{"id":9097,"date":"2010-03-27T03:26:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2014-07-05T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T22:32:04","slug":"faux-rhondite-tutorial-pretty-in-pink-jewelry-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/faux-rhondite-tutorial-pretty-in-pink-jewelry-stones\/9097\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux Rhondite Tutorial, Pretty in Pink Jewelry Stones [Spotlight]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer“In a Quandry… I decided polymer clay might come to my rescue again.” ~Laurel-B<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These “Spot”<\/em> features are for you guys to display your accomplishments and share stories of inspiration. The projects are based on techniques learned from articles here at the blog, as well as from tutorials at the Polymer Clay Video Library<\/a>. My hope is for these “Show and Tell”<\/em> features to help you guys get to know each other better through your wonderful creations. I am soooo… proud of everyone’s work!
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I wanted to share this little story. So I was wearing a wire wrapped donut stone the other day and a friend of mine saw it and loved it and wants 3 of them done for her and as gifts for her two sisters. One sister’s birthday is next weekend. She wanted some kind of pink one for that sister. Well, here I am in a quandary. Hard to find a pink donut stone in a few days. So I decided polymer clay might come to my rescue again. I made a faux stone<\/a> Rhondite donut bead<\/a> and wrapped it. I am pretty happy with it. Thank goodness for polymer clay!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s how it is made. I took a couple shades of pink that I liked and a tiny bit of white and mixed those a little bit but not so much that they blended. I just wanted them marbled some. Ratio was about 1 part each pink, 1\/2 part white.\u00a0 Rolled that into a ball then cut the ball up into various sized chunks from about 1mm to 4 or 5 mm. Just take your blade and cut away. You don’t want uniform, you want a bunch of small various sized chunks. Then I took about 1\/2 of these chunks and painted them black with acrylic paint. Let them totally dry. Then mix together the pink pieces of clay, with the other pink pieces that were painted black. And crumble some gold leaf into the bunch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Separately, I took translucent clay and added some beige colored sand and mixed the sand into the translucent real well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I then took the translucent \/ sand clay and dropped some lines (not chunks but more like smooshed snakes) into the middle of the pink mix and then made a ball. I flattened the ball enough to put it through the pasta machine on the thickest setting one time. I then folded it and hand rolled it because I wanted my donut thicker than my thickest pasta machine setting. This came out nicely variegated. I rolled it to the thickness I wanted, and then used Cindy’s tip of using plastic wrap between the clay and the round cutter so I would have a smooth rounded bead edges<\/a>. Cut out my donut, then baked, sanded, sanded, buffed, then coated it with Magic Glos because I wanted a domed affect. Cured the resin<\/a> and I was done with the faux Rhondite donut. Then I just wire wrapped it and my customer LOVES it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are interested in sharing pictures of your polymer clay projects with the community, please follow these 2 simple steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) <\/strong><\/span>Email several of your photos to me as attachments. My email address is shown in the “From” line of the weekly Polymer Clay Newsletter<\/a> that gets sent out each and every Friday morning.
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2) <\/strong><\/span>Include a description and\/or story about your pieces, being sure to reference the tutorial(s) or blog article(s) that provided at least some level of inspiration for your work.
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Don’t be shy. Everyone is VERY<\/strong><\/em> friendly here.
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In the comment section below, please do compliment each other; Offer encouragement; Ask questions about the techniques used; And in general… be social. This is your community! It’s up to you to make it a fun and supportive place to hang out. All of you are amazing and it’s wonderful to have everyone here!<\/span><\/p>\n

Faux is freeing — you don’t have to mimic nature exactly. In fact, this is one way you can improve on nature!
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<\/td>\n** Did You Know…<\/strong><\/span><\/span> Members with current subscriptions to the weekly tutorial videos are always entitled to a 10% discount when purchasing 6 or more back issue packages<\/a> in a single transaction. If you are interested, let me know<\/a> which back issues you would like and I will send further instructions on how to complete your order.
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