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9. If you wish, add an inspirational word to your piece using a thin layer of white clay, either before or after the fi rst bake. It is best to stamp the word fi rst and trim around it before placing in the desired position. Be sure to add a little liquid clay to the frame to ensure it sticks. Bake again (if adding to baked clay) for a further 15 minutes. 10. Smear the back of the pendant with liquid polymer clay, then add a thin sheet of the background clay, making sure there are no air bubbles. Use a clean sponge to add a fi ne dimpled texture. 11. With a scalpel, trim the edges at an angle and re-texture to make a nice rounded edge to the back of the pendant. 12. Add a little bit of acrylic paint or use a fine marker pen to highlight the letters of the word.
a link, inset a headpin through the strands and pinch the head of the headpin and the cord into a crimp bead. Trim the excess cord close to the crimp. Cut the headpin to about 1cm in length and using round nose pliers, bend into a loop to attach to the pendant and clasp.
14. Add a stringing cord of your choice to match your design. I used a multistrand cotton with a metallic thread running through it. To create
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border of clay using liquid polymer clay to adhere, making sure it is slightly raised above the stamp so the resin can ‘pool’ inside. Make a two-layer background: one of plain clay and one stamped, cut into a pleasing shape.
Square purple frame (right) 15. Add embellishments to the bottom of the pendant. These could be tassels, as here, or complementary beads.
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN IDEAS
To make a simple square frame, cut the shape from textured and mica highlighted clay. Create the stringing loops by using long headpins looped a few times around a knitting needle. Insert the ends into the raw clay before baking.
Soutache-effect frame (top left p70)
Frame with door (right)
Create a soutache-effect frame by extruding strings of complementary colours of clay. Embellish with clay ‘pearls’, glass beads or hot fi x crystals.
Create a sheet of patterned clay using the mica shift technique. Use a large square cutter to make the back and front and a smaller one to remove the ‘door’, which is baked separately. Trim the stamp slightly smaller than the larger cutter before adding to the back. Drill holes to add jumpring ‘hinges’.
Curved patterned frame (middle p70) 13. To protect the mica powders from being rubbed off, coat with a layer of varnish. To protect the stamp from moisture, and to bring out the colours of the stamp, cover with a layer of resin. Lisa Pavelka’s Magic Glos doesn’t require pre-mixing and cures in about 15 minutes on a sunny windowsill or under a UV lamp.
PHOTOGRAPHS: LAUREL GUILFOYLE, LIZZI BUCKLOW-HOLT
PROJECT
Frame the stamp with strips of clay cut from a patterned sheet created using a Mokume Gane technique. Shape the clay into a curve by baking the frame on the side of a glass jar or drinks can.
RESOURCES All the materials used are widely available from advertisers in this magazine Decorative stamps: ArtyPharty, Etsy.com
Shaped purple frame (second left p70)
CONTACT
Add the stamp to a layer of clay as in Step 1, then bake and trim to the desired shape. Add a
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