{"id":2427,"date":"2009-02-08T04:27:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T12:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2013-04-28T10:11:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T17:11:25","slug":"making-square-cube-beads-simple-fast-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/making-square-cube-beads-simple-fast-creative\/2427\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Cube Beads | Simple and Fast to Make, But Full of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Great Production Bead For Your Handmade Jewelry Making Projects:
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Sometimes instead of spending a ton of time making detailed or intricate polymer clay beads, it’s better to keep it simple. The cube<\/span> beads in today’s<\/span> photo<\/span> are about as simple as they come. <\/span><\/p>\n

Made by squeezing a small ball of clay between your thumb and forefinger, turning and squeezing again until all six sides are created. These simple cubes have a pleasing organic feel to them. Edges slightly rounded, cube not perfectly square. Wonderfully handmade!<\/span><\/p>\n

Once the bead is formed, you can then get a bit more creative with the surface treatments… such as with the faux raku effect in the photo above. Click on the following link to learn more about this creative polymer clay technique: Faux Raku Beads for Bead Jewelry Projects<\/a>
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Another fun way to embellish simple cube beads is to use blue gingham polymer clay cane designs<\/a>. You can learn more about making the blue gingham cane at this link: Extruder Polymer Clay Canes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Now if you are at the stage where…<\/span><\/p>\n

… you have been making bead jewelry for a while now;<\/span><\/p>\n

… and have decided it’s time to differentiate yourself in the marketplace by making some custom beads for your projects (rather than buying the same ones that everyone else is buying)<\/span><\/em><\/span>;<\/span><\/p>\n

… then these simple cube beads are perfect for you. Easy and fast to make so they don’t take up too much production time. But also uniquely your own based on the creativity you use to finish them.<\/span><\/p>\n

FYI:<\/span><\/strong> According to the reader survey poll in the left side bar of this blog, about 26% of you as of today’s date (Feb 8, 2009), are “new-to-polymer-clay-but-have-been-making-jewelry-for-a-while-now”… the very category I described in the last paragraph. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you haven’t already added your “vote” to the poll, here’s the direct link where you can do that: Polymer Clay Reader Survey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

All you have to do is click on door #1, door #2 or door #3 … just like Bob Barker would have asked you to do in the Let’s Make a Deal TV Game Show. Remember that one…?<\/em> Here’s that link again: <\/span>Reader Survey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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