Comments on: Make Pendant Spoon Jewelry using Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Techniques http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/ "Make What You Love... Love What You Make!" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phaedrakat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-36151 Phaedrakat Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:40:51 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-36151 Wow, that is a gorgeous Mokume Gane pendant. Thank goodness Cindy has made a video tutorial on how to make <a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/polymer-clay-tutorial-silver-spoon-bails-jewelry-video/9055/">Silver Spoon Bails</a> for Jewelry [VIDEO]. It can be modified for the knife that's used in this pendant. The link will take you to a video preview of the tutorial, as well as comments and feedback on it from members. There are discussions about where to find spoons/cutlery, how to bend them, and some beautiful examples, as well. Check it out, if you haven't already. And have fun! Wow, that is a gorgeous Mokume Gane pendant. Thank goodness Cindy has made a video tutorial on how to make Silver Spoon Bails for Jewelry [VIDEO].

It can be modified for the knife that’s used in this pendant. The link will take you to a video preview of the tutorial, as well as comments and feedback on it from members. There are discussions about where to find spoons/cutlery, how to bend them, and some beautiful examples, as well. Check it out, if you haven’t already. And have fun!

]]> By: Phaedrakat http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-30672 Phaedrakat Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:49:16 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-30672 Yes! The tut is finally coming in March! Yay! Yes! The tut is finally coming in March! Yay!

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Teardrop Method - Quickest Skinner Blend Ever! http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-11031 Cindy Lietz@Teardrop Method - Quickest Skinner Blend Ever! Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:30:06 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-11031 I will Suzanna as soon as I can. If only there were more hours in the day! I will Suzanna as soon as I can. If only there were more hours in the day!

]]> By: Suzanna McMahan http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-10982 Suzanna McMahan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:42:53 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-10982 I have a lot of old cutlery that I want to turn into jewelry. This would definitely help me put away the spoons! Please teach! Thanks sweetie! I have a lot of old cutlery that I want to turn into jewelry. This would definitely help me put away the spoons! Please teach! Thanks sweetie!

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Making Silverware Jewelry http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-9282 Cindy Lietz@Making Silverware Jewelry Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-9282 You're right June. Some of the old silverware has a weird chalky base metal core that snaps easily if bent to quickly or too far. I'm thinking they would probably bend if they were warmed up a bit with a torch, though I haven't tried it yet. Filing them smooth and drilling them is a good solution for when they do break however. A large jump ring makes the perfect finding for connecting it to a chain as well! Thank you for your comment! You’re right June. Some of the old silverware has a weird chalky base metal core that snaps easily if bent to quickly or too far. I’m thinking they would probably bend if they were warmed up a bit with a torch, though I haven’t tried it yet.

Filing them smooth and drilling them is a good solution for when they do break however. A large jump ring makes the perfect finding for connecting it to a chain as well! Thank you for your comment!

]]> By: june Frederick http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-9276 june Frederick Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:52:13 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-9276 like the silver spoons i find certain types of spoons will break the only way to salvage them is to drill a hole in what's left of the handle and put an silver o ring in it then you can hang it on a chain. If some are hard to bend they can be put in a vise and bent. like the silver spoons i find certain types of spoons will break the only way to
salvage them is to drill a hole in what’s left of the handle and put an silver o ring
in it then you can hang it on a chain. If some are hard to bend they can be put in a vise and bent.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@How To Make Polymer Clay Pendants http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-5788 Cindy Lietz@How To Make Polymer Clay Pendants Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:44:08 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-5788 Thank you Anna... I have been considering doing that! I'll let everyone know when I do by posting an announcement on this blog. If you click the link by my name you can see another pendant made with the bowl of a spoon. Thanks for leaving a comment! Thank you Anna… I have been considering doing that! I’ll let everyone know when I do by posting an announcement on this blog. If you click the link by my name you can see another pendant made with the bowl of a spoon.

Thanks for leaving a comment!

]]> By: Anna W. http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-5601 Anna W. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:58:13 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-5601 Your pendant with the silver spoon handle is so pretty. I'd definitely be interested in learning how to do it. :) Your pendant with the silver spoon handle is so pretty. I’d definitely be interested in learning how to do it. :)

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Bead Basics in Polymer Clay http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-2385 Cindy Lietz@Bead Basics in Polymer Clay Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:47:39 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-2385 <p>@MJ: Thank you very much! I'm thinking about it!</p> <p>@Marianne: Look for the solid silver or silver plate. Stainless steel is way to stiff to bend and doesn't have that rich look that silver does.</p> <p>@Kimberlee: There are quite a few steps to making these spoon pendants, so I will likely have to make a full course <i>(coming soon... :-). </i>Cheap stainless spoons don't look very good in my opinion and they're hard to bend unless they are really thin. I do suppose you could alter them somehow if you had a bunch.</p> <p><em>Cindy's last post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/fimo-clay-premo-sculpey-cane-making-sculpting/180/" rel="nofollow">Fimo Clay, Premo, Sculpey - Which is Best for Cane Making + Sculpting</a></em></p> @MJ: Thank you very much! I’m thinking about it!

@Marianne: Look for the solid silver or silver plate. Stainless steel is way to stiff to bend and doesn’t have that rich look that silver does.

@Kimberlee: There are quite a few steps to making these spoon pendants, so I will likely have to make a full course (coming soon… :-). Cheap stainless spoons don’t look very good in my opinion and they’re hard to bend unless they are really thin. I do suppose you could alter them somehow if you had a bunch.

Cindy’s last post..Fimo Clay, Premo, Sculpey – Which is Best for Cane Making + Sculpting

]]> By: Kimberlee http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-2380 Kimberlee Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:11:46 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/make-pendant-spoon-jewelry-polymer-clay-mokume-gane-techniques/179/#comment-2380 Cindy, I think these are beautiful! I would really like to know how you work with the spoon -- cutting it, sanding it, bending it for use as a bail, etcetera. I remember the post where you use the spoon bowl to hold clay and be the bail. I'm wondering if cheap spoons would work well for this if they were sanded and polished somehow. How do you finish yours? I'd love to see a short video on "spooning"! Cindy, I think these are beautiful! I would really like to know how you work with the spoon — cutting it, sanding it, bending it for use as a bail, etcetera. I remember the post where you use the spoon bowl to hold clay and be the bail. I’m wondering if cheap spoons would work well for this if they were sanded and polished somehow. How do you finish yours? I’d love to see a short video on “spooning”!

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