I’ve seen a lot of these pendants lately with some combination of a bird, branch, nest and heart and decided it was time to make one myself.
All of these pieces are fairly simple to sculpt so even if you’ve never used polymer clay before I hope you’ll give it a try! Put all the simple components together and I think they make a fun and unique pendant. Here’s the link if you would like to use my heart template.
In this week’s video I show you how to make the bird and the branch. Next week we’ll create the steampunk heart and put it all together.
Tools & Materials:
- clay for the birds, I used a combination of Sculpey Souffle-Pistachio
and Robin’s Egg
- scraps of brown clay for the branch
- a wire nest with polymer clay eggs
- silver clay for the heart
- a few tiny Steampunk Watch Parts
- eye pin
- jump ring
- necklace chain
- orange wood stick (also known as cuticle stick)
- brown acrylic paint
- 1/8 inch ball tool (such as the one in this set: Sculpey Style and Detail Tools
- pasta machine or Acrylic Clay Roller
- Clay Blade
- sculpting tool such as Can’t Live Without It tool
Make sure you put together your wire nest first, see my Springtime Nest video tutorial for how to.
Enjoy the video and happy creating!
Watch the Bird, Branch & Steampunk Heart Pendant Part 1-Polymer Clay Tutorial at YouTube.
Oh, that is the sweetest thing ever. I’m really into steampunk right now, btw.
Steampunk is definitely a lot of fun!