{"id":19286,"date":"2015-01-08T03:05:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19286"},"modified":"2015-01-09T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T02:32:13","slug":"scrap-polymer-clay-heart-shaped-beads-mini-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/scrap-polymer-clay-heart-shaped-beads-mini-tutorial\/19286\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Polymer Clay Heart Shaped Beads Mini Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19286#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-01\/08-90616-scrap-clay-heart-beads.jpg\" alt=\"Scrap Clay Heart Beads - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #616:<\/span> Using up scraps from the Vol-080 Faux Fordite Polymer Clay Tutorial. Perfect for making a matched pair of earrings.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I recently did a tutorial called Faux Fordite Wire Weave Pendant Tutorial (see link below video), and in that tutorial there were some left over clay scraps. I promised to show everyone how to use those scraps to make some scrap clay heart beads, but ran out of time. So here I am making good on that promise:-)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the Vol-080 Faux Fordite tutorial, we created a slab of layered polymer clay. When the cabochons were cut from the slab there, were some left over trimmings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The piece of scrap I used in this video, is about the size of your index finger&#8230; the perfect amount for making two heart shaped beads.* I show a pair of earrings made with the scrap heart beads. They are rough on the front and very smoothly sanded on the backs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The back side shows a beautiful swirl pattern design.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This technique makes two heart shaped beads that match in color, but are each different and unique.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">First you roll the clay into a log about the size of a finger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Then roll the log through your pasta machine at the thickest setting (the thickest setting on my pasta machine is 8 playing cards thick), to make a beautiful striped &#8220;tape&#8221; of clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Fold the tape in half and run it through your pasta machine a couple more times, to make the tape even more stripey.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now run your piece of clay tape through the machine at 1-2 settings thinner, until the clay is about 1 inch wide and a several inches long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Fold tape in half and then roll it into a spiral from the cut ends until you run out of tape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Where the fold is, press an indent into the top of the log to make the top crease in the heart, and pinch the bottom to make the point. Log should have a heart shape when you look at either end. Each end will also have a rough crackled look due to the cracked edges of the tape that happened when you rolled it through the pasta machine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cut the log in half to create two heart shaped beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The beads should be rough on the front, and smooth with a spiral pattern on the back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bake on a paper lined pan with a tinfoil lid for one hour at the temperature recommended for your brand. I used Premo Clay so I baked at 275F for one hour. Use an oven thermometer to make sure your oven temp is correct.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sand, buff and wax the sides and back of your heart beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Drill hole as needed, by hand using a drill bit in a pin vise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Then use the beads for whatever type of jewelry project you like.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lIf73Gizij8?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19282#video\">Faux Fordite Polymer Clay Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=\/19193#video\">Foil Pan Lids Protect Your Polymer Clay In The Oven<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18576#video\">Atlas 150 Brand Pasta Machine<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=507\">Wet Sanding Polymer Clay Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lIf73Gizij8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">How To Make Scrap Polymer Clay Heart Shaped Beads<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #616: Using up scraps from the Vol-080 Faux Fordite Polymer Clay Tutorial. 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