Black & Gold Paisley Bangle Bracelet

Black & Gold Paisley Bangle Bracelet by Cindi McGee

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® - Black

Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® - 3 hole disc 

Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®

Wooden bangle 

JudiKins™ Diamond Glaze 

Gold microbeads 

DecoArt® Americana® Multi-Surface Satin™ - Gold 

CreateAlong.com Peacock Borders Silkscreen by Cindi McGee Designs

Paintbrush 

Scissors 

Squeegee 

Beacon™ 527 Adhesive 

Instructions:

Often when I am working on a project and have “leftover” clay I will roll it into thin sheets and allow it to dry. Then I have sheets ready to die cut or craft punch, etc. when I’m ready to create. To create the sheets I simply roll black Makin’s Clay® beginning on setting #1 of the Ultimate Clay Machine®, the moving up one setting at a time and in this case ending at a setting #6. 

Place silkscreen orange side down over the clay sheet. Apply gold metallic paint to squeegee.  While holding the silkscreen in place, carefully use the squeegee to apply the paint over the silkscreen, transferring the image to the clay sheet. Immediately wash the silkscreen and squeegee, and let paint dry on clay sheet. Then repeat to make a second border. 

 

When silkscreening is dry, use scissors to trim around the borders and create two rectangular strips of equal size. I purposely made mine about 1/4” narrower than the width of the bangle as I wanted to add a row of gold microbeads. 

Paint inside of wooden bangle with gold paint. Let dry.

 

Apply 527 Adhesive to back of first strip of clay.  Wrap around bangle. Trim second strip to fill in any remaining space, being careful to match pattern as best as possible. Glue in place. Let glue dry. 

 Use Ultimate Clay Extruder® and 3 hole disc to extrude black clay. Twist three strands. Add adhesive to top edge of bangle, wrap twisted clay around the top edge, trim to fit. Repeat on opposite side of bangle. Let dry 24 hours.

Apply Diamond Glaze to area between silkscreened clay and the twisted border piece. Add gold microbeads.  Repeat all around the bangle, on top and bottom edges. Let dry. 

 

Black & White Silkscreened Pendant

Black & White Silkscreened Pendant by Carole Monahan

I'm a little obsessed!  That is huge coming from me because I do NOT like to use paint since I can make a giant mess with just a little bit of paint!  But, this is also what I LOVE about polymer clay, you can do sooo many different techniques you will NEVER get bored. 

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - White and Black 

Black heavy body acrylic paint

Silk cord to string 

Tools:

Makin's Professional® 

• Ultimate Clay Machine® 
• Cutting Mat
• Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Disc #3 

Assorted cutters 

Art basics 2" silicone brush

Moiko silkscreen 

Instructions:

     

Roll out your selected clay on 3 setting on the clay machine.

Make sure it is about the same size as your silk screen. 

Follow the directions on your silk screen but usually the shiny side goes down against the clay burnish it lightly so you know it is adhered to the clay surface evenly

I like to use the Art Basics silicone brush to evenly spread a thin line of paint across

The screen, you can also use an old credit card or gift card for this as well.

Slowly peel back the silk screen to reveal the WOW underneath.

You will need to quickly rinse the wet paint off the silk screen or….

You WILL be sorry.

I like to use as much of the printed clay as possible so I

lay out my cutter shapes of choice before cutting anything.

Here I used the extruder to make a bezel for the piece.

I set a center loop at the top

(maybe next time I will pick a different section because Yes I know it does look like a face! )

I used a little water to make sure the bezel was fully attached to the disc and I backed the disc with more black clay to match the bezel.

I did the reverse as well with Black clay and white paint so that would also be fun as a

Double sided necklace!

There are sooo many possibilities this will be FUN !

Then just string it as you like here I used a silk cord.

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