March 22, 2008
How To Make Pendants Out Of Polymer Clay - A Quick Tip
Vid #33: Giving Your Polymer Clay Pendants A Professional Looking Beveled Edge:
Sometimes the simplest of tips can be very handy. For example, an easy way to create a professional looking beveled edge around your polymer clay pendant, is to use plastic wrap and a cookie cutter.
After conditioning your clay and rolling it out flat, cover the clay sheet with the plastic or saran wrap. Then use a cookie cutter to punch out your pendant shape… pushing down through the plastic wrap and then right through the clay as well. Be careful though, not to cut the plastic with the edge of the cookie cutter.
With this technique, you will end up with a very even bevel around the outer edge of your pendant jewelry piece. Quick. Easy. Simple.
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The full version of the "Beveled Edges On Flat Pendants" preview video shown above, is included in my Polymer Clay Bead Making Fundamentals Course [SEE Video #29 of 39]. The beveled edge, pendant making technique shown in this video is just one of many instructional tips you will learn in this comprehensive course.
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After making your beveled edge pendant, you will want to bake it so that it stays flat. Here's how: Tips for Baking Flat Sheets of Clay (video link will be posted soon)
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Cindy, You have no idea how useful this tip is to me! I have been using my dremel with a coarse sanding tip to bevel each and every one of my pendants! What a waste of my time, when all I had to do was break out the Saran Wrap! Thank you so much for being there!
Donna
Thank you Donna! Yeah I know, this is probably the only thing that isn't easier to do with your Dremel!
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Cindy,
For Valentine's Day, my husband decided to take me shopping (early) for all the polymer clay supplies my little heart desired. I've been designing jewelry with vintage pieces coupled with new beads…and I stumbled upon the idea for creating my own beads last week.
Been reading all I can find on the process, and came upon your site this evening. My head is pleasantly spinning! I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight!
Your work is amazing, Cindy, but even more amazing is your willingness to teach. Your site is better than chocolate.
And I really, REALLY like chocolate.
You are so wonderful to say that Seedplanter! To be compared to chocolate is my dream come true!
Hope you enjoy the journey of making polymer clay beads. It's a fun one!
If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to ask!
PS. Visited your blog today… it's great! I'll be back there often!
Cindy, thank you for adding yourself as a follower of Blogspired. It was fun to see your picture appear there!
I have an Amazon Kindle and when I can't sleep, I turn it on and browse your polymer clay blog via Bloglines, where I've added it to my list of blogs. My husband knows so much about polymer clay now, because I'm constantly relaying what I've learned. :D
I made my very first set of beads over the weekend, from a cane. Oh. My. Gosh. How do you spell "addicted"? I used three layers: black/white/silver. I'm in the process of making a bracelet. You have inspired me to really dive into this. Wow. It's a creative blast!
Your beads sound great! So good to see you are getting addicted… it's fun isn't it!
Those Kindles seem cool. Would be fun to browse blogs in bed, though that would mean I would never be off the computer. I like the idea of reading books on them. They look like a great way to have lots of books in one tiny package.
Thanks for your comments!
I just bought the AMACO beveled edge cutters to make pendants, but they don't looke beveled what am I doing wrong?
Hi Carmn! I don't actually use those bevel cutters since I usually just use a regular cutter with plastic wrap to get a beveled edge.
My guess is the sheet of clay you are trying to cut is either too thin or too thick to work with those particular cutters. Experiment with the thickness and see if that works for you.
Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of that I think I am make my clay too thin. How do you use plastic wrap to make your beveled edges?
Actually Carmn it is in the post I gave you the link to. Just lick the Beveled Edges link by my name to read about it.