I’ve always been a fan of these half and half style bracelets. Perhaps it’s because you can cram so much into one small piece of jewelry: multiple strands of beads, interesting and artistic focals, and even a fancy hand forged clasp.
In today’s video I will show you how to make the faux ceramic bead and the textured round bead. If you are intrigued by the faux ceramic look it may be worth your while to do some experimenting with other liquid polymers and other coloring media such as oil paints.
In this video I don’t show you how to make the swirly lentil bead, because that’s truly a project in and of itself. But here are a few tutorials, some basic and some quite detailed, that show you how you can make your own. If you don’t want to bother just find a lovely purchased bead or one from your stash.
- Peppermint swirl charm video tutorial
- Tips for Rolling Perfect Swirly Lentil Beads at the Polymer Clay Tutor
- Gradients Swirly Lentils at CraftArtEdu.com
In next week’s video I will show you how to make the decorative copper hook clasp and how to string it all together.
Tools and Materials:
- White or light colored polymer clay for faux ceramic bead
- Polymer clay for textured bead
- Pasta machine or acrylic roller
- Clay blade
- Shape cutters
- Texture sheets (You can find the Indian Flowers stamps at Aniko’s Etsy Shop)
- Liquid polymer clay
- Alcohol inks, chalk pastels or mica powders
- Heat embossing tool
- Doll needle
- Tools for texturing such as these Scalp Massage Brushes
- Gilders paste
Enjoy the video and happy creating!
Watch the Faux Ceramic Bead Bracelet Part 1-Polymer Clay Jewelry Tutorial video at YouTube.
Your pieces just get better and better. The colors and design here are amazing.
How nice of you to say so, thank you!