{"id":14279,"date":"2011-09-29T03:07:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2013-08-15T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:31:16","slug":"bead-cones-multi-strand-jewelry-polymer-clay-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/bead-cones-multi-strand-jewelry-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14279\/","title":{"rendered":"Bead Cones, Multi-strand Jewelry | Polymer Clay Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/bead-cones-multi-strand-jewelry-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14279\/#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Bead Cones - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2011-09\/29-bead-cones-90223-040-4.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #223:<\/span> &#8220;I also hope you are going to give us a few hints on how to use the components that hold and hide all the many wire ends.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #808080;\">~Tantesherry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/faux-coral-heishi-beads-polymer-clay-tutorial\/14154\/\">Faux Coral Heishi Bead Tute<\/a> from several weeks ago, several of you requested that I show some tips on how to use Bead Cones in multi-strand jewelry projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>So&#8230;<\/em> that is exactly what I will do&#8230; coming up tomorrow (Friday September 30th 2011) in the Vol-040-4 members video at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues\/\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a>.<\/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><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Supplies &amp; Tools: Video-040-4 Using Bead Cones:<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bead cones. There are tons of varieties, styles, sizes, shapes and metal finishes&#8230; of Bead Cones available in the market today. Just go to your favorite bead store or bead supply sites and type in &#8216;cones&#8217; or &#8216;bead cones&#8217; and you will see what I mean. You will need to choose the cone appropriate for your particular project, since each design will require a different cone. I usually just buy the cones first and then make a jewelry design that works with the cones, but that is up to you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">20 Gauge Wire. I used a 4&#8243; length of half-hard 20 gauge Bronze wire. You can of course use almost any type of wire that you want for this, but I find that the 20ga weight and temper works best for me.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Wire Flush Cutters (jewelry grade).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Chain Nose Pliers (jewelry grade).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Round Nose Pliers (jewelry grade).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bead Board (optional but very handy for designing multi strand jewelry pieces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bust (optional &#8211; this is handy when seeing how your multi-strand necklace will hang while wearing. Alternatively, you could use a large pickle\/mayo jar, or of course your own neck.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ruler (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Chain, Strung Beads, Fibers, Leather Cording, etc for your strands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Soft Flex Wire .019 inches and #2 Crimp Tubes for stringing (optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Crimping Tool (optional). My new favorite is the Magical Crimping Tool because it makes a nice round bead shape out of your crimp tube, that doesn&#8217;t require a crimp cover. Especially nice when you are working with space restrictions like you are in this particular project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the Vol-040-4 <em>Using Jewelry Bead Cones <\/em>video will be posted in the Polymer Clay Members Library on Friday September 30, 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><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wn5AFCuMhMc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Bead Cones&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-040\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Volume-040 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;\">I am continuously impressed every Friday when a new tutorial comes out! As a complete newbie to polymer clay, I started out by purchasing Cindy\u2019s beginner course. The amount of information jam packed into that course is priceless! I looked around my area for polymer clay courses, and was unable to find one for under $70 for a 3 hour class. By purchasing Cindy\u2019s course, I instantly had access to 2.5 hours of polymer clay instruction, and I could watch in the privacy of my own home! If you\u2019re anything like me, you only retain about 75% of the information the first time around. With Cindy\u2019s course I can re-watch as many times as necessary, and even bring my laptop into my craft area! I then purchased the membership, and continued to be impressed! I have since purchased almost all of the back issue packages! The creativity, quality and ease with which the lessons are presented make working with polymer clay so easy! I\u2019m constantly amazed by what I am able to create! For only $9.95 every 3 months? Definitely well worth the money! Thanks Cindy! <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Melissa-G<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have to say that Cindy&#8217;s videos have been the best buy ever, and I have NO regrets about buying them. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Koolbraider<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I&#8217;ve only been making beads out of clay for a couple of months, but I feel the videos in your Polymer Clay Beginners Course where just great for someone breaking into the craft. Some of the topics I had already gleaned from the Internet from various sources but it REALLY helped to have a high quality video to SHOW you up close and personal about the topics you discussed. I definitely feel the series is a bargain and would recommend it. I subscribed to your weekly videos and have made beads from many of the tutorials. I look forward to the new video that comes out each week. I&#8217;m just beginning to experiment with mixing colors, so I believe the recipe cards will come in really handy in the future as well. \u2013 Keep up the fantastic work! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>~June-W<\/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>Using Bead Cones with Multi-strand Jewelry Projects <\/em><\/strong>video tutorial:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See examples of bead cones and how they are used to create stunning multi-strand jewelry designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Discussion of the tools, materials and techniques needed to use these useful components in a professionally finished manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Find out how simple it is to use these special findings to make a clean finish for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and tassels that combine many strands of a variety of stringing materials.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Learn cool tricks for wiring bead cones so that there are no stray ends and everything fits together perfectly and stays that way for many years to come!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Plus, with some creativity and ingenuity, there are many ways to come up with other unique designs of your own.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Bead Cones&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is now available for purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-02\/#vol-040\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a> in the <strong>Volume-040 Back Issue Package.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #223: &#8220;I also hope you are going to give us a few hints on how to use the components that hold and&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">52<\/span><\/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":[1059],"class_list":["post-14279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polymer-clay-tutorials","tag-member-vids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279","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=14279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}