{"id":13813,"date":"2011-08-18T03:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T10:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=13813"},"modified":"2013-08-15T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T21:44:30","slug":"wire-riveting-introduction-polymer-clay-tutorial-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wire-riveting-introduction-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13813\/","title":{"rendered":"Wire Riveting Introduction | Polymer Clay Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wire-riveting-introduction-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13813\/#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0px;\" alt=\"Wire Riveting Intro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2011-08\/18-wire-riveting-intro-90217-039-3.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Vid #217:<\/span> <\/strong><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to know if you&#8217;d do a tutorial on how to use rivets for cold connections in polymer clay.&#8221;<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> ~Anne-R<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With the trend toward mixed media jewelry being so <em>Hot, Hot, Hot<\/em>&#8230; it&#8217;s about time that I demonstrate how to add cold connection rivets to your polymer clay projects. It&#8217;s an easy and fun industrial looking technique, that can be done with any kind of wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Besides, several of you have been asking for this&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Will we be seeing a video on riveting soon, I hope?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong> ~Becky-C<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I also like the look of the rivets with polymer clay beads. I have looked everywhere I can think of on how to do rivets in pc, but can&#8217;t find anything. Sure would like to know how its done.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong> ~Jay-W<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Please add me to the list of those requesting a future video on riveting.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong> ~Jocelyn-C<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Thank you for your informative videos. They are so easy to follow, and you are speaking so clearly that I almost forgett it isn&#8217;t my language! I&#8217;m &#8211; like many others in this forum &#8211; looking forwards to the Fridays and I would love to learn how to riveting too. From Norway, an entusiastic supporter. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong> ~Synnove-O<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So&#8230; coming up tomorrow (Friday August 19th 2011) in the Vol-039-3 members video at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a>, I&#8217;ll introduce you all to how to make your own stunning mixed media jewelry pieces using the Wire Riveting Technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>************************************************************************<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Please Note:<\/strong><\/span> A general prerequisite for all of my weekly tutorials is that you have a good understanding of the polymer clay basics, including: conditioning clay, using a pasta machine, clay blade and other simple tools, making Skinner Blends or Teardrop Blends, baking clay, as well as sanding and finishing. If you need help in these areas, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/crse\/01-more.html\">Polymer Clay Beginners Course<\/a> will get you up to speed quickly. There is also plenty of free information on this blog. Use the search box at the top of the page to find articles on specific topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Supplies &amp; Tools: Video-039-3 Wire Riveting Introduction:<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Various items to be riveted together. These items will need to have a hole either punched or drilled into them, so keep that in mind. For my demo, I used a UV Resin Coated shape cut out of the Art Sheet Technique; a handmade Niobium Earwire with a small loop in it; and a hammered copper disk. You can layer and attach anything that has a hole in it including polymer clay beads and sheets, metal, filigree, fabric, papers, wood, glass, stone, etc. etc. Let you imagination run wild with this one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Heavy gauge soft metal wire. Any soft metal such as copper, silver, gold and aluminum will work. As well, you can use any gauge, although it is the heavier gauges such as 16g,14g,12g, or 10g that are easiest to work with. I use 12g copper electrical wire in the video &#8211;\u00a0 the same as what we used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/hammered-copper-bookmarks-polymer-clay-tutorial-video\/13507\/\">Hammered Bookmark<\/a> Tutorial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Vise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ball Pein Hammer (the round ball side of a chasing hammer), or a Riveting Hammer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Flush Cutters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Regular playing cards&#8230; you&#8217;ll see in the video (optional ;-).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Fine-line Sharpie (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Drill Bit&#8230; the same size as your wire&#8217;s diameter and made for the material you are drilling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Metal Hole Punch (optional). I used a Euro Power Punch made by Eurotools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Metal files flat and round (optional). I didn&#8217;t need these in my demo, but they come in handy should you need to file the hole in your object a little larger or to smooth any rough edges the metal may have.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the Vol-039-3 <em>Wire Riveting <\/em>video will be posted in the Polymer Clay Members Library on Friday Aug 19, 2011. But if you would like to see a <a href=\"#video\">sneak peek intro clip<\/a> right now, scroll down the page a bit to the video player below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">***********************************<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click Video Play Button\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/preview-clip-headline-2.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"58\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9yxDQLl_L8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Wire Riveting Intro&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-039\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Volume-039 Back Issue Package.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Customer Feedback About Membership Value:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Can&#8217;t wait to see more wire work, but love everything you show us. Just wanted you to know have just had a stall at Xmas fayre and sold a few of my clay necklaces. Wow I was so excited. My daughter wore one of my lentil pendants at a body shop party and I couldn&#8217;t believe it I got over 20 orders, all thanks to your wonderful videos. So I will be happy whatever you do. Thanks Cindy I could not have done it without you. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Josie-T<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have had a high interest in wire wrapping and wire jewelry making in general lately. I have looked at tutorials online, but they are written tutorials and I am a visual person, so I learn best by seeing it being done. With that said I would love to see some tutorial&#8217;s on wire wrapping and will find time to include it in my day ;) Even if I have to wait until 11pm to do it. Which, I seem to do half the time anyway :) I just wanted to say Thank You Cindy for all the tutorial Video&#8217;s. Before watching your tutorial&#8217;s I had some supplies but never really did anything with it. You gave me the confidence to start again and keep going :) I love your teaching style and have learned so much from you. I have learned much more from you than any of the books I have. Thanks Again :) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Jennifer-B<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As one of those &#8220;midnight-owl&#8221; people, I&#8217;ve watched many of your lessons fresh off the internet! I agree with everyone about the value of this wire links tutorial &#8230; may not be as glamorous, but it allows us to further figure out how to put beads and items together into a final piece. I&#8217;m still learning, and it&#8217;s great to now be able to add these kinds of tips\/details to an idea, knowing that you can make it work. Or choose between a few ways of finishing and pick a method that works best. I couldn&#8217;t do that a year ago&#8230; have learned sooo much from joining (for less than the cost of a single lesson elsewhere!!). <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~DJ<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The following topics are included in this week&#8217;s Polymer Clay Tutor Library, <strong><em>Riveting Video Intro <\/em><\/strong>video tutorial:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See several examples of pendants and earrings using a variety of polymer clay techniques and mixed media materials riveted together using this cool technique.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Discussion of the tools, materials and techniques needed to create gorgeous industrial style mixed media jewelry designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Learn the tricks to making the perfect rivet&#8230; it&#8217;s easier than you may think. But you gotta know the tricks!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Plus, with some creativity and ingenuity, there are many ways to come up with your own unique Wire Rivet jewelry designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Wire Riveting Intro&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-039\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Volume-039 Back Issue Package.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>************************************************************************<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vid #217: &#8220;I&#8217;d like to know if you&#8217;d do a tutorial on how to use rivets for cold connections in polymer clay.&#8221; ~Anne-R<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2664],"tags":[2670,1059,2704],"class_list":["post-13813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polymer-clay-tutorials","tag-grommets-eyelets-rivets-sleeves","tag-member-vids","tag-wirework-and-polymer-clay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}