Polymer clay is a plastic material for modeling, with which various decorations, decorative elements, gifts, dolls are manufactured. This material is similar to conventional plasticine. Finished products are baked in the oven at a temperature of 110-130 degrees. With a properly sustained temperature and manufacturing technique, the material becomes solid and durable. Working with a polymer clay for novice craftsmen will not be much difficulty, it is enough to know the basic principles and technics, then the decorations will delight you and your loved ones for a long time.
Production blanks and methods
For the manufacture of decorations, workpieces are very often made in the form of "sausages", from which products form in the future. Consider a master class on the manufacture of various preparation materials for jewelry.
For such a work required material:
- clay of two colors;
- blade or knife;
- line;
- Single and rod;
- gloves;
- Press for extrusion.
We take the same slices of clay over the size and roll over the squares (8 * 8 cm), the approximate thickness is 0.5 cm.
Cut in half and every part is as cutting. We fold on each other, as in the photo.
We fold into the elongated sausage.
We twist twist in the spiral, press to the table and roll in one direction. It turns out such a spiral.
Beautiful drawing is obtained in the inside.
You can use such a workpiece or place in the press and squeeze.
Such a view it has in the cut.
To make a whole drawing, cut the sausage on thin stripes.
And you can use for various jewelry.
Multicolored beads
You can form such colored beads from different colors and with different patterns.
For flower blanks we need:
- 5 clay colors that solidifies itself;
- knife or blade;
- Rolling and trunk;
- Gloves.
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We take a white color and form a sausage - a diameter of 4 cm, length 8 cm.
We take gray and roll up a 2 mm thick layer.
Wrap a piece of white sausages with gray, excessive cut off.
On gray, we also roll over and turn green.
Divide white clay on 3 parts so that the distance is the same, and take suns, as in the photo.
In the cuts insert pieces of gray clay.
Then compress the workpiece so that all parts are connected to each other. And form the necessary form of the petal.
We share the sausage to the desired number of details.
From yellow clay make a sausage, it will serve us as the core of the future flower.
Rather brown clay and turn the yellow cylinder.
And gently press. Fix the petals to the core.
We form a chamomile.
Empty fill green clay.
Roll over the green material and turn the entire surface.
Squeeze neatly, we release air between the layers.
We can proceed to cutting parts.
Try, experiment with flowers, the various exclusive products are obtained.
Volumetric pendant
To work, we will need:
- Clay self-hardening;
- foil;
- mold;
- knife or blade;
- awl;
- accessories;
- Rock and board.
From the foil, roll the ball and turn it off with a thin layer of black clay, we remove excess material.
Ready round ball piercing pin.
Roll over clay reservoirs - 3 mm, top with foil and squeeze the molds.
And fasten on again every droplet.
Covered the entire surface.
Fix the chain, and the decoration is ready.
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