Earrings with Sculpey® Polymer Clay and Electro-Coated Fishhook Earwires
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Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Jump ring, anodized aluminum, black, 5mm round, 3.4mm inside diameter, 20 gauge
- Resin, EnviroTex Lite®, 2-part resin, clear, (02008)
- Liquid polymer clay, opaque black Liquid Sculpey®
- Polymer clay Sculpey® PREMO metallic rose gold
- Ear wire, electro-coated brass, black, 19mm fishhook with 3mm ball and 4mm coil with open loop, 21 gauge
- Clay cutter, Kemper®, tin, 26x20mm-52x40mm assorted leaf with built-in pop-out tool
Instructions
Step 1
Using an acrylic roller, roll 1/8 of a bar of metallic rose gold Sculpey® PREMO polymer clay to about 1/8 of an inch thick.
Using a Kemper® clay leaf cutter, cut two leaf shapes out of the clay.
With a mold, create patterned grooves into the clay leaf shapes.
Step 2
Using a toothpick, apply opaque black Liquid Sculpey® liquid polymer clay to the grooves in the clay leaf shapes. Then with a new toothpick, pierce a hole in the center of the top of each clay leaf shape.
Bake in the oven at 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 degrees Celsius) for 20 minutes.
Step 3
After the clay leaf shapes have cooled, apply clear 2-part epoxy resin. Let it cure for 24 hours.
Step 4
Attach a black 5mm 20-gauge round jump ring to the hole of the first clay leaf shape. Then attach a black electro-coated fishhook ear wire to the jump ring.
Repeat for the second earring.
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