SPRING PENDANTS Věra Šulcová
SPRING PENDANTS Materials & Tools: • Polymer Clay white and black (Cernit) • LC Microstencils • Acrylic paints • Liquid polymer clay translucent • Pasta machine • Glass tile • Working grid • Blade, scalpel • Acrylic roller
• Baking paper • Czextruder with extension (circle diameter 1 mm - LC Disk 3) • Cookie cutters - 3 cm / 1.18″ diameter circle and 6 x 6 cm / 2.36 x 2.36″ square • Ceramic tile • Instant glue • 2 beading needles 20 mm / 0.78″ • Jewelry pliers • Texture sponge, foam sponge, toothpick, sandpaper
Věra Šulcová Due to improperly chosen fields of study and three children, I became a housewife. About ten years ago I discovered the magic of polymer clay and five years ago, when the last “bird” left the family nest, I became addicted. Since then I have been playing with polymer clay and I having a great time almost constantly.
Run conditioned polymer clay of white color (here slightly tinted to the tone of the acrylic paint used) through a pasta machine at the medium setting (Imperia No. 3) and place it on a glass tile. Place the Microstencil on the clay and gently roll over with an acrylic roller. Cut off the edges and apply acrylic paint (I used a foam sponge), remove the stencil and rinse it immediately with water.
Extrude black clay using LC Czextruder.
Place one square on the top of the other one, place a piece of a black extrusion between 2 squares, repeat with 2 other squares. Press the squares carefully one against another using baking paper.
Repeat the same procedure for both pairs of squares.
Cover the result with baking paper and gently smooth it with your finger or roller to join the parts together.
Cut the sheet off the glass, then (still on the glass tile) center the sheet on the grid and cut out 2 shapes - inner and outer (as in photo). Remove the excess clay and carefully place it on the baking tile (I moved it with the central part in order to minimize deformation). Clean the edges with a scalpel and bake for 15 minutes at 130°C / 266°F.
After cooling, coat the entire color area and the edges with liquid polymer to fix the ink and wrap the inner and the outer edge. Bake again at 130°C / 266°F for 15 minutes.
Glue the LC Microstencils from the back with instant glue. Glue gradually from one corner to the other. (Use a toothpick to apply the glue. Do not touch your fingers!)
Run conditioned black polymer clay through a pasta machine (Imperia No.4), texture it, cut a circle with the same cutter as white clay and place it on the tile (textured side down). Coat the back side of the piece (only around the LC Microstencil) with liquid polymer and press against textured black piece. Use a scalpel to trim the excess of clay.
Bend the beading needles with pliers to a right angle. Using the tip of the scalpel, gently move the two layers of the pendant apart and insert the needle so that only the loop peeks out. Press the two layers against each other, clean the edges with a scalpel and bake again for 15 minutes. The finished pendant can be varnished again.
PINWHEEL Procedure and tools are very similar (instead of circle cutter use a square with 2 cm / 0.79″ edge and a square cutter 5 x 5 cm / 2 x 2″). Cut the smaller square once the pieces have been joined, this eliminates the hemming of the inner part.
LC MICRO STENCILS LC Microstencils are thin patterns made of heat-resistant cardboard which you can integrate into 3D project, you can draw on it a simple color plan using LC GLASSYMER, fill the empty gaps with different colors. These stencils are heat-resistant and were designed for a very efficient, yet simple decorating of polymer clay. FEATURES: • Heat-resistant • Patterns can be cured in an oven with polymer clay. • Can be used only once (integrated into a project) or reused several times times. • May be rolled, cut, glued, painted, backed. • Dozens of different patterns available for every taste.
• Can be used in dozens of different projects - from making impressions and backfilling to creating complex 3D pieces with stained glass technique. • Material: Heat resistant cardboard. Paper pattern weight 250g/m2. • Panel size 80 mm (3.12” x 3.12”) Pattern size 35 mm (1.37” x 1.37”)
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