Necklace with own hands made of polymer clay

The ability to make a necklace with your own hands is always a creative, interesting and very exciting process. Such an ornament will emphasize the individuality of its mistress much more than what was bought in the store. Girls and women of many generations were engaged in needlework. However, today, for the creation of a wide variety of ornaments, even novelties of technical progress can be used. Everything is more active for decor elements, including for ornaments, using a material called "polymer clay". In this article we will consider what it is and how to make a necklace from it.

Polymer clay

This substance is similar to the clay that everyone is used to seeing, and some - and to use. It is sold in shops for needlework in different colors. From it mold everything, anything.

After modeling, the resulting product is baked in the oven. It is usually sufficient to hold it for 20 to 25 minutes at a temperature of 110 degrees. But on each package manufacturers write accurate instructions, which should be adhered to. They may differ slightly from each other.

After heat treatment, the product hardens, does not stick to hands, does not stain anything and does not change shape any more. Very often it is jewelry made from polymer clay. Here the field for fantasy is unlimited.

Miracles from polymer clay

Such a necklace, made with your own hands, can imitate, for example, natural stones, beads or bones. In addition to the form, various color solutions with polymer clay are possible. And you can use both the finished color of the material, and add various shades, halftones, overflows and so on. To create the required color, use paints specially designed for working with clay. However, many needlewomen use conventional oil paints, acrylics and others. Even eye shadows sometimes enter the process of creation. And all this plastic polymer clay easily transfers, acquiring the necessary shade. Below we will consider an example of how to create one beautiful necklace, the scheme to which will be useful in the future when making roses.

What is necessary for work

For the necklace, the following consumables and tools are required:

1. Polymer clay of 3 colors (white, brown and beige).
2. Polymer clay is liquid, with a brush.
3. A stack at the end of which is a ball.
4. Acrylic rolling pin.
5. Needle.
6. Special blade.
7. Cutter (flower form).
8. Rondeli and beads.
9. The line.
10. Extension cord and lock.
11. Pins.
12. The wire is no more than 1.5 millimeters in diameter.
13. Scissors.
14. Round-nosed pliers.
15. Quick-drying glue.

Having prepared all the materials, you can start working.

Master-class: necklace with own hands

The clay is brown and beige. From both pieces form triangles and join them so that a rectangle is formed. In this case, the beige color is taken twice as much as brown. The clay is rolled with an acrylic rolling pin, each time folding the bed in half. Gradually, you will get an increasingly smooth transition from one color to another.

Having received the desired shade, the oval layer is cut transversely into many strips of approximately the same width (from 2 to 4 centimeters). After this, the strips are stacked. In this case, the second plate is placed a centimeter forward, and the third one - one centimeter back and forth in the desired order.

The resulting stack cuts the ends to give an even shape. It is most convenient to do this with a special blade. From the stack of hands, carefully form a cylinder. Then it is cut with a blade into small plates. Petals will form from them. In this case, the thinner the plate, the smaller the diameter will the future petal. Sections stretch and thin at first with your fingers. Then, with a wavy blade, you can get the jagged edges of the future petal. And after that, having laid on the palm, with the help of the stack, it is stretched, giving the necessary groove.

First, the bottom row of five pieces is formed. Beige color should be on the tip of the petal, and brown - at its base. The remaining rows form overlap.

Our necklace, made by our own hands, will consist of five roses: three large and two - smaller. The center of the flowers is plastered with plastic. Then, having formed from the clay a few white balls with a diameter of 3 to 5 millimeters, pour them directly into the core.

Assembling necklaces

On the wire, on one side of which a loop is made with the help of round-ears, string beads, rondelles, then roses and then again beads with rondels are strung. After that, fix the ends. For reliability, you can also impregnate the desired location with glue. From one and the other side insert a pin with a hat, remove the remaining rod from the rounds and twist the loop.

In addition, it is desirable to additionally fix flowers using a satin ribbon. The loops from the filaments are connected to the loops of the wire frame. At the end of the work, attach the lock with an extension.

That's all, necklace of beads and roses made of polymer clay, ready.