I love paint! And I'm fascinated by the art of fluid acrylic pouring. This free form art allows the artist to focus on color and interesting textures and techniques. I've done a number of acrylic pouring paintings in the past and am getting back to it now. I happened on these 45 records at the thrift store. Finding these 45s brought me right back to my teenage years and was a thrill in and of itself (although in honesty, none of the 45s I found would be considered cool then or now). LOL They're a great size, though,at 7 inches.
I have some plans for these to incorporate polymer clay sculptural elements in the center. Hope I can turn what's in my head into great art.
Hi All, hope you enjoy trying out new techniques. This is a 2 part tutorial. In Part 1, you'll learn to use fluid acrylic paint and ink to create a polymer clay veneer to use in making this summery pendant. The DecoArt Media fluid acrylic I used is so luscious. In Part 2 you'll learn to make the beaded knotted necklace for a great look. Thanks for joining me in my studio to learn polymer clay and jewelry making techniques. Hope you enjoy.
Pasta Machine
Oven
Clay Blade
Jewelry Pliers - round nose and chain nose
Wire Cutter
Craft Knife
Jewelry Shape Templates - either Cool Tools or make your own with card stock or plastic
Texture Sheet
Straw - cocktail size
Knitting Needle or other needle tool if needed to help with knotting
Hand Drill - size to match bail
Baking Form - 3" glass vase
Materials
Clay - Sculpey Premo! - Bright Green Pearl and Peacock Pearl
Paint - DecoArt Media in Cadmium Orange Hue and Cobalt Teal Hue
Liquitex Ink - Gold
Krylon Pen - 18K Gold or other pen to add striping
Stringing Material - I used cotton cording; 9 ea 24" strands
Pinch Bail - 1 ea
Jump Rings - 2 ea, 6mm and 1ea 9mm, or size to fit
End Cap - 2 ea 4mm, or size to fit cords
Wire - 22 gauge, 2ea 4" pieces
Hypo Cement or other glue for necklace ends
Beads - 28 ea 6mm or size of your choice to match stringing material and clay; I used 3 colors of acrylic beads; Color A (Blue) 12 ea; Color B (Green) 8 ea; Color C (Orange) 8 ea
Genesis Medium Thick Extender or Liquid Clay
Varnish - Varathane water based varnish
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I love paint! And I'm fascinated by the art of fluid acrylic pouring. This free form art allows the artist to focus on color and interesting textures and techniques. I've done a number of acrylic pouring paintings in the past and am getting back to it now. I happened on these 45 records at the thrift store. Finding these 45s brought me right back to my teenage years and was a thrill in and of itself (although in honesty, none of the 45s I found would be considered cool then or now). LOL They're a great size, though,at 7 inches.
