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Showing posts with label By the sea collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label By the sea collection. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

polymer clay pendants By the sea collection

By the sea Collection

Today I was busy putting my brain into gear
I live by the sea and am drawn to natural
colours, and materials, so I am always
 happier creating a chain or jewelry finding
that I feel suits, rather than pulling one out 
of a premade one out of a box, unless it 
demands it.

 Rachel Norris

I was watching this demo of the very talented
Rachel Norris and decided to give it ago,so
here we go.
















Number one lesson 

When drilling the hole I have decided that using 
a drill bit by hand,when baked, is much neater 
than a needle or stick when unbaked, which 
tends to distort the clay and design very slightly














I plugged the holes up with the clay thinking
I'd rescue it when baked.



I found the best way for me to keep clean 
round holes by hand when baked  













I drilled the plugs not ideal but all my head 
came up with!!!














It was more even on this one.

These others have wire coils and gems added