{"id":19455,"date":"2015-02-09T03:05:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T11:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19455"},"modified":"2015-02-06T18:25:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T02:25:28","slug":"polymer-clay-wax-crayon-inclusion-beads-mini-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-wax-crayon-inclusion-beads-mini-tutorial\/19455\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Wax Crayon Inclusion Beads Mini Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19424#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-02\/09-90628-polymer-clay-crayon-beads.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Crayon Beads - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #628:<\/span> My original article about polymer clay crayon beads has been quite popular on Pinterest&#8230; here&#8217;s a video update.<br \/>\n<\/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;\">Showing you how to make polymer clay crayon beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Been making these crayon beads for a long, long time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Recently someone found an old post of this tutorial on our blog, and added it to their Pinterest Board&#8230; it is now getting lots of re-pins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So Doug suggested that I make a new video for you all&#8230; and I said sure!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">All you need is some polymer clay&#8230; I&#8217;m using Premo White Translucent&#8230; and some wax crayons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have a big bag of broken crayons some from my kids and some from my Mom who is an Elementary School Teacher.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Here are a few crayon beads made with some no name brand crayons. The color is kind of faint because of the low amount of pigments in the lower quality crayons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For more punch of color, use a good brand such as Crayola Crayons which have a higher pigment level than the cheaper brands of crayons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I show a bead fresh out of the oven, with melted crayon drips on the underside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can wipe the drips using a paper towel while the bead is still warm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My bead had cooled down too much to show the wiping, so I will warm with a heat gun later to clean up the drips.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I used fairly large chunks of crayon in my sample bead, and you can see the pitting where the wax melted out of the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is similar to those &#8220;retro&#8221; candles in the 70&#8217;s where wax was poured over ice cubes leaving holes in the wax when it hardened, after the ice had melted away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Take translucent clay and warm it up to condition and soften the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Grate or chop 1 or more colors of wax crayon into a pile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Add chopped crayon to translucent polymer clay, kneading until well mixed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can add a little or a lot of crayon, depending on the look you want.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The larger the chunks of wax are, the more of that holey melted ice look you will get.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The smaller the crayon bits are, the more it will tint the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can add one color or twenty&#8230; it&#8217;s up to you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Multiple colors will give kind of a confetti look.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some crayons will melt really well&#8230; some won&#8217;t.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can have some on the outside if you like.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Don&#8217;t run the clay\/wax combo through your pasta machine. The crayon chunks are too hard on the pasta machine rollers, and could get stuck behind your scrapers. Just mix the clay by hand or use a NeverKnead Machine to work it in.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Then shape your polymer clay into whatever bead shape at you want.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When baking your beads, make sure to line your bead rack or pan with paper or cardboard to catch the melted crayon wax drips.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Try to avoid getting fingerprints on your beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">You can see by the sample I show in the video&#8230; of the baked and thhe unbaked beads where I used the same crayon colors and translucent polymer clay&#8230; that the color changes quite a bit after baking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some crayons are quite opaque and will change the translucency of the bead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This technique give an almost stone like look.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Crayon beads are a great way to use up old crayons (or new ones if you want)&#8230; you can even use the shavings from a crayon sharpener.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oab94LKsz7k?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=79#video\">Crayon Shavings Polymer Clay Bead making Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3406\">Dried Flower Jewelry Bead Inclusions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=775#video\">Mixing Thread Fibers with Handmade Beads<\/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=oab94LKsz7k\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">How To Make Polymer Clay Crayon Beads Tutorial<\/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 #628: My original article about polymer clay crayon beads has been quite popular on Pinterest&#8230; here&#8217;s a video update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2663],"tags":[2781,2607,2718],"class_list":["post-19455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-mini-tutes","tag-children-grandkids-teacher-resources","tag-faux-rocks-metals","tag-inclusions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}