And I'll let you know how it goes!

A…xxx

If you make a molds you could try making one for the outside and one for the inside. bake them and then make your piece from new raw clay. To keep the pyramid from distorting you could bake it in the mold but you would definitely need to use lots of cornstarch between the mold and the raw clay so it will come off the mold later.

Alternatively, you could make triangles from sheets of clay and glue them together into pyramids after they were baked, which I think may be a lot easier. You'll have to play around with it a bit.

Let me know what you come up with. I'd love to hear!

I have a plastic set that I could use to create moulds from, but my problem is how to stop the raw clay pieces from getting distorted before/during baking.

Any ideas?

Thanks! Anna…xxx

I checked out Tina's blog and she has some excellent info there. She also makes some really beautiful purple urchin beads with hollow backs that are worth checking out! I like her use of chalk for antiquing and will have to give that a try.

As luck would have it, I ended up winning one of Heather's Urchin beads in a comment contest at Art Bead Scene.

The back of the bead is actually flat, so it was made in a one part mold not a two part like I thought. Also the antiquing was done with oil paint and not Acrylic.

The surface is fairly smooth rather than bumpy and is quite a bit smaller than I expected, though if I would have looked at the measurements I would have known better. The bead looks very textured so I think it was possibly sanded after coating with paint to show the texture that was hidden by paint.

It is a neat looking bead with the signature Humblebead 'natural' look and will be fun to make some wonderful jewelry with!

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