Fall Jewelry Collection by Cynthia Gougian |
This fall jewelry collection was fast and super easy to make! I used simple techniques to create dramatic, contemporary looks. I was pleasantly surprised at how many pieces I was able to create with just a small amount of clay and a few findings!
Materials List:
· Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®
· Makin’s Clay® 30g in yellow (1/2 of a 60 gram package)
· Makin’s Clay® 30g in red (1/2 of a 60 gram package)
· Makin’s Clay® 30g in black (1/2 of a 60 gram package)
· Makin’s® 3 piece oval cutter set
· Wilton® 6-piece Nesting Fondant Double Sided Cutters,Leaf Cutters
· Makin’s® 3 piece flower cutter set
· An acrylic clay roller
· A tissue blade
· Cornstarch, or powder
· 400 grit wet dry sand paper
· Dust mask
· Makin’s® Texture Sheets – Set H ( I used the sheet labeled “Abstract B”)
· Deco Color® Premium 3-way chisel point pen, gold (optional)
· 1.5 mm Wire ferrule (Sometimes labeled for 16 AWG wire)
· 1/16 drill bit
· Earring Wires of your choice
· 4 mm and 6 mm jump rings, or jump rings in sizes of your choice
· Necklace cord of your choice
Instructions:
I used a blended clay sheet to create a veneer. I began by rolling out Makin’s Clay® 30g in yellow on the thickest setting of the Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®.
I then trimmed it into a rectangle shape.
I cut the rectangle into 2 triangles. Then, I stacked the triangles.
I repeated steps 1-3 with 30 grams of red clay.
I placed the stacked triangles next to each other. I offset the points of the triangles slightly. Then I used my clay blade to trim the triangles into a square.
I rolled over the seam with a clay roller to adhere the red and yellow clay.
I continued rolling until the clay was just a little thicker than the widest setting on Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®.
Then I rolled the clay through machine at thickest setting (setting #1).
I folded the clay in half.
I then rolled the clay through the clay machine at the thickest setting, folded side first.
I continued folding the clay in the same direction and rolling it through the machine. Each time the clay was folded and rolled; it caused the clay to blend. In this photo, the clay had been folded and rolled about 6 times.
When I was satisfied with my blend. I trimmed the clay into a neat rectangle shape.
I then rolled the blend, short side first through the clay machine on setting #4.
I used a knee-high stocking filled with cornstarch to dust the Makin’s® texture sheet-Abstract B. Cornstarch prevents the clay from sticking to the texture sheet.
I placed the blended sheet of clay on the texture sheet. Then I rolled over the clay firmly with my clay roller.
I rolled out 30g of black clay on setting 4 of the clay machine.
I then misted the black clay with water.
I place the blended, textured veneer on the black clay. Then, I gently patted the veneer to adhere it to the black clay without damaging the texture.
I used one of the leaf cutters to cut a pendant from the veneer.
Then, I used one of the smaller leaf cutters to cut my first earring.
I flipped the veneer over, then used the same smaller leaf cutter to cut a second earring from the veneer. Flipping the veneer over results in earrings that are mirror images of one another.
I used a 1.5 mm wire ferrule to cut holes for jump rings in the pendant and earrings.
I had plenty of veneer left over. So, I used the largest oval cutter from the Makin’s® 3 piece oval cutter set to cut 2 oval shapes from the veneer.
Then, I used the smallest oval cutter from the Makin’s® 3 piece oval cutter set to cut out the center of the large ovals.
I also used the medium sized oval cutter from the Makin’s® 3 piece oval cutter set to cut two ovals from the veneer.
I pinched the top of the oval to form petal shapes.
I still had a small amount of veneer left. So, I used the smallest flower cutter from the Makin’s® 3 piece flower cutter set to cut 2 flowers from the veneer.
I allowed all the shapes to thoroughly dry for 24 hours. Then I sanded the edges with 400 grit sandpaper. Please note, Makin’s Clay® should NOT be wet sanded. It needs to be dry sanded. And, a dust mask should be worn when sanding any material.
After sanding, I assembled all the shapes into finished earrings and a pendant. First, I used a 1/16 drill bit to drill holes in the tops of the petal shapes
Then, I used the paint pen to apply gold to the edges of the petals.
Finally, I used 6 mm jump rings to attach the petals to ear wires.
I also created earrings from the oval shapes. I began by drilling holes in the large ovals. Then, I drilled the smaller ovals.
I used 4 mm and 6 mm jump rings to attach the shapes to each other and to ear wires.
The flower shapes became another set of earrings. First, I drilled holes in them. Then, I added gold paint pen to the edges.
I used four 4 mm jump rings to create dangles that I attached to ear wires.
The leaf pendant and matching earrings were super easy to construct! I simply used 6 mm jump rings to attach the shapes to ear wires and a pendant cord.
I am totally in love with Makin’s® Texture Sheets – Set H! The “Abstract B” sheet is my absolute favorite. I think the texture allowed me to turn simple shapes into hip, cutting edge designs.
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