Honeycomb & Bee Pendant

HONEYCOMB & BEE PENDANT by Cindi McGee

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® 60g Persimmon, Black

Makin’s Professional®

• Cutting Mat
• Ultimate Clay Machine®
• Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Slot Disc 11

Makin’s® Texture Sheet Set -  C -  Honeycomb 

Clay blade

JudiKins™ Big Bee rubber stamp 

Staz-on Jet Black permanent ink pad

Black cording

Beacon® Tacky Glue 

Instructions:

Roll Persimmon clay to setting #1 on clay machine. Place texture sheet over clay and roll both through machine again on setting #1. 

Place onto cutting mat. Determine approximate finished size of piece based upon the stamp you are using.  

Use the guidelines on the mat to cut a square (mine was 6 cm x 6 cm). Then use the guideilnes to cut the corners to make a hexagon. Since my square was 6 cm, I cut in 2 cm on each side to make the slant cuts. 

Ink stamp with permanent black ink. Carefully impress tamp into clay to transfer ink and pattern into clay. 

Roll remaining clay to setting #1 on clay machine. Place texture sheet over clay and roll both through machine again on setting #1. 

Use the first hexagon as a template to cut another.  Add tacky glue to the back and mount the two pieces together so the honeycomb is on both sides. Make a hole at the top fo cording. Use something to weigh down and ensure it dries flat - I used the stamp with the glue bottle - it was just heavy enough to ensure it remained flat yet not heavy enough to effect the texture. Let dry 24 hours. 

Extrude black clay strand.  Add tacky glue to edge of honeycomb and then add black strand around outer edge. Trim to fit as needed.  Let dry 24 hours. 

Add black cording. 

BEE HOPEFUL! Hearts of Hope by Cindi McGee

BEE HOPEFUL Hearts of Hope 
Designed by Cindi McGe

BEE HOPEFUL!  Cindi McGee just completed these Hearts of Hope which will be shipped off tomorrow to prepare for their journey to Serbia. 

Former Makin's Clay® Design Team Member Anya Artesania​ is coordinating this campaign - here is more info:   Every day, one child in Serbia is diagnosed with cancer. Every week, one child in Serbia dies of cancer. More than 500 children in Serbia are treated for cancer during the year. Join me, make FIMO HEARTS OF HOPE to help children with cancer in Serbia. For more info about the campaign and how to participate click on this link.

Note: Cindi's hearts are not made with FIMO, but with Makin's Clay® - But Anya did state that although those coordinating this effort suggest using FIMO,  other clays were acceptable if artists were more comfortable working with them.