Here's a Valentine's Day swirl pendant with a "Be Mine" sentiment and red hearts. I'm going to be doing a series of these holiday swirl pendants so stay tuned for more! Hope you enjoy this video tutorial. Leave me a comment, subscribe and let me know how you enjoyed this video. Tools and materials lists follow the video.
Tools
Pasta machine
Oven
Extruder (Optional)
Extruder die - 19 hole
Alpha stamping set
Cutter - 3/16" heart
Paintbrush - stiff
Needle tool or hand drill
Clay blade
Craft knife
Materials
Polymer clay - Premo! - small amounts of white, red and pink blend
Acrylic paint - red
Sandpaper - wet/dry 400 grit
Varnish - recommend Varathane or comparable
Jewelry findings - pinch bail or jump ring, necklace finding
This week's winter snow storm in Colorado inspired this polymer clay pendant project. Join me in my studio as we make a swirl bead and add snowflake embellishments.
I used extruded clay strands applied to a clay base to make my swirl beads. This simple technique is great alternative to using cane slices for those of us who don’t make many canes. Upcoming projects will use this basic technique for more swirl effects. Hope you enjoy this. If you enjoy the video, subscribe to my YouTube channel, give me a thumbs up or leave a comment. I’d love to hear from you. Below the video are the tools and materials used in the project.
Tools
Extruder
19 hole die
Clay blade
Needle tool
Acrylic or glass block
Jewelry pliers
Materials
Polymer Clay – white and 2 shades of blue
Pearlescent powder – silver
Jump ring
Sandpaper – wet/dry 400 grit
Sealer – Varathane or other
P.S. I’m always trying to improve my videos. I use Adobe Premier Pro Creative Cloud software to edit my videos and with this one I wanted to keep close to the 5 minute mark. It’s always a learning process and fun. Stuff I learned while making this video:
