How to Create a Christi Friesen Wig Wag Design

Presented by Christi Friesen, Award-Winning Artist, Author and Educator,
Instructions by Andrew, Content Development Group, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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In this super-short and super-fun jewelry-making tutorial, polymer clay expert Christi Friesen shows how to make a clay wig wag, a roll of clay with wavy stripes to use in all sorts of jewelry projects.

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STEP 1
Starting with layers of striped polymer clay rolled into a snake, twist one end (approximately the width of a finger) 1 - 2 times around.
STEP 2
While holding the previous twisted length, twist a new length of the striped snake 1 - 2 times around in the opposite direction.
STEP 3
Repeat Step 2 until the entire length of striped clay has opposite twists throughout.
STEP 4
Place the clay on a surface then roll the clay back into a snake shape.

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