{"id":376,"date":"2008-09-08T15:23:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T22:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2008-09-10T10:47:34","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T17:47:34","slug":"pumpkin-beads-made-of-polymer-clay-great-halloween-and-fall-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/pumpkin-beads-made-of-polymer-clay-great-halloween-and-fall-jewelry\/376\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Beads Made of Polymer Clay – Great Halloween and Fall Jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pumpkin earrings for a cute trick-or-treat costume, and to wear at Thanksgiving dinner:
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Fall is coming so today’s theme post is about pumpkin beads! This particular sculptural polymer clay bead is made in three parts. (1) The<\/span> pumpkin; (2) The leaf; and (3) The vine. Each can be stacked to create dimension and movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plump little pumpkin is shaped and given ‘pumpkin wrinkles’ to make it look realistic. A toothpick works great for putting in the lines. Then to accent the creases and give the pumpkin beads a ‘fresh picked from the field’ look, they are antiqued using a dark green artist acrylic paint.<\/span><\/p>\n

The leaves are created using a special leaf cane made with two different shades of green Premo Sculpey clay. Thick slices of the cane were cut and baked over a chopstick to give the curved shape. This way when they are stacked on the pumpkin, the leaves drape over instead of stick straight out.<\/span><\/p>\n

A snake of clay is twisted to look like a vine and baked on a bed of cornstarch.<\/a> Always make sure there is a little loop in the vine so it can be threaded onto the earring wire. <\/span><\/p>\n

Creating sculptural beads in separate parts makes it much easier to sand, buff and polish the individual items. Also, these parts fitted together loosely in the final jewelry piece, provides a nice sense of movement or fluidity.
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All three components, the pumpkin bead, the leaf bead and the vine are threaded onto a head pin to create the dangle for a pair of earrings. A loop is made at the top of the pin so it can hang from the ear wire.<\/span><\/p>\n

These polymer clay pumpkin earrings are simple to make and fun to wear! Leaving off the jack-o-lattern faces that you often see on pumpkin beads, allows this project to “fit in” throughout the entire Fall or Autumn season. Not just for Halloween costume jewelry.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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