{"id":9151,"date":"2010-03-31T03:06:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T10:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=9151"},"modified":"2010-04-11T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:29:57","slug":"crackled-ink-technique-mokume-gane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/crackled-ink-technique-mokume-gane\/9151\/","title":{"rendered":"Crackled Ink Technique with a Side Dish of Mokume Gane [Spotlight]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer <\/span>“My daughters loved it – they said it was cool and funky.” ~Cheryl-H<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>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 everyone get to know each other a <\/a>bit better, thanks to this wonderfully artistic medium of polymer clay. And…<\/strong><\/em> there’s prizes too!
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Hi Cindy – I’ve decided to submit a couple of jewelry pieces made with the techniques from your videos. I’d love to receive comments and ideas to improve. The first time I made clay beads before signing up with a membership to your videos, I just took some clay rolled it into beads, baked and buffed them a bit. I had absolutely no idea of the whole process. I made a necklace and it looked alright but when I look at it now compared to the beads I submitted to the recent bead giveaway contest<\/a>, gosh – what a difference!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The first project photos are of the crackled ink gold leaf technique<\/a>. The colors turned out really nice, although in the centre of the doughnut, I think the translucent layer did not quite get to the edge. There is a sliver of the base layer without the translucent. I need to buff it up some more too. Is there anything I could do to make that right??<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The second set of photos is the mokume gane technique<\/a>. I used the colors I had and I thought purple and fuchsia go together well and so do purple and orange.\u00a0 I added silver leaf and black and some translucent to fill up the holes and it turned out completely different. My daughters loved it – they said it was cool and funky. I added the alexandrite crystals (I might change up those crystals though as they mostly look violet but sometimes look more blue), to the necklace along with a silver bead which had a texture similar to the flecks of silverleaf in the heart.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This week I hope to do some faux bone<\/a> as I have a necklace in mind – I’m going to mix it up with some glass beads.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks once again for the amazing tutorials.\u00a0 I just soak in all the teaching and ideas.<\/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

I hope working with clay is like riding a bike because I think it has been over a month now since I have been able to work on my clay. I’m going through some serious clay withdrawal. Uuuuuuuugggggggggggs! <\/span><\/span>~Peggy-B<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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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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\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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