This beads in this bracelet are hollow, so they’re lightweight and comfortable to wear. I just love the silver painted designs, so easy to do with silk screening.

In this video I teach several different techniques that build on each other to make this bracelet:

• making subtle blended stripes using clay from your scrap bin
• silk screening on clay
• creating domes with a hollow bead maker form
• putting together pairs of domes to make beads
• stringing them all together into a bracelet

Right after finishing this project I watch a video by Helen Breil in which she gives ideas for ways you can enhance your silk screened designs even further.  Not only is she a wonderful polymer clay designer with a classy sense of style, but she has designed several silk screens. I may have to get some!

Tools & Materials:

• scraps of polymer clay, total of 1 oz. or so
• Acrylic Clay Roller
• Pasta Machine
• Sculpey Clay Silk Screen Kit
• Hollow Bead Maker
• round cutter sets such as Makins and Sculpey
• heat embossing tool
• 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper
• super glue
• linoleum cutter
• stamped bead caps
• nylon jaw pliers
• accent beads
• jewelry elastic

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

Watch the Arabesque Bracelet-Polymer Clay Video Tutorial at YouTube.

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