{"id":4417,"date":"2009-06-12T03:05:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2009-06-11T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T23:44:19","slug":"polymer-clay-beads-for-jewelry-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-beads-for-jewelry-making\/4417\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Your Own Beads for Jewelry Making, Using Polymer Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s “Twice As Awesome” To Be Able To Say You Made The Beads As Well!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Twitter, there is a huge community of jewelry artisans that have not yet discovered how wonderful it is to make their own beads from polymer clay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shocking isn’t it? But true! So I’ve taken it upon myself to start an awareness campaign for identifying the MANY benefits of why it makes sense to make your own jewelry beads (instead of always buying them pre-made).<\/span><\/p>\n

And who better to ask about this than some of the other jewelry designers on Twitter, that have already been working with polymer clay for a while now. Here’s what Ashlyn Noble had to say…<\/span><\/p>\n

I got into beading first, which led into my polyclay obsession. While I have a huge, constantly growing stash of beads, sometimes the selection on my favourite sites just doesn’t live up to my imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m an avid reader of fantasy novels, and I love creating jewellery based on that in some of my favourite stories. Often polyclay is the best way to accomplish that.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also enjoy the fact that with clay beads I can make them in any colour imaginable, and so can perfectly match other beads or clothing for example without the guesswork involved with online buying in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, I recently made a necklace out of polyclay mokume gane<\/a> beads to match a shirt I had no jewellery for. I actually succeeded TOO well, and the necklace kind of blends in against the shirt, woops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides that, making your own beads is just more fun. One of my favourite things about making my own jewellery is when people compliment it, and I can say “I made that!” it’s twice as awesome when I’ve made the beads as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

~<\/strong><\/span>Ashlyn Noble<\/a> – TWITTER BIO:<\/span><\/strong> Nerdy Canadian biology student who reads fantasy novels and makes beaded jewellery in her spare time.<\/em>
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In summary, here’s a condensed bullet list of why Ashlyn makes many of her own jewelry beads from polymer clay:
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