Eye of the Dragon Pendant

Design Team Member Darleen Bellan shares this fabulous "Eye of the Dragon" pendant sculpted from Makin's Clay®.   Darleen said this piece was inspired from the dragons in the popular series Game of Thrones. 

"I started this project with a glass cabachon and used multi-surface acrylic paints to color the eye. It can be a bit tricky because you have to paint in reverse order on the flat back of the glass! While that was drying, using white Makin's Clay®, I sculpted a dragons skin and spikes into the base of a metal pendant tray. I then took the dried glass eye and placed it on the pendant and completed the sculpting adding eyelids and texture. Once the piece dried, I used assorted acrylic paint colors to complete the piece." 

Game of Thrones Infinity Orb

Design Team Member Carole Monahan is continuing to build upon her creative "Steampunk" body of work - and her latest creation is this Game of Thrones inspired infinity orb!   We think Carole captured the feel of battered armor very well!

Dragon Egg Jewelry

Dragon Egg Jewelry by Irit Shalom

This month Makin's Clay® challenged it's Design Team members to select a Pin from our Tutorials & Techniques Board or our Polymer Clay Inspiration Projects Board and create a project using Makin's Clay® based upon the chosen pin.

Hello my dear crafty friends!  Irit is here today and I will show you how to make a fancy jewelry set using Dragon Egg Pinterest tutorial inspiration.

This is my own version of this technique. The original tutorial features foil over the polymer clay. I don't have any foil, or even a scalloped polymer clay cutting wheel. So I worked with metallic leafing and a scalloped clay cutter, but the result is very similar.

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So here is my final project: a necklace, pair of earrings and a key chain/bag chain all together. And now here is my tutorial for you.

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - Black

Makin's®

•  Cutting Mat
•  3pc Round Clay Cutters
•  Cutter and Roller Set

Oval clay cutters 

Globecraft Enamel and embossing powder adhesive

Gold and silver metallic leafing

Jewelry findings and gold waxed string

Jewelry pliers

Instructions:

Roll half package of black clay with the clay roller to about 1/8" thick.

Add a thin layer of enamel powder adhesive over the rolled clay sheet. You can use any other adhesive that  keeps metallic leafing over the surface; I used whatever I had and it worked just perfectly. Add a random layer of silver leafing over  the adhesive and let it dry.







Add another layer of enamel adhesive and fill with a mix of copper, red gold, and gold leafing as shown.  Let the adhesive dry, but do not wait until the clay is dry.

Use the scallop clay cutter, or a scalloped clay cutting wheel,  and make a few scalloped strips from the metal covered clay piece.

Roll another piece of black clay and use the Makin's® round clay cutters and two sizes of oval clay cutters to make all pieces shown that will make all three jewelry projects.

Cover the ovals with any glossy glue and use all the scalloped pieces to cover both sides of the ovals.

Cut circles from the foiled sheet with the round clay cutters and cover the black clay circles on both sides.

Make holes in the beads and trinkets and let it dry overnight. 

Arrange the necklace using the largest oval piece, larger circles and smaller round beads.

Make the earrings with smaller ovals and small circles as shown. Now arrange the key chain with the last two beads.

Dragon Egg Pendants by Joe Rotella

Dragon Egg Necklace by Joe Rotella with Makin's Clay®

'Tis the season for GenCon!  Last summer Designer Joe Rotella brought Makin's Clay® to the GenCon world - he taught this fun class where participants made their own Dragon Egg necklaces.  Joe modeled his eggs after those in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones.   We think their great and are so glad he shared this  Makin's Clay® idea with attendees.    Makin's Clay® is growing in popularity among those who enjoy cosplay - it's great for making embellishments for costumes of all types!