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Juicy Fruit
by: Pam Kearns
I’ve been looking
through the Spring fashion magazines and have noticed that flowers,
pastels and prints are expected to be "in style." I immediately
thought about using the LunaSoft cabochons, but was puzzled about
what to put them on. Then it hit me – can I use Crystal Clay as a
surface to attach them to? The answer – Yes!
Instead of placing
Crystal Clay in bezels, I used them as I would Art Clay Silver. After
combining the clay and epoxy, I rolled small quantities out. To fix
the problem of the clay being too sticky, I used mica powder to
‘dust’ my surfaces (same as using flour when rolling out dough) –
on the work surface, the roller and texture plates. The mica powder
adheres to the clay so you don’t need to add more unless you want
to.
Initially I rolled
out the clay then sandwiched the clay between two texture plates and
rolled them again. I used small cutters to cut out the shapes. To put
the holes in the pieces, I used a plastic stir stick to poke through
the clay. I added the cabochons at the same time by using small balls
of the clay between the cutout and the cab. Alternatively, you could
also glue the cabs on after the clay dried. You can reuse the bits by
adding them to more of the mixed clay and kneading them in.
Once finished, I
allowed the clay cutouts to cure overnight. The pieces are
extremely lightweight and strong (I tried breaking one – the clay
piece wouldn’t break).
To complete the necklace,
I placed wrapped loops between the cutouts, adding the cutout before
completing the wrapped loop.
This is something I’m
going to play with more! The one package of Crystal Clay made over 20
cutouts in the two sizes I used.
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