{"id":4307,"date":"2009-06-03T03:13:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T10:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4307"},"modified":"2015-05-15T07:19:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T14:19:38","slug":"polymer-clay-extruder-discs-make-polymer-clay-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-extruder-discs-make-polymer-clay-hair\/4307\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Extruder Discs | Make Polymer Clay Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer<\/p>\n

What Have You Done With Your Extruder Disks Lately?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In today’s photo I’m holding up a commonly used disc that comes with most Makins Extruder Guns<\/a>. It is typically used for making spaghetti strands or polymer clay hair. But these long skinny<\/span> clay strands can be used in many different ways. Here are 6 creative ideas for you to incorporate them into your polymer clay projects:<\/span><\/p>\n

1)<\/strong><\/span> Put multiple colors in the barrel of the extruder and make a pile of clay snakes that can be coiled around in spirals and swirls to get a beautiful filigree look.<\/span><\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/span> Bake these colorful snakes and cut them into short little lengths (1\/4″ or less). You can then stick these pieces end first into a slab of raw clay to create a ‘pointillist’ picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/span> Embed short lengths of baked snakes along their sides and create a miniature polymer clay mosaic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/span> How about gathering together several raw clay snakes and use them as a background for a polymer clay cane<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/span> Wrap a raw clay strand around a core bead made with scrap clay, for an interesting look.<\/span><\/p>\n

6)<\/span><\/strong> Wind up a strand of raw clay into a tiny nest to work into a design for making some cool bird pendant jewelry<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What Else?<\/em> Put your creative thinking cap on and let’s get those ideas flowing. Not just for the commonly used polymer clay hair or spaghetti strand disc… but for all of the various extruder die cut shapes. There are so many of them!<\/span><\/p>\n

PS: <\/strong><\/span>If you are Following Me On Twitter<\/a>, you may have noticed that I am now tweeting about some of the most helpful comment tips you all are posting here at the blog. It feels really great to be able to give you guys recognition. Several of you have already received some Twitter Glory and probably don’t even know it yet :) … by the way, signing up on Twitter is quick and easy. Just follow this link to get started:<\/span> http:\/\/twitter.com\/PolymerClayTips<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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