, chain, lock;
• Additional decoration: beads and stones;
• Wire cutters and pliers for working with wire.

How is this jewelry made of polymer clay? Step-by-step master class will examine later. So, in order to implement the project, you need to follow these steps:

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1. The Mash and roll out the pink polymer clay, cut from it circles.
2. They need a toothpick to draw veins.
3. Take a pencil and the blunt end begin to collect a flower. To do this, lay out the rose petals, as pictured: one Central and two on the sides.
4. With your Fingers and a toothpick formed on them folds.
5. Gently remove the flower and pierce it from the top hole for later editing.
6. Green polymer clay roll out and cut leaves from it. Draw the veins on them and pierce holes.
7. All the blanks put into the oven to bake for 5-10 minutes (see manufacturer's instructions).

Then you can start to assemble the product. This will help you a sample in the photo. Jewelry from polymer clay is not limited only to bracelet. From these colors you can make earrings and necklaces.

Make little flowers

The following image shows in detail how to use the toothpicks to make the little flowers.

This master class is excerpted from the Floristics of cold porcelain, but most of the techniques from this kind of creativity can be applied to polymer clay.

So, take a small ball of material and form from it an oval. Then one of its sides cut with scissors. These notches must be carefully split with a toothpick. So we get the petals of our flower.

The lower part of the product must be carefully trimmed, and the flower to move to a larger product or pierce, then it can be to make some kind of decoration.

Example usage of small flowers

Jewelry from polymer clay is a versatile art. Even today the masters are inventing new techniques to create it. Floral motifs dominated. So how creates jewelry from polymer clay with your hands? The photo below shows that there is nothing difficult.

For this decoration you need to roll out a layer of material for the base and cut it out. Then take previously made small florets and close them all the background. In the example in the photo elements are made of a slightly different technique, but here is perfect and the previously discussed flowers.

To add to the realism, once you have them glued, insert inside each flower serdtsevinka.

Jewelry

It is Not necessary to limit the creation of only standard necklaces and pendants, bracelets and earrings. Make beautiful hair barrettes or a headband. After all, it's quite simple. For example, take circles, as in the first master class, and the blind of them roses. At the last stage, stick to them hairpin or invisible, and all this construction is to yield a heat treatment.

That's all, simple but exquisite hair ornament is ready. Now you already know a lot of how to make jewelry from polymer clay. But there are still several ways for those who are just starting to learn this material.

Reclaimed natural materials

Want a decoration like it was made by nature itself? Here's a simple solution. Roll out polymer clay to a uniform layer, take a common sheets and Vitaite them in this layer. When you take photo, polymer clay will remain clear prints streaks.

Now you just have to cut workpieces, bake them and make yourself a pendant and earrings. Below the drawings were more clear, walk through the leaves with acrylic paint, which immediately erase. In the hollows it will remain that attach relief products.

As a natural stamps you can use anything - grass, twigs, dry buds. The main thing that they had texture and sufficient strength in order to leave a mark on the polymer clay.

Massive earrings

This method will suit those who have home there are forms to work with fondant. They can be purchased in most shops of dishes. You will need a device for creation of daisies of different diameter.

You should now Have gorgeous jewelry from polymer clay. For beginners, the process can seem complicated, but we will examine it in detail.

Start with the rolling of the material. When he is ready, take a clipping shape of daisies and make a blank of different diameter. Toothpick need to go through each petal drawn, natural streaks.

After that, begin to fold one by one billet of different diameter from largest to smallest, slightly offsetting the petals relative to each other. When the last item is Packed, with a finger or a pencil to make the center of the dent. This petals a little rise.

Then cut out a thin strip of polymer clay the same color and make one of the sides of the teeth. Was of the bubble shape from yellow clay wrap this strip around to form the core of the crown of the small petals. All this is put in the center piece of the petals and crush thoroughly with a toothpick. In parallel, the need to expand nice the last row of petals. That's all! Now you can stick fasteners and bake the product.

Summer-bullying

Watermelon is a symbol of summer, warmth and joy. So why not make yourself such ornaments, that this mood was with you the entire year. Jewelry from polymer clay in the form of watermelons is simple. Simple beads ride from green material, they made holes, then they are baked. Characteristic strips are applied later with acrylic paints, before coating process.

To make watermelon incised, need a little more to try. First, you need to roll the red ball. Then plastering it with a thin layer of white or light green shade, and complete all the green. When the perfect ball is ready, it is cut so you can see what is inside. Stripes and sunflower seeds are drawn after baking.

Conclusion

The examples shown above, you realized that the jewelry from polymer clay is is not only difficult, but also exciting. Your hands to create another set for a couple of hours, but you get several positive aspects: kit, suitable for your outfit the realization of their artistic inclinations and a good time for exciting activity.