Connie Fox’s Brangles

Lapidary Journal Connie Fox Brangle

‘Brangles’ is a made-up word that is put together of ‘Bangle’ and ‘Bracelet’.
That sounds quite dry but fact is, that I find her jewelry her jewelry fantastic and I think it’s great that she published in internet an instruction instruction on how to make such pieces.


Links:
Bangle Bracelet
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
Bangle Bracelet

Connie Fox’s Jewelry
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Polymer Clay Letter Cane

unikatissima Polymer Clay Letter Cane

I found a very cute idea at glassattic: letter canes from polymer clay.
Somebody writes there: ‘I made a nice letter cane using the mosaic “pixels” method taught by CityZen Cane…turned out nice!
….tip: wrap the letter itself with a sheet of background color before adding mthe rest of the background color, to avoid “chinks” in letter’s edge’

In other words they worked in a similar way than for the Checkerboard Cane: they rolled out two different coloured sheets from polymer clay, cut them into stripes and put those stripes together to a ‘pixelated’ letter cane.
The letters from the Celtic Cross Stitch Generator could be used as templates.
Or, if you don’t want to make a letter, perhaps my Cross Stitch Heart!? ;-)
I already prepared the first letter of my name, but I won’t have the time to make such a letter cane very soon.
Sigh.
;-)


Links:
Note about letter cane (check at ‘WRAPPED:’ => ‘……Mosaic’)

In the Polymer Clay Cyclopedia: Checkerboard Cane

Here at unikatissima:
Celtic Cross Stitch Generator
Cross Stitch Heart

Jewelry from Wire and Polymer Clay

flickr alkhymeia Wire Work and Polymer Clay

I found a short but good tutorial on how to make beautiful jewelry from wire and polymer clay.
At the moment I don’t have any jewelry wire at home and I’m not working with polymer clay anymore, but this tutorial made me feel like beginning once more!

Links:
At flickr: Tutorial Wire Work and Polymer Clay (photos only)

Mosaic Table Light

bastelfanatiker Window Colour Mosaic

I found an instruction on how to make glass table lights with translucent mosaic. They are made in an interesting and easy way with Window Colours*, but of course you can do this with translucent polymer clay as well.

* Window Colours are those glass paints that come in plastic bottles and can be used on acetate, I don’t know the exact English name.

 

That’s how they do it:
(see images on instruction site for better understanding)

  • You make from the glass paint a layer of about 1 mm on plastic foil and let it dry thoroughly.
  • When dry and not sticky anymore (after about 3 days), you cut it in mosaic pieces.
  • You can glue now the pieces on glass (with Modpodge e.g.).
  • Fill the little gaps between the mosaic tile with tile filler (follow the instructions).
  • Afterwards you can cover your glass with varnish to make it shine.

One day then… Sigh.
;-))


Links:
Mosaik mit WindowColour (German)
votive

Pillow Beads

bighugelabs Pillow Beads

I once tried to make such hollow pillow beads, but they collapsed. One day I will try it again, but I think I’ll better make filled beads, they seem to be easier ;-)

 

Links:

Hollow Beads:
clayfulmingles: Pillow Bead Lesson
Polymer Clay Polyzine: Pillow Beads by Carissa Nichols

Filled Beads:
Polymer Clay Central: Barb’s Pillowbeads
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads: Creating Pillow Beads – scroll down

Google image search result for ‘polymer clay pillow bead’

I made the mosaic with the Mosaic Maker of Big Huge Labs.
The images are:
First row:
Polymer clay Mokume Gane Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me
Polymer Clay Pillow Beads * Winter Garden by Kellee’s Beaded and Clay…

Second row:
Polymer Clay Grape/Lime Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me
Polymer Clay Teal Damask Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me

flickr: search result for ‘pillow beads’

Here at unikatissima: entries with the tag ‘fimo’ – with some of them you can make beautiful pillow beads

Cold Porcelaine

espritcabane Cold Porcelaine

With the recipe for cold porcelaine you can mix an air-drying clay with which you can make jewelry, beads and similar things.
I find air-drying a big advantage against fimo and similar polymer clays which have to be baked. I always need a good ventilation for the baking which I find hard to realize with cold weather.
And you can put the jewelry or the beads i.e. into the advent calendar boxes :)


Links:
Cold Porcelaine
Cold Porcelaine (Porcelaine froide) (French)

Here at unikatissima:
Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘fimo’
Entries with the tag ‘polymerclay’
Entries with the tag ‘jewelry’
Entries with the tag ‘beads’

Polymer Clay Ikat Cane

unikatissima Polymer Clay Ikat Cane

Another wonderful technique when working with polymer clay is the simulation of Ikat, a weaving technique. The tutorial on how to make Ikat canes describes superb, how it works.
On the photo you see a bracelet which beads I made with the Ikat technique.
Even though it is long ago I still like it ;-))


Links:
At Polymer Clay Central: Polymer Clay Ikat Canes

Polymer Clay Faux Ivory

Polymer Clay Faux Ivory

One of the beautiful applications of polymer clay is the imitation of precious materials. Therefore I loved the tutorial on how to make faux ivory.
On the photo you see a pendant with faux ivory I made quite a time ago and I still like the combination of this matte shining black and the pale ivory.


Links:
Polymer Clay Faux Ivory

Polymer Clay Mokume Gane

Polymer Clay Mokume Gane

Mokume Gane is an easy and (sometimes) fast technique to get wonderful and stunning results.
On the photo you see a Mokume Gane I did on a tealight holder.

There’s not much I could say about Mokume Gane but be sure to check all links – and then simply try it! :)


Links:
(All in English)
Mokume Gane: Tutorial at Polymer Clay Central
4 Color Mini Mokume Gane: Another tutorial at Polymer Clay Central
Or take a look at the Polymer Clay Cycolpedia

Many information about Mokume Gane at Glassattic.com

More Mokume Gane tutorials:
Inlayed Mokume Gane
Mudpile Mokume Gane
Gold Mokumegane
Donna Kato Mokume Gane