Comments on: Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Canes for Pendant and Bead Jewelry Making http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/ "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: Cindy Lietz@Crackled Gold Leaf Polymer Clay Tutorial http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9572 Cindy Lietz@Crackled Gold Leaf Polymer Clay Tutorial Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:32:45 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9572 That's great Bette! Let me know how it goes for you. That’s great Bette! Let me know how it goes for you.

]]> By: Bette Lorman http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9510 Bette Lorman Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:49:14 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9510 The artists name of the bead I was researching is misspelled. Her name is Kerstin Rupprecht. You can find her with a Google search using her name. The picture of the bead is under Pendants and is in the 3rd row, 4th picture. A gold layered bead. She also has another great bead on her site using an Ikat cane to make an iris (eye) bead. There is a tutorial on making this cane. Cindy, thanks for the information. I am going to try this bead using mokume gane and a credit card or something to make hills and valleys, then make it into a square log, then slice and place on a bead base. Let's hope it works and looks similar to the intended bead. Thanks again, B. The artists name of the bead I was researching is misspelled. Her name is Kerstin Rupprecht. You can find her with a Google search using her name. The picture of the bead is under Pendants and is in the 3rd row, 4th picture. A gold layered bead.
She also has another great bead on her site using an Ikat cane to make an iris (eye) bead. There is a tutorial on making this cane.
Cindy, thanks for the information. I am going to try this bead using mokume gane and a credit card or something to make hills and valleys, then make it into a square log, then slice and place on a bead base. Let’s hope it works and looks similar to the intended bead. Thanks again, B.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Mokume Gane Tutorial Video http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9487 Cindy Lietz@Mokume Gane Tutorial Video Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:01:52 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9487 Bette, Thanks for your question. I'm glad you are enjoying and learning lots from the site. It looks to me the bead you are trying to make is a cross between mokume gane and mica shift techniques. It looks like the artist either did a Skinner Blend of gold and copper or stacked layers of gold, pearl and copper clay. Then it looks like she either rolled it up or pressed circular items into the stack and then took slices of that. Very pretty bead indeed! You'll have to experiment with some of the metallic clays and see if you can get some similar results. Bette,

Thanks for your question. I’m glad you are enjoying and learning lots from the site.

It looks to me the bead you are trying to make is a cross between mokume gane and mica shift techniques. It looks like the artist either did a Skinner Blend of gold and copper or stacked layers of gold, pearl and copper clay. Then it looks like she either rolled it up or pressed circular items into the stack and then took slices of that. Very pretty bead indeed! You’ll have to experiment with some of the metallic clays and see if you can get some similar results.

]]> By: Bette Lorman http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9486 Bette Lorman Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:57:56 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-9486 I have been looking for directions on making a particular bead. If you go to Kerstin Ruprecht's website, the bead is under pendants and is labeled Anhanger04. I have seen this bead at bead shows. I have tried several times and used the Damascus ladder, Feather cane, and layering colors and impressing with a card to make wavy swirls. I always seem to come out with a wide band from the edge color in a bead when I roll it. I have also tried slicing thin slices from the cane and putting them on an already formed bead, both baked and unbaked. I am using translucent mixed with 3 or 4 colors stacked in 4-6 layers. I tried twisting, scrunching in an "s" type curve etc. Help, I would love to make this bead but I need a little help. Thanks, Bette. P.S. I love your site and have learned many thing from it. I have been looking for directions on making a particular bead. If you go to Kerstin Ruprecht’s website, the bead is under pendants and is labeled Anhanger04. I have seen this bead at bead shows. I have tried several times and used the Damascus ladder, Feather cane, and layering colors and impressing with a card to make wavy swirls. I always seem to come out with a wide band from the edge color in a bead when I roll it. I have also tried slicing thin slices from the cane and putting them on an already formed bead, both baked and unbaked. I am using translucent mixed with 3 or 4 colors stacked in 4-6 layers. I tried twisting, scrunching in an “s” type curve etc. Help, I would love to make this bead but I need a little help. Thanks, Bette.

P.S. I love your site and have learned many thing from it.

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Beads the Right Way http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1932 Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Beads the Right Way Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:35:25 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1932 <p>Yeah I bet a traditional metalsmith would 'turn up their nose' to their fancy technique done in polymer clay! But you're right Cat, there are just so many gorgeous variations to our version that it is 'un-artist like' to call it inferior! Different maybe, easier probably, inferior definitely not!</p> <p><em>Cindy's last post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/jewellery-making-beads-blue-gingham-polymer-clay-cane-designs/160/" rel="nofollow">Jewellery Making Beads Using Blue Gingham Polymer Clay Cane Designs</a></em></p> Yeah I bet a traditional metalsmith would ‘turn up their nose’ to their fancy technique done in polymer clay! But you’re right Cat, there are just so many gorgeous variations to our version that it is ‘un-artist like’ to call it inferior! Different maybe, easier probably, inferior definitely not!

Cindy’s last post..Jewellery Making Beads Using Blue Gingham Polymer Clay Cane Designs

]]> By: Charlene ("Cat") Therien http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1922 Charlene ("Cat") Therien Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:33:29 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1922 <p>It's funny - once I'd visited a blog by a jeweler. He was talking about polymer clay artists who mimic his work in doing mokume gane. He thought the work was inferior. Which intrigued me. Okay, so I went to look at his gallery. You know what? I think our mokume gane, with it's rich variety of color, was nicer than his work. He did a fine job, don't get me wrong. But I think polymer clay mokume gane offers a wider variety of opportunity and in my opinion, not nearly close to inferior. </p> <p>Cat </p> It’s funny – once I’d visited a blog by a jeweler. He was talking about polymer clay artists who mimic his work in doing mokume gane. He thought the work was inferior. Which intrigued me. Okay, so I went to look at his gallery. You know what? I think our mokume gane, with it’s rich variety of color, was nicer than his work. He did a fine job, don’t get me wrong. But I think polymer clay mokume gane offers a wider variety of opportunity and in my opinion, not nearly close to inferior.

Cat

]]> By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Bead Making Classes http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1914 Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Bead Making Classes Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:39 +0000 http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-canes-pendant-bead-jewelry-making/158/#comment-1914 <p>Did you know that Mokume Gane is an ancient Japanese metalwork technique used in the making of Samari Swords? The name loosly translates into "wood grain metal" after the ring shapes that are formed on the surface of the metal.</p> <p><em>Cindy Lietz's last blog post..<a href="http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/making-beads-polymer-clay-cane-cool-jewelry-projects/159/" rel="nofollow">Making Beads with a Mod Polymer Clay Cane</a></em></p> Did you know that Mokume Gane is an ancient Japanese metalwork technique used in the making of Samari Swords? The name loosly translates into "wood grain metal" after the ring shapes that are formed on the surface of the metal.

Cindy Lietz’s last blog post..Making Beads with a Mod Polymer Clay Cane

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