Comments on: Polymer Clay Tutorial | How To Make Faux Turquoise Beads

By: Frans S

Frans S — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:12:08 +0000

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By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Jewelry

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Jewelry — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:50:46 +0000

NEW PHOTOS JUST ADDED: Hello to Everyone, Some new Spotlight project pictures that relate to the topic of this page (Faux Turquoise Beads), have just been added in another post. They were submitted by Carole Holt. The link by my name will take you to where you can see them, along with a bit of a write up. Hopefully they will inspire you to achieve great things with your own polymer clay projects.

By: Cindy Lietz@Turquoise Polymer Clay

Cindy Lietz@Turquoise Polymer Clay — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:46:30 +0000

NEW PHOTOS JUST ADDED: Hello to Everyone, Some new Spotlight project pictures that relate to the topic of this page (Turquoise Polymer Clay Beads), have just been added in another post. They were submitted by Catalina. The link by my name will take you to where you can see them, along with a bit of a write up. Hopefully they will inspire you to achieve great things with your own polymer clay projects.

By: Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Beads

Cindy Lietz@Making Polymer Clay Beads — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:16:34 +0000

Carolyn, I wouldn’t use a blender. I just don’t think it is going to work that well. You’re better off keeping your eye out for a cheap or used food processor you can use for the technique.

In the meantime, you can do this by hand. Just put your clay on your cutting board and keep chopping it with your blade until you have the ‘crumbles’ that you need. It is much more work and the pieces are more angular this way, but it does work.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:09:35 +0000

I do not have a food processor but I do have a blender. Do you think that would work? I wouldn’t want to give it up as a blender unless you thought it would work, since I know that once something is used for PC it can’t be used for food.

By: Cindy Lietz@Faux Bone, Faux Ivory

Cindy Lietz@Faux Bone, Faux Ivory — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:23:25 +0000

Thank you Debi! That is so sweet. Here on the West Coast of Canada, we call Paua Shell… Abalone Shell. The faux abalone technique is a wonderful one. I could add it to the list if there is enough interest.

Thank you too Peggy! I love how helpful you have become on this blog. Always responding to others when I can’t get there right away. You are becoming a ‘Tutor Sidekick’! Keep it up and have a fabulous holiday! :-)

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:26:44 +0000

I am pretty sure your spelling is correct Debi. I also have seen pictures but never tried it. The technique reminds me a little of mokume gane. The finished results I have seen are beautiful. I would love to see you do a video on this Cindy.

By: Debi S

Debi S — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:10:26 +0000

I learn from anything you show us Cindy! Like CindyE says….nothing beats the videos because we can pause, rewind etc., etc. I am one of those visual people that learn much more from seeing it done! Anyone who works with polymer clay will benefit from this community.

I for one would really appreciate seeing how to do paua shell (sp?) I have seen it in a couple of books, and have tried to do it. I end up with scrap clay! Seeing it done I’m sure will help me.
Thanks!

By: Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy » Is that really made of polymer clay?

Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy » Is that really made of polymer clay? — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:12:46 +0000

[...] The PCAGOE April challenge theme is “faux.” So how about some inspiration? How can we cleverly disguise our polymer clay as another medium? Here are some tutorials from around the web… Turquoise [...]

By: Cindy Lietz@Flower Petal Beads

Cindy Lietz@Flower Petal Beads — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:12:33 +0000

On those types of beads with the large inclusions you can add a super thin sheet of translucent clay to trap the pieces in. If you add on a layer like that, you won’t have to worry about sanding the pieces off either since you have a bit of a buffer.

This tip also works when you’re making flower petal beads.

Hope that helps Maria! Thank you for your comment!