{"id":10138,"date":"2010-06-07T03:31:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T10:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2010-06-30T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T23:46:11","slug":"amaco-bead-roller-bracelets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/amaco-bead-roller-bracelets\/10138\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Needs Your Help… Amaco Bead Roller Bracelets [Spotlight]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tri-Bead <\/span>“My only
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\nthe PearlEx powder is
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<\/span>These “Spot”<\/em> features are for you guys to display your accomplishments, share stories of inspiration and even ask for assistance with challenges that you may be experiencing. The projects are based on techniques learned from articles here at the blog, as well as from tutorials at the Polymer Clay Video Library<\/a>. My hope is for these “Show and Tell”<\/em> features to help everyone get to know each other a bit better, thanks to this wonderfully artistic medium of polymer clay. And…<\/strong><\/em> by participating, you can win some beads<\/a> too!
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Hi Cindy,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve attached some of my newest projects – 4\u00a0 bracelets. I made the beads using the Amaco tri-bead roller<\/a>. The grey bead bracelet is one of my favorites. I wanted them to resemble grey pearls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I made over 80 beads so that I could make a necklace and bracelet. I used white clay and then I dipped the beads into a baggie with PearlEx silver powder. After they baked I used “Diamond Glaze” to finish them off.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My only problem is that the PearlEx powder is coming off some of my beads even with the glaze on them. I needed to use a bead reamer on a few and it chipped the grey right off the area where the bead holes were. Any suggestions?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Would adding the powder to the treated clay and then blending the clay and powder together be a better method? Out of the over 80 beads I’ve made, at least half of them are chipped, or the grey powder is rubbed off. Also, is there any way I can salvage them?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for all your much appreciated help.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

~Mary-G<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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If you are interested in sharing pictures of your polymer clay projects with the community, please follow these 2 simple steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) <\/strong><\/span>Email several of your photos to me as attachments. My email address is shown in the “From” line of the weekly Polymer Clay Newsletter<\/a> that gets sent out each and every Friday morning.
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2) <\/strong><\/span>Include a description and\/or story about your pieces, being sure to reference the tutorial(s) or blog article(s) that provided at least some level of inspiration for your work.
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Don’t be shy. Everyone is VERY<\/strong><\/em> friendly here.
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In the comment section below, please do compliment each other; Offer encouragement; Ask questions about the techniques used; And in general… be social. This is your community! It’s up to you to make it a fun and supportive place to hang out. All of you are amazing and it’s wonderful to have everyone here!<\/span><\/p>\n

With clay, you have so much… creative freedom to pick up on colors and shapes and experiment with them. You don’t have to reproduce things exactly how you see them. And sometimes there are exciting results to those experiments! <\/span>~Linda-K<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One would think anything would work with pearl \/ silver \/ white \/ black, but you would be surprised at how many of my colour combinations that seemed logical have ended up looking like mud or baby poo! <\/span><\/span>~Suzanne-C<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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