Extruded Excellence Necklace

I’m still eXploring what you can do with the

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® and ClayCore adaptor!

So X marks the spot for this bold necklace.

Materials: 

Makin's Clay® - Black, 3 oz.  2 oz. scrap clay for the core. 

3 long eye pins

6 disc beads

6 oval jump rings

2 kinds of chain in desired length

Inka Gold metallic paste in silver

Tools:

Makin's Professional®

• Ultimate Clay Machine®
• Ultimate Clay Extruder®
• ClayCore Adaptor® - 2mm
• Ultimate Clay Extruder® Disc Set A - "X" Disc
• Multi-Hole disc #8

Makin's® Clay Cutters - Oval

Needle nose pliers

Let's get started!

Load scrap clay into extruder. insert the ClayCore adapter 1^st then the X disc over it.

Extrude small amounts at a time and insert a 1mm wire or eye pin in them to dry so the hole will not close.

I folded card stock (fan style) to lay the pieces out to dry so they hold the shape.

Let dry overnight.

Roll black clay to setting #2 and cut 4 ovals per bead in the 3 sizes that the ovals come in.

Make sure that they are just a tiny bit longer then the cores.(That is why I used a different color so you could see them) Fold each oval in half and apply to the core.

You can add a tiny bit of glue to the core or the ends and edges of the raw clay will stick together.

 

I used black clay extruded with this multi hole disc to cover the seams where the ovals meet.

Let the extruded edge dry at least 2-3 hours. Then use the metallic paste to highlight the extruded edge.

Now it is time to assemble the necklace. Get a long eyepin place the disc bead onto the eyepin then insert into extruded bead repeat the disc bead BEFORE making the other eyepin closure! (yup I forgot MORE THAN once! )

After the extruded beads have their eyepins put an oval jump ring on both ends to attach your chain.

This is a long necklace so I did not use a clasp.

I can see so many variations on this basic style!

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