{"id":9187,"date":"2010-04-03T03:09:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T10:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=9187"},"modified":"2010-04-11T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T00:26:24","slug":"glow-in-the-dark-pendant-faux-hammered-metal-bezel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/glow-in-the-dark-pendant-faux-hammered-metal-bezel\/9187\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow in the Dark Pendant, Faux Hammered Metal Bezel [Spotlight]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer <\/span>“Polymer Clay is so great! You can do just about anything with it.” ~Carolyn-F<\/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<\/a> too!
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<\/span><\/span>Cindy’s March 2, 2010 tutorial was made with glow in the dark clay<\/a> … and it really does glow in the dark. There was some discussion about the pendant backing. I think hers is hammered metal<\/a>, but I decided to try my hand at duplicating it in polymer clay. Polymer Clay is so great! You can do just about anything with it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, here are the results of my experimentation. I purposely left the glow in the dark rainbow cane irregular and somewhat lumpy – wanted it to ‘match’ the distressed look of the silver backing, made from straight silver Premo clay. It was distressed with a couple of my leather tools, then pressed to a light bulb for baking.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks Peggy-B<\/a>, for reminding me about the light bulb baking technique<\/a>. I didn’t have a burned out one, so I just used a new one. That works too. BTW – with the emphasis on fluorescent bulbs these days it may eventually get hard to find the old incandescent bulbs, so if one burns out, be sure to hang on to it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe now that I have done this, Cindy will let us know what she did use for her pendant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As everyone probably knows by now, it was hammered metal that I used for the backing, just like as Carolyn suggested above. I will be showing you how to make my version of this metal bezel in just a couple of weeks as part of the Vol-023 Polymer Clay Library<\/a> video tutorial series.<\/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

Thanks Cindy! This is an AWESOME idea that’s really kicked my imagination into overdrive. The spiral jelly roll cane<\/a> is pretty cool – and I did have to pop into a dark room a few times to see mine glowing! LOL – but I’d LOVE to try this general idea of alcohol-inked glow-in-the-dark skinner blends on Donna Kato-style squiggly beads and pods. I was going to try to catch up on chores this weekend, but I’ll probably be playing with clay instead! ;D <\/span> <\/span><\/span>~Sue-F<\/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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