#lovesummerart SWD Polymer Clay Tassel Pendant Tutorial

There’s something exciting happening in the YouTube art community.  Over 250 YouTube art/craft/how to channels have formed a community!  Thanks to Cinammon Cooney (theartsherpa), Clive Powell (clive5art), Sigrid Soto (secretsoto) and Ginger Cook (gingercooklive) for getting the group started.  This should be a fun collaboration and a supportive group.  I hope you visit the Facebook page to connect with the content creators participating.

My entry is a series of three videos on how to make a polymer clay tassel pendant.  I’ll show you how to create the pendant, make the tassel and do finishing work so you have a wearable work of art.  I hope you enjoy my entry and use the #lovesummerart (same hash tag on Facebook) to see of all of the unique and interesting videos showcased by these talented artists.   See below the videos for the tools and materials list.

Here are the tools and materials for my project.

Tools

Drill or needle tool

Craft knife

Clay blade

Oven

Pasta machine or roller

Texture plate

Scissors

Old credit card, hotel card key or several pieces of card stock

Double sided tape

Jewelry pliers - Round and flat nose

Materials

Polymer clay – navy (cobalt + black)

Thread for tassel – Artiste nylon thread #2, crochet thread or other

Pen barrel (optional), you could make your own from polymer clay

Viva Décor Inka Gold or pearlescent powder

Wire – 20 ga

Jump ring 6mm

Necklace finding – can be rope or chain

Bead cap (optional)

White glue or Fray Check (optional) - the thread will fray or unravel with wear, use one of these to stop the fray unless you like the look, apply a little bit to the end of each cord, separate and let dry