{"id":14154,"date":"2011-09-15T03:09:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T10:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=14154"},"modified":"2013-08-15T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:15:25","slug":"faux-coral-heishi-beads-polymer-clay-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/faux-coral-heishi-beads-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14154\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux Coral Heishi Beads | Polymer Clay Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Faux<\/a>Video #221:<\/span> I’ve bought real coral beads before, but would love a video sometime on how to make faux coral. Lots of fun!\u00a0~Rose-M<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to many sources online, some of the hottest Jewelry Trends of 2011 are dramatic, layered and earthy looking jewelry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular materials include mixed metals, stones, bone, wood, coral, chains and pearls. The colors are both spicy and exotic… as well as soft and cool.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I have probably said a gazzillion times before, the cool thing about polymer clay is that it can mimic just about any material, even organic materials such as Bone, Jade, Wood and even Coral.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by polymer’s ability to imitate, and my love of all things natural, this week I came up with a simple technique for making very realistic looking exotic Red Coral that can be used for making hand cut Heishi Beads.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, coming up tomorrow (Friday September 16th, 2011) in the Vol-040-2 members video at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a>, I will be demonstrating how to create your own natural looking Faux Coral Heishi Beads to use in all kinds of jewelry making projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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 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

Supplies & Tools: Video-040-2 Faux Coral Heishi Beads:
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