Make Pendant Spoon Jewelry using Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Techniques

How to make polymer clay jewelry pendants that get lots of compliments:

Sometimes it's the jewellery pieces that are easiest to make, which get you the most compliments! This is definitely the case with my pretty silver spoon pendant shown in the photo. Whenever I wear it, people are always ooing and awing.

This simple pendant was made using a polymer clay technique called Mokume Gane. The decorative silver bail was made from the cut-off handle of the spoon left over from another pendant jewelry making project shown here: How To make Polymer Clay Pendants

Polymer clay Mokume Gane is a process fashioned after an ancient Japanese metal smithing technique. Much easier to do in polymer clay, mokume gane canes are created by layering thin sheets of various colors of Fimo, Premo or Sculpey. Then you make impressions in the block of clay before taking thins slices to add to your pendants and beads.

Many of you have seen the video I posted in my newsletter which demonstrates how to create a red version of this mokume gane technique which also incorporates metal leaf.

In contrast, the turquoise mokume gani spoon jewelry shown in the photo above, was made with blue and white Premo clays, layered with pearl Premo instead of metal leafing.

In this turquoise polymer clay mokume gane project I used a hair comb pressed into the clay instead of the pen lids demonstrated in the video for the red version. This left much tinier circles in the pattern which was a cool look.

By choosing a different color combination and texture style, it changed the whole look of the technique. This flexibility is one of the reason I like using mokume gane so much in my jewelry making projects.

However, I think the main thing that attracts people's attention with this polymer clay pendant, is the use of a silver spoon handle for the bail. As I said earlier, the handle was left over from another pendant project and was lying around just begging to be used for something creative.

So what do you think… Would you like to learn how to make pendant spoon jewelry using polymer clay mokume gane techniques? I could make some tutorial videos or a course if there is enough interest. Let me know.