Design ~ Create ~ Shine
Today, we are going to take an in-depth look into polymer clay. We will explore the more popular types used to make beautiful jewelry. Polymer clay is a type of hardenable modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It is an oven bake modeling material composed of polymers, resins, coloring agents and fillers. Not a natural clay, it is man-made from a plastic, […]
Welcome to the wonderous and exciting world of jewelry clays. I am very excited myself to finally work my way around to these gorgeous and versatile mediums, here on my site. There are several types of clay that can be used to craft handmade jewelry pieces. Some clays, such as porcelain and ceramics, are very […]
Welcome back to the final tutorial in the Grand Marquis Collar Necklace series. For the remainder of the project we will use bead stringing techniques to finish off the necklace with double strands on each side. As you can see in the photo above, I have completed on side of the necklace. In this tutorial […]
Hello everyone and welcome back. Today we are going to take all our lovely beads and marquis components and string them to finish our necklace. Tools and Materials 8-10 grams 11/0 Miyuki Delica – Opaque Cactus Luster 4-5 grams 11/0 Toho Seed Beads – Fern Gold Luster 14 – Carrier Beads – Wasabi 3- 8 […]
Good day to all. Welcome back to my blog. Here is a quick tutorial with demonstrates how to add the embellishments to the Peyote Marquis Components. This tutorial will help you build a firm understanding of the peyote stitch thread path and how to count rows of this stitch. It will include info on how […]
Good Day Beaders. Although we have covered the peyote bezel in previous tutorials, I wanted to do a brief walkthrough for this gorgeous 14mm Wasabi Rivoli from Preciosa. This bezeled stone is going to be the centerpoint of the large Marquis component in the last tutorial. The trick to a creating a great bezel it […]